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Unification Church head Sun Myung Moon buried in Korea

YoopyaSep 15, 20120

(Reuters) – Sun Myung Moon, a self-proclaimed messiah who founded the Unification Church that once boasted millions of members, was buried at a church-owned mansion

Five dead as anti-Islam film protests widen

YoopyaSep 14, 20120

At least five people were killed on Friday in demonstrations over a film made in the US that mocks Islam – as protests spread around

Anti-American fury sweeps Middle East over film

YoopyaSep 14, 20120

(Reuters) – Fury about a film that insults the Prophet Mohammad tore across the Middle East on Friday with protesters attacking U.S. embassies and burning

Japan aims to abandon nuclear power by 2030s

YoopyaSep 14, 2012September 14, 20120

(Reuters) – Japan’s government said it intends to stop using nuclear power by the 2030s, marking a major shift from policy goals set before last

Exclusive: China’s Xi recovering from bad back, could appear soon – sources

YoopyaSep 14, 20120

(Reuters) – China’s leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping could make a public appearance as early as Saturday as he recovers from a bad back, sources said, dispelling

China surveillance ships near islands disputed with Japan

YoopyaSep 14, 20120

(Reuters) – Six Chinese surveillance ships briefly entered waters near disputed islands claimed by Tokyo and Beijing on Friday, raising tensions between Asia’s two biggest

U.S. embassies attacked in Yemen, Egypt after Libya envoy killed

YoopyaSep 14, 20120

(Reuters) – Demonstrators attacked the U.S. embassies in Yemen and Egypt on Thursday in protest at a film they consider blasphemous to Islam, and the

Intrepid U.S. envoy Stevens nurtured Libyan democracy

YoopyaSep 13, 20120

(Reuters) – As a mid-level U.S. diplomat, Chris Stevens dreamed up the idea of building bridges with Iran by having the United States extend greetings

US embassy in Yemen stormed in film protest

YoopyaSep 13, 20120

Protesters angered by an anti-Islam film made in the US have stormed the grounds of the American embassy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Police shot

Obama vows to “bring to justice” ambassador’s killers

YoopyaSep 13, 20120

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama vowed on Wednesday to “bring to justice” the Islamist gunmen responsible for a ferocious assault that killed the U.S. ambassador