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India removes barriers to U.S. embassy as anger grows over diplomat’s arrest

YoopyaDec 18, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – Indian authorities removed concrete security barriers in front of the U.S. embassy in New Delhi on Tuesday in apparent retaliation for the arrest

Bombs, suicide attacks in Iraq kill at least 21: police, medics

YoopyaDec 16, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – Suicide attacks and bombings across Iraq killed at least 21 people on Monday, medical and police sources said, the latest in a series

More purges may follow execution of Kim’s uncle

YoopyaDec 13, 2013December 31, 20230

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The execution of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s uncle brought a swift and violent end to a man long

Four killed in Bangladesh clashes after Islamist leader executed

YoopyaDec 13, 2013February 3, 20240

(Reuters) – At least four people were killed in Bangladesh on Friday when supporters of Islamist leader Abdul Quader Mollah vented their fury at his

North Korea executes leader’s powerful uncle in rare public purge

YoopyaDec 13, 2013February 3, 20240

(Reuters) – North Korea has executed the powerful uncle of young leader Kim Jong Un, state media said on Friday, the biggest upheaval in years as the

Looking for democracy in Thailand’s Democrat Party

YoopyaDec 11, 2013January 31, 20240

BANGKOK (AP) — The Democrat Party has seen the enemy. The Democrats, whose veterans are at the forefront of the anti-government protests that have shaken

Car bomb hits near NATO gate at Kabul airport

YoopyaDec 11, 2013January 31, 20240

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A car bomb went off Wednesday near a gate used by NATO troops in the northern section of the Kabul airport,

Tearful Thai PM urges protesters to take part in election

YoopyaDec 10, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – Her eyes welling with tears, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra pleaded on Tuesday for anti-government demonstrators to clear the streets and support a

Dalai Lama to miss Mandela memorial in SAfrica

YoopyaDec 9, 2013December 31, 20230

NEW DELHI (AP) — The Dalai Lama will not attend memorial services for fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nelson Mandela in South Africa, where the

Commuter train, truck collide in Jakarta; 7 dead

YoopyaDec 9, 2013February 2, 20240

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A commuter train collided with a truck hauling gasoline in Indonesia’s capital Monday, killing at least seven people and sending a