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South Korea increases surveillance as North moves missiles

YoopyaApr 10, 20130

(Reuters) – South Korea said on Wednesday there was “very high” probability that North Korea, engaged in weeks of threats of war, would launch a medium-range

North Korea warns foreigners to leave South

YoopyaApr 9, 20130

(Reuters) – North Korea intensified threats of an imminent conflict against the United States and the South on Tuesday, warning foreigners to evacuateSouth Korea to avoid being dragged

U.S. envoy to China urges cooperation against Internet theft

YoopyaApr 9, 20130

(Reuters) – China and the United States must cooperate on combating Internet theft, the U.S. envoy to China said on Tuesday, the latest comment in an issue

Iran opens uranium mines, yellow cake plant

YoopyaApr 9, 20130

(Reuters) – Iran said on Tuesday it had started production at two uranium mines and a yellow cake plant, declaring that Western opposition would not slow its

Suicide car bomber kills 15 in central Damascus

YoopyaApr 9, 20130

(Reuters) – A suicide car bomb killed at least 15 people and wounded 53 in the main business district of Damascus on Monday in what the Syrian

Embassies staying put in North Korea despite tension

YoopyaApr 6, 20130

(Reuters) – Staff at embassies in North Koreaappeared to be remaining in place on Saturday despite an appeal by authorities in Pyongyang for diplomats to consider

Iran nuclear: Final day for talks to break deadlock

YoopyaApr 6, 20130

International negotiations on the Iranian nuclear programme have gone into their second and final day in Almaty with little sign of progress. Iran is being

UN agency ‘broke’ as Syria refugee funds run out

YoopyaApr 6, 20130

A UN agency has said it will soon be unable to provide “life-saving” aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan and other countries due to funds

Mumbai building collapse toll rises

YoopyaApr 6, 20130

The death toll from the collapse of a building near the Indian city of Mumbai has risen to more than 70, police say. The seven-storey

South Korea ‘deploys warships to track North missiles’

YoopyaApr 5, 20130

South Korea has deployed two warships with missile-defence systems, reports say, a day after the North apparently moved a missile to its east coast. Military