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North Korea demands end of sanctions if U.S. wants dialogue

YoopyaApr 18, 2013November 10, 20240

(Reuters) – North Korea offered the United States and South Korea a list of conditions on Thursday for talks, including the lifting of U.N. sanctions, signaling a

Pakistani troops in rescue effort after Iran quake

YoopyaApr 17, 20130

Pakistan has sent troops to help its citizens affected by a powerful earthquake that struck just over the border in south-east Iran. The 7.8-magnitude quake,

New Zealand legalises same-sex marriage

YoopyaApr 17, 20130

New Zealand’s parliament has legalised same-sex marriage, the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to do so. Lawmakers approved the bill, amending the 1955 marriage

Pakistan bears brunt of Iranian earthquake, 13 killed

YoopyaApr 16, 20130

(Reuters) – A major earthquake centered on a border area of southeast Iran killed at least 13 people in neighboring Pakistan, destroyed hundreds of houses and shook

Syria: Bashar al-Assad cuts prison sentences

YoopyaApr 16, 20130

Bashar al-Assad has cut prisoners’ sentences in Syria to mark a national holiday The move reduced prison terms of inmates held for both crimes and

Bahrain: Police ‘fire tear gas’ at boys’ school

YoopyaApr 16, 20130

Police in Bahrain have fired tear gas and clashed with students in a raid on a secondary school in the capital, Manama, reports say.

India police ‘kill nine Maoists’ in Chhattisgarh

YoopyaApr 16, 20130

Police in India say they have killed at least nine Maoist rebels in a clash in the central state of Chhattisgarh. The clash happened when

China ‘reveals army structure’ in defence white paper

YoopyaApr 16, 20130

China has revealed the structure of its military units, in what state-run media describe as a first. The army has a total of 850,000 officers,

U.N. aid groups say world must act now to save Syria

YoopyaApr 16, 20130

(Reuters) – World leaders must act urgently to break the diplomatic deadlock around Syria if they want to prevent the crisis from reaching a dangerous tipping point,

Bombs hit cities across Iraq, 20 killed

YoopyaApr 15, 20130

(Reuters) – Car bombs and attacks on cities across Iraq, including two blasts at a checkpoint at Baghdad international airport, killed at least 20 people