Asia Archives | Page 96 of 108 | All about Asia stories

Iran considers halting high-grade enrichment: Ahmadinejad

YoopyaJun 18, 20120

(Reuters) – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appeared to indicate that Iran would be prepared to stop high-grade uranium enrichment – a demand of the United States

Analysis: Oil market shrugs at imminent Iran tanker insurance ban

YoopyaJun 18, 20120

(Reuters) – In less than two weeks, Iran’s biggest oil buyers will lose access to the London-based insurance market that protects 95 percent of the

Safety scandals give foreign dairies a boost in China

YoopyaJun 18, 20120

(Reuters) – Global food and dairy companies are making another round of big bets on China’s fast growing dairy sector, seeking to position themselves as

Saudi Crown Prince Nayef to be buried on Sunday

YoopyaJun 17, 2012June 19, 20230

(Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah will bury his former heir, Crown Prince Nayef, in Mecca on Sunday, and must now name a new successor

U.N. suspends Syria monitoring as violence rages

YoopyaJun 16, 20120

(Reuters) – Escalating violence in Syria forced United Nations observers to suspend operations on Saturday, in the clearest sign yet that a peace plan brokered

Saudi Crown Prince Nayef, heir to throne, dies

YoopyaJun 16, 2012June 19, 20230

(Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Nayef, a hawkish interior minister who crushed al Qaeda in the world’s top oil exporter, died on Saturday eight

Saudi Prince Salman seen as likely heir to throne

YoopyaJun 16, 20120

(Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Defence Minister Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz, seen as more moderate than his hawkish brother Crown Prince Nayef who died on Saturday,

Car bomb kills at least 13 at market in northwest Pakistan

YoopyaJun 16, 20120

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A car bomb killed at least 13 people at a market in northwest Pakistan on Saturday and the death toll could

Japan approves two reactor restarts, more seen ahead

YoopyaJun 16, 20120

(Reuters) – Japan on Saturday approved the resumption of nuclear power operations at two reactors despite mass public opposition, the first to come back on

Special Report: Plight of Muslim minority threatens Myanmar Spring

YoopyaJun 15, 20120

TAKEBI, Myanmar (Reuters) This village in northwest Myanmar has the besieged air of a refugee camp. It is clogged with people living in wooden shacks