US President Obama cancels meeting with Putin after Snowden snub
In a rare snub, US President Barack Obama cancelled his plans to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin after intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden was granted
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Kremlin disappointed by Obama cancellation of Moscow visit
Russia is “disappointed” by US President Barack Obama’s decision to cancel a planned visit to Moscow in early September for a summit with Russian President
Anniversary of Myanmar junta crackdown
Thousands thronged Yangon on Thursday marking the anniversary of a bloody crackdown on Myanmar rallies 25 years ago, in a historic commemoration urging further democratic
Diplomacy has failed to resolve crisis in Egypt
Egypt’s military-backed interim leadership proclaimed that crackdown against the two protest sites is inevitable, saying that nearly two weeks of foreign diplomatic efforts to peacefully
14 alleged al-Qaida militants in Yemen killed by US drone strike
A suspected US drone strike in Yemen killed 14 alleged al-Qaida militants today in one of the group’s former strongholds in a central province, a
38 killed in Quetta Pakistan by a suicide bomber
Thirty-eight people, including three top police officers, were killed and more than 50 injured when a suicide bomber targeted the funeral of a slain policeman