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South Korea’s new president demands North drop nuclear ambitions

YoopyaFeb 25, 20130

(Reuters) – South Korea’s new president Park Geun-hye urged North Korea on Monday to abandon its nuclear ambitions, and to stop wasting its scarce resources

Chinese hackers seen as increasingly professional

YoopyaFeb 25, 20130

BEIJING (AP) — Beijing hotly denies accusations of official involvement in massive cyberattacks against foreign targets, insinuating such activity is the work of rogues. But

Palestinian prisoners observe inmate death protest fast

YoopyaFeb 24, 20130

Thousands of Palestinian prisoners are refusing food for one day in protest at the death of a fellow detainee in an Israeli jail. Thirty-year-old Arafat

Japan PM Shinzo Abe set for Washington talks with Obama

YoopyaFeb 22, 2013November 25, 20230

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to meet US President Barack Obama in Washington, in a visit aimed at fortifying their key security alliance.

Syria conflict: Many dead in huge Damascus bombing

YoopyaFeb 22, 20130

A massive car bomb explosion in the Syrian capital, Damascus, has killed at least 53 people and injured another 200, reports say. Syria blamed “terrorist

Iran installing new Natanz centrifuges, says IAEA

YoopyaFeb 22, 20130

Iran has begun installing advanced centrifuge machines for enriching uranium at its nuclear plant at Natanz, says the UN’s nuclear watchdog. The US said if

India’s Hyderabad hit by two explosions

YoopyaFeb 21, 2013June 25, 20230

Two explosions have killed 12 people in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, in what Prime Minister Manmohan Singh labelled as a “dastardly attack”. The

Large explosion rocks Syrian capital Damascus

YoopyaFeb 21, 20130

A huge car bomb in the Syrian capital Damascus has sent smoke billowing across the capital’s skyline. Syrian media and pan-Arab satellite station al-Jazeera have

Japan’s Abe seeks to show off alliance, get Obama nod on Abenomics

YoopyaFeb 21, 20130

(Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be seeking to put a strong U.S.-Japan alliance on full display in the face of potential threats

Russia and Arab League propose direct Syria talks

YoopyaFeb 21, 20130

Russia and the Arab League say they want to broker direct talks between the Syrian government and opposition in a bid to end the country’s