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Bahrain crisis: Amnesty renews call to free jailed teachers’ union chief

YoopyaMay 1, 2013September 5, 20240

Rights group Amnesty International has renewed its call for the release of the jailed president of the Bahrain Teachers Association, Mahdi Abu Dheeb. Mr Abu

Bangladesh building collapse: Death toll passes 400

YoopyaMay 1, 2013September 8, 20240

The number of people killed in the collapse of a factory building on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, has passed 400, officials say.

No more survivors likely in Bangladesh tragedy

YoopyaApr 29, 2013September 8, 20240

SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Rescue workers in Bangladesh gave up hopes of finding any more survivors in the remains of a building that collapsed five

Hurdles to talks high after North Korea threats

YoopyaApr 29, 2013September 8, 20240

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — After weeks of fiery rhetoric, military posturing and threats that it’s willing to strike back hard if provoked, North Korea

Syria crisis: PM Halaqi ‘survives Damascus car bombing’

YoopyaApr 29, 2013September 5, 20240

Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halaqi has survived a car bomb attack in the capital, Damascus, reports say. The blast in western Mazzeh district targeted Mr

Fiery Afghan bus crash kills 45, Taliban blamed

YoopyaApr 26, 2013September 5, 20240

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) – A bus collided on Friday with the wreckage of a truck that had been attacked by Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan,

Dhaka building collapse: Fears for hundreds still missin

YoopyaApr 26, 2013November 10, 20240

Hundreds of people are still missing after Wednesday’s collapse of a building in Bangladesh which killed over 300 people, local officials say. More than 40

South Korea ‘to withdraw staff’ from Kaesong zone in North

YoopyaApr 26, 2013November 10, 20240

South Korea says it is withdrawing its remaining workers from a jointly-run industrial complex in North Korea. The announcement came from the unification minister shortly

‘Growing evidence’ of chemical weapons use in Syria – UK

YoopyaApr 26, 2013November 10, 20240

There is “limited but growing” evidence that Syrian government troops have used chemical weapons, UK Prime Minister David Cameron says. “It is extremely serious, this

North Korea demands recognition as nuclear arms state

YoopyaApr 23, 20130

(Reuters) – North Korea demanded on Tuesday that it be recognized as a nuclear weapons state, rejecting a U.S. condition that it agree to give up its