Sunni militants attack Iraq’s Baiji refinery
(Reuters) - Sunni militants attacked Iraq's largest oil refinery, located in Baiji in northern Iraq, with machine-gun fire and mortars…
12 years ago
International
Marine Widow on Iraq: “I Feel Like a High Price Has Been Paid Already”
As Iraq inches closer to civil war and recent violence threatens to undo years of U.S. peacekeeping efforts, one Marine…
12 years ago
Japan eases visa requirements
The Japanese government is set to implement a substantial relaxation of visa requirements for Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines -…
12 years ago
Boat sinks off Malaysia, 66 people missing
An overloaded wooden boat capsized off the western Malaysian coast, with 66 of its 97 Indonesian passengers reportedly missing. [youtube…
12 years ago
Thai junta unfazed by serial hunger striker’s “win-win” fast
(Reuters) - For more than three decades, Chalad Vorachat's hunger strikes have drawn crowds. Once, he even helped topple a…
12 years ago
U.S. captures suspected ringleader of Benghazi attack
The United States says it has captured a suspected ringleader of the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in…
12 years ago
Top China diplomat meets Vietnam officials amid tensions over oil rig
(Reuters) - China's top diplomat began a round of meetings with Vietnamese officials in Hanoi on Wednesday as the two…
12 years ago
Boat sinks off western Malaysia, 66 Indonesians feared drowned
(Reuters) - Sixty-six people are feared to have drowned after an overloaded wooden boat carrying 97 illegal immigrants from Indonesia…
12 years ago
Migrant workers stream across Thailand’s border to Cambodia on crackdown fears
Cambodian workers streamed across the border in Sa Kaew province on Tuesday (June 17), after rumours of a crackdown…
12 years ago
Obama tells Congress U.S. deploying up to 275 troops to Iraq
The United States is deploying up to 275 military personnel to Iraq. President Barack Obama made the announcement to the…
12 years ago
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