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Syria conflict: West ‘blackmailing’ Russia on sanctions

YoopyaJul 16, 20120

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said Western attempts to get Moscow to discuss sanctions against Syria contain “elements of blackmail”. Mr Lavrov said the

North Korea military head Ri Yong-ho ‘relieved of post’

YoopyaJul 16, 20120

North Korean military chief Ri Yong-ho has been removed from all official posts, according to state media. As well as being head of the army,

Saudi religious police accused over fatal accident

YoopyaJul 14, 20120

A family in Saudi Arabia has accused religious police of being responsible for a fatal car accident. Morality police argued with the driver of a

Who is North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s ‘mystery woman’

YoopyaJul 14, 20120

It started with Mickey Mouse. When North Korea’s state news agency published photos of the country’s leader Kim Jong-un at a concert recently, the first

U.N. observer patrol heads to Syria massacre site

YoopyaJul 14, 20120

(Reuters) – U.N. observers were on their way to the central Syrian village of Tremseh on Saturday, two days after activists said some 220 people

Suicide bomber kills top official, 22 more at Afghan wedding

YoopyaJul 14, 20120

(Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed a prominent anti-Taliban politician and 22 other guests at a wedding reception in the northern Afghan province of Samangan

Insight: Syria rebels get light arms, heavy weapons elusive

YoopyaJul 13, 20120

(Reuters) – Syrian rebels are smuggling small arms into Syria through a network of land and sea routes involving cargo ships and trucks moving through

Over 200 massacred in Syrian government forces attack: activists

YoopyaJul 13, 20120

(Reuters) – More than 200 Syrians, mostly civilians, were massacred in a village in the rebellious Hama region when it was bombarded by helicopter gunships

SE Asia meeting in disarray over sea dispute with China

YoopyaJul 13, 20120

(Reuters) – Southeast Asian nations have failed to reach agreement on a maritime dispute involving China, ending a foreign ministers’ summit in disarray after Beijing

Insight: A secret plea for money from a mountain in North Korea

YoopyaJul 12, 20120

(Reuters) – In May this year, a North Korean defector in her 40s took a call from an unknown number at her office in the