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Indian sailors die after being trapped after explosion, fire on submarine

YoopyaAug 14, 2013May 2, 20240

(Reuters) – Eighteen Indian sailors were trapped and some were killed after an explosion and fire on a diesel-powered submarine berthed at a base in

Egyptian government yet to decide on pro-Mursi vigils

YoopyaAug 13, 2013May 15, 20240

(Reuters) – Supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi stayed behind their barricades at two camps in Cairo on Tuesday while Egypt’s interim leaders debated how

Yemeni Nobel winner says Egypt coup deadly for Arab democracy

YoopyaAug 13, 2013May 15, 20240

(Reuters) – Tawakul Karman, who shared a Nobel peace prize for her pro-democracy campaigning inYemen, has said she views the Egyptian army’s overthrow of Islamist

Israel shoots down rocket targeting resort city Eilat

YoopyaAug 13, 2013May 15, 20240

(Reuters) – Israel shot down a rocket aimed at its southern resort city of Eilat early on Tuesday, blowing it up in mid air near

Zimbabwe’s president: No going back on poll result

YoopyaAug 12, 2013May 26, 20240

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s longtime President Robert Mugabe said Monday his party will not yield its victory in elections that, although disputed, were endorsed

Yemen’s al-Qaida leader vows to free prisoners

YoopyaAug 12, 2013May 26, 20240

CAIRO (AP) — The leader of the Yemen-based al-Qaida offshoot vowed in a message posted Monday to free fellow militants from prisons and urged jailed

Volcano spews more hot ash, lava in east Indonesia

YoopyaAug 12, 2013May 26, 20240

MAUMERE, Indonesia (AP) — A volcano on a tiny Indonesian island is spewing more hot ash and lava after causing six deaths over the weekend.

Typhoon batters Philippines; 1 dead, 45 missing

YoopyaAug 12, 2013June 16, 20240

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful typhoon battered the northern Philippines on Monday, toppling power lines and dumping heavy rains across mountains, cities and food-growing

Pakistan accuses India of shelling, killing man

YoopyaAug 12, 2013June 16, 20240

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani military official has accused Indian troops of shelling Pakistani territory along the disputed Kashmir border and killing a civilian. The

Gorbachev denies false reports of his death after hacker attack

YoopyaAug 10, 2013June 16, 20240

(Reuters) – Mikhail Gorbachev announced to the world he was alive and well after hackers broke into microblogs run by a news agency late on