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Saudis reject Security Council seat, angry over Mideast inaction

YoopyaOct 19, 2013March 10, 20240

(Reuters) – Saudi Arabia turned down a coveted seat on the United Nations Security Council on Friday in a rare display of anger at the failure of the international

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

Architect: 2020 Tokyo Olympic stadium is too big

YoopyaOct 16, 2013March 10, 20240

TOKYO (AP) — A prominent Japanese architect is campaigning to reduce the size of the spaceship-like main stadium approved for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, saying

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

Bombs blasts across Iraq kill 25 people

YoopyaOct 14, 2013March 17, 20240

(Reuters) – A series of bombs killed at least 25 people across Iraq on Sunday ahead of the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha, police and medical sources

Malaysia court rules non-Muslims cannot use ‘Allah’

YoopyaOct 14, 2013March 10, 20240

A Malaysian court has ruled that non-Muslims cannot use the word Allah to refer to God, overturning a 2009 lower court ruling. The appeals court

India temple stampede in Madhya Pradesh ‘kills 91’

YoopyaOct 14, 2013March 10, 20240

Some 91 pilgrims, mostly women and children, have been killed in a stampede at a Hindu festival in central India, local officials have said. Many

Muslim hajj crowds thinned by virus concerns

YoopyaOct 14, 2013March 10, 20240

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslims from across the world poured Sunday into a sprawling tent city in the Saudi desert before the start of

NATO: Man in Afghan uniform kills NATO soldier

YoopyaOct 13, 2013March 10, 20240

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — NATO says a man wearing an Afghan national security forces uniform killed one of its service members in eastern Afghanistan. The

Thailand says China gov’t to buy more rice, rubber

YoopyaOct 13, 2013March 10, 20240

BANGKOK (AP) — The Thai prime minister’s office said Sunday that productive talks with the visiting Chinese premier had sweetened terms of trade deals for