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Analysis: Afghanistan’s peace hopes may rest on Taliban captive

YoopyaAug 21, 2012June 24, 20230

(Reuters) – In the cloistered circles of the Taliban high command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar had no equal. As military chief of the hardline Islamic

South Africa mine: Lonmin drops threat to fire workers

YoopyaAug 21, 20120

Mining giant Lonmin has dropped its threat to fire workers who failed to return to work at a South African mine after deadly clashes last

Mine violence hits at S.Africa political power nexus

YoopyaAug 18, 20120

By Jon Herskovitz MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) – The bloody protest by South African miners that ended in a hail of police gunfire and 34

Brahimi to firm up role, not urge Assad exit yet

YoopyaAug 18, 20120

By Mirna Sleiman BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Algerian diplomat set to become the new international mediator on Syria has said he urgently needs to clarify

Egypt’s Mursi accused of stifling dissent in media crackdown

YoopyaAug 18, 20120

By Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) – A media crackdown in the first month of Mohamed Mursi’s rule has raised fears Egypt’s Islamist president is moving

Syria denies Assad’s deputy tried to defect

YoopyaAug 18, 20120

(Reuters) – Syria denied reports on Saturday that President Bashar al-Assad’s deputy had defected and his forces pressed an offensive against rebels, bombarding parts of

Kim visits North Korea’s army unit that launched 2010 shelling of South

YoopyaAug 18, 20120

(Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a frontline military detachment, state media reported, and reminded troops of their duty to fight a

China protests over plans by Japanese group to visit near disputed islands

YoopyaAug 18, 20120

(Reuters) – China lodged a formal protest with Japan on Saturday over plans by a Japanese nationalist group including lawmakers to hold a ceremony commemorating

Russia’s female punk band protesters jailed for two years

YoopyaAug 18, 2012March 17, 20240

(Reuters) – Three women from the Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday for staging a protest against

Mine “bloodbath” shocks post-apartheid South Africa

YoopyaAug 17, 2012June 24, 20230

(Reuters) – The police killing of 34 striking platinum miners in the bloodiest security operation since the end of white rule cut to the quick