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Japan resumes search for victims of volcanic eruption

YoopyaSep 28, 2014July 15, 20230

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – More than 500 rescuers in Japan resumed searching on Monday for victims of a volcano that erupted without warning

UAE’s 1st Female Fighter Pilot Carried Out Strikes

YoopyaSep 26, 2014July 15, 20230

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The first female air force pilot in the United Arab Emirates led airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria

Mission Accomplished: India Joins Mars Explorers

YoopyaSep 24, 2014July 25, 20230

NEW DELHI (AP) — India triumphed in its first interplanetary mission, placing a satellite into orbit around Mars on Wednesday and catapulting the country into

Ghani named Afghan president-elect after deal to end election dispute

YoopyaSep 22, 2014July 25, 20230

By Hamid Shalizi and Jessica Donati KABUL (Reuters) – Former Afghan finance minister Ashraf Ghani was named president-elect on Sunday after he signed a deal

Islamic State closes in on Syrian town, refugees flood into Turkey

YoopyaSep 22, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – Islamic State militants tightened their noose on a northern Syrian border town on Sunday as the United Nations said the number of Syrian

Islamic State campaign tests Obama’s commitment to Mideast allies

YoopyaSep 17, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – After about 15 hours of flying and five hours of meetings, sleep finally caught up with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in

Suicide car bomber kills three foreign troops in Afghan capital

YoopyaSep 16, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – A suicide car bomber killed three foreign troops and wounded 13 Afghan civilians in an attack on a convoy near the U.S. embassy

North Korea sentences U.S. citizen Matthew Miller to six years hard labor

YoopyaSep 15, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – North Korea sentenced U.S. citizen Matthew Todd Miller to six years hard labor for committing hostile acts as a tourist to the country,

U.S. wins Arab support for Syria/Iraq military campaign

YoopyaSep 12, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – The United States signed up Arab allies on Thursday to a coordinated military campaign against Islamic State fighters, a major step in building

For Assad, U.S. plan will weaken one foe but bolster others

YoopyaSep 12, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – By striking Islamic State in Syria, the United States would be weakening one of President Bashar al-Assad’s major enemies. But the new U.S.