Asia

Suicide bomb attack hits passenger van in south Beirut

By Laila Bassam BEIRUT Mon Feb 3, 2014 2:32pm EST (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up in a…

Iraqi forces kill 57 Islamist militants in Sunni province

BAGHDAD Mon Feb 3, 2014 2:49pm EST (Reuters) - Iraqi troops and allied tribesmen killed 57 Islamist militants in Anbar…

U.N. nuclear agency may press Iran on rare isotope in probe

By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA Mon Feb 3, 2014 2:30pm EST (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog says it wants Iran…

Japan condemns anti-whaling activists over boat collision

(Reuters) -- Japan condemned animal conservationist group Sea Shepherd on Monday (February 3), after the group said one of its vessels was…

Demonstrators disregard Thai poll, vow march to oust PM

(Reuters) - Thai anti-government protesters planned to forge ahead on Monday with efforts to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, a…

North Korea proposes meeting with South Korea to discuss family reunion issue

  (Reuters) -- North Korea proposed to hold a working-level meeting with South Korea to discuss the reunions of families separated since the Korea War…

Series of violence in Syria results in 90 deaths

Ninety people, including women and children, were killed in air raids carried out by the Syrian army in the city…

Pakistan’s privatization tsar embarks on quest to revive economy

By Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD Sun Feb 2, 2014 6:55pm EST (Reuters) - Mohammad Zubair was on a cruise dinner with…

China: Japan’s ‘hype’ on air defence zone spreads tension

(Reuters) - China does not feel threatened by countries in Southeast Asia and is optimistic about the situation in the disputed South…

Indonesia’s Mt. Sinabung volcano erupts, kills at least 14 people

(Reuters) -- Indonesia's Mount Sinabung volcano erupted and killed at least 14 people on the western island of Sumatra on Saturday…

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