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Britain says no to Syria intervention as U.S. considers actions

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron is seen addressing the House of Commons in this still image taken from video in London August 29, 2013. REUTERS/UK Parliament via Reuters TV

LONDON/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Britain will not join any military action against Syria after a stunning parliamentary defeat on Thursday of a government motion on the

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Indian Mujahideen Founder Yasim Bhatkal (File Photo/Agencies)
India most wanted Bhatkal arrested from Indo-Nepal border

Nepal police spokesman Nawaraj Silwal said that Nepalese police were not involved in the arrest of Bhatkal. NEW DELHI:ndian police have arrested the alleged co-founder of top home-grown militant group

Obama makes case for punishing Syria, but possible delays loom

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama made the case on Wednesday for a limited military strike against Syria in response to last week’s chemical weapons attack even as he faced

An excavator is used to search for survivors under the rubble of collapsed buildings as Free Syrian Army fighters and civilians gather at the site after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's Fardous neighbourhood August 26, 2013. REUTERS/Molhem Barakat
China urges restraint over Syria tensions, calls for calm

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign minister urged restraint on Thursday in the growing tensions over Syria, saying any military intervention in the crisis would only worsen turmoil in the Middle

India’s Asaram Bapu’s son calls victim ‘mentally unstable’

New Delhi: Spiritual guru Asaram Bapu’s son has defended his father in the sexual assault case and has called the victim ‘mentally unstable’. Media reports said the remark was made

Floods in Laos kill 20, damage rice crops

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Flash floods and heavy monsoon rains have battered Laos, killing at least 20 people, washing away roads and damaging crops, a U.N. official said on Wednesday. Rains

The guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage is seen operating in the Arabian Gulf in this handout picture taken on November 15, 2006. REUTERS/Specialist 2nd Class Miguel Angel Contreras/U.S. Navy/Handout
U.S., allies prepare for probable military strike on Syria

AMMAN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies geared up for a probable military strike against Syria that could come within days and would be the most aggressive action

Li Tianyi and his father Li Shuangjiang, a general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army who gained fame singing revolutional songs, are seen at the son's solo concert at a odeum of China National Orchestra in Beijing, August 19, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer
Son of Chinese general faces rape trial; raises anger over top families

BEIJING (Reuters) – The teenage son of a prominent Chinese general goes on trial on Wednesday suspected of involvement in a gang rape in a case that has inflamed public

Indian minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Kumari Selja, left, escorts Chairman of ruling United Progressive Alliance and Congress party president Sonia Gandhi, right, as they walk out of Indian Parliament House during the debate on National Food Security Bill 2013, in New Delhi, India, Monday, Aug.26, 2013.
India’s Sonia Gandhi discharged from hospital

NEW DELHI: Sonia Gandhi, the leader of India’s ruling Congress Party and the country’s most powerful politician, has been discharged from a hospital after falling ill during a debate in

A protestor wearing a pig mask attends a protest against the misuse of Philippine state funds during a huge rally in Luneta Park on August 26, 2013 in Manila, Philippines. (Photo by Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)
Tens of thousands of Filipinos protest “pork barrel” funds

MANILA (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Filipinos angry at official corruption marched through the center of Manila and other cities to demand the abolition of a misused fund for