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Pakistan tells U.N. at least 400 civilians killed by drone strikes

YoopyaOct 19, 2013June 27, 20230

(Reuters) – Pakistan has confirmed that of some 2,200 people killed by drone strikes in the past decade, at least 400 were civilians and an additional 200

As U.S. averts default, Japan and China brace for next dollar drama

YoopyaOct 18, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – Deal or no deal, the U.S. Congress’ dance with default impressed policymakers and investors in China and Japan with just how vulnerable their own economic revival plans

Raging Australian wildfires destroy homes, kill 1

YoopyaOct 18, 2013February 14, 20240

SYDNEY (AP) — Nearly 100 wildfires raged across Australia’s most populous state on Friday, killing one person, destroying dozens of houses and forcing hundreds of

Jamaica police erasing gang murals in slums

YoopyaOct 17, 2013April 8, 20230

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Black-clad police toting submachine guns entered the slum of narrow streets lined with wooden shacks and crumbling concrete buildings in Jamaica’s

Iraq: Bombing in ethnic minority village kills 15

YoopyaOct 17, 2013February 14, 20240

BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber blew up his explosives-laden car among houses in an ethnic minority village in northern Iraq on Thursday, killing at

U.N. appeals for more troops, helicopters for Mali mission

YoopyaOct 17, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – The United Nations appealed on Wednesday for more troops and helicopters needed so its peacekeeping mission in Mali can effectively stabilize the north

Al Qaeda’s rise in northern Syria leaves Turkey with dilemma

YoopyaOct 17, 2013March 17, 20240

(Reuters) – The rise of al Qaeda in parts of Syria’s north has left Turkey facing a new security threat on its already vulnerable border and raised

Libyan al-Qaeda suspect denies US embassy bombings

YoopyaOct 16, 2013March 10, 20240

A Libyan man seized earlier this month in a US raid in Tripoli has pleaded not guilty in a New York court to two US

Japan Typhoon Wipha kills 14 people

YoopyaOct 16, 2013March 10, 20240

At least 14 people have been killed after a powerful typhoon passed close to the Japanese capital, reports say. Typhoon Wipha caused landslides and flooding

Muslim Brotherhood’s cohesion is also its pitfall

YoopyaOct 16, 2013March 10, 20240

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — On the day of his induction, Baraa Rantisi was told to wait near a mosque after evening prayers. At