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Yemen government poised to seize third town from Al Qaeda

kiemtarJun 15, 2012June 15, 20120

AAR, YEMEN—Yemeni government forces are poised to capture a southern coastal town from Al Qaeda-linked insurgents who fled there after the army drove them out

Syrian town deserted, burnt after clashes

YoopyaJun 15, 20120

(Reuters) – The Syrian town of Haffeh was smoldering and nearly deserted on Thursday after days of clashes between government forces and rebels, while activists

Some 30,000 without food, shelter in Myanmar clashes

YoopyaJun 15, 20120

(Reuters) – Tens of thousands of displaced Muslim Rohingyas and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists were in need of food, water and shelter in northwestern Myanmar on

US envoy: North Korean isolation hides suffering

YoopyaJun 14, 20120

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States is working to break an “information blockade” that allows North Korea to hide its rights abuses and

Suu Kyi welcomes world reaching out to Myanmar

YoopyaJun 14, 20120

GENEVA (AP) — Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says investment in her country should strengthen its nascent process of democratization. Businesses have been

Thousands in need of food, shelter after Myanmar clashes

YoopyaJun 14, 20120

(Reuters) – Thousands of displaced Muslim Rohingyas and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists were in need of food, water and shelter in northwestern Myanmar on Thursday after

Iraq attacks kill at least 53, pilgrims targeted

YoopyaJun 13, 20120

(Reuters) – Bombings and shootings targeting Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims in Baghdad and police across Iraq killed at least 53 people on Wednesday in apparently coordinated

Troops patrol in riot-hit Myanmar town to restore calm

YoopyaJun 13, 20120

(Reuters) – Soldiers and riot police patrolled the streets of the Myanmar town of Sittwe on Wednesday to enforce a state of emergency after days

Exclusive: Syria prints new money as deficit grows: bankers

YoopyaJun 13, 20120

(Reuters) – Syria has released new cash into circulation to finance its fiscal deficit, flirting with inflation after violence and sanctions wiped out revenues and

U.S. troops return to Afghanistan’s “lost province”

YoopyaJun 13, 20120

(Reuters) – – U.S. troops returned to the area in Afghanistan they call the “dark side of the moon” this week, a remote Hindu Kush