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Two blasts target Iranian embassy in Beirut, kill 18

YoopyaNov 19, 2013February 3, 20240

(Reuters) – Two explosions targeting the Iranian embassy hit the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday killing 18 people and damaging buildings around the embassy compound,

Philippines says typhoon rebuilding cost may be up to $5.8 billion

YoopyaNov 19, 2013February 3, 20240

(Reuters) – The cost of rebuilding houses, schools, roads and bridges in typhoon-devastated central Philippines could reach 250 billion pesos ($5.8 billion), making it likely

Philippines to split up typhoon relief zone country by country

YoopyaNov 19, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – The Philippines will divide up the typhoon-ravaged central Visayas between countries to maximize relief efforts, a senior officer said, as President Benigno Aquino

Philippine corruption magnifies effects of typhoon

YoopyaNov 18, 2013January 31, 20240

TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — When a newspaper for Filipino workers in New Zealand told readers how to donate to the typhoon relief effort in their

Assad gaining ground in Syrian civil war

YoopyaNov 16, 2013February 14, 20240

BEIRUT (AP) — Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad have firmly seized the momentum in the country’s civil war in recent weeks, capturing one

Search for missing a hellish routine after typhoon

YoopyaNov 16, 2013February 14, 20240

TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — John Lajara peers under a slab of crumbled concrete, lifts a sodden white teddy bear then drops it back into the

Attacks against Shiites in Iraq kill at least 41

YoopyaNov 14, 2013January 31, 20240

BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide attacker and twin bomb blasts on Thursday targeted Shiites marking a somber religious ritual in Iraq, killing at least 41

Typhoon-struck Philippine city begins mass burial

YoopyaNov 14, 2013January 31, 20240

TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — Workers in this typhoon-shattered city buried scores of unidentified bodies in a hillside mass burial Thursday as desperately needed aid began

Sri Lanka defends rights record at Commonwealth

YoopyaNov 14, 2013January 31, 20240

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The president of Sri Lanka hit out Thursday at reporters and critics who question his nation’s human rights record, saying

Desperate Philippine typhoon survivors loot, dig up water pipes

YoopyaNov 13, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – Desperation gripped Philippine islands devastated by Typhoon Haiyan as looting turned deadly on Wednesday and survivors panicked over delays in supplies of food,