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Reuters - Top News, 16.04.13 06:03 UTC

China points finger at U.S. over Asia-Pacific tensions

By Ben Blanchard BEIJING | Tue Apr 16, 2013 1:46am EDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China's defense ministry made a thinly veiled attack on the United States on Tuesday for increasing tensions in the ...

Philippines ministry spokesman diplomat Secretary of State Washington Beijing +13 more

Seattle Times, 16.04.13 05:41 UTC

China criticizes increase in US forces in Asia

China's military says the U.S. is destabilizing the Asia-Pacific region by sending more forces to the area and boosting its alliances with regional partners.

Asia China's military Yang Yujun Asia-Pacific United States China ministry spokesman

Reuters - Top News, 15.04.13 03:26 UTC

Defiant North Korea celebrates founder's anniversary

By David Chance SEOUL | Sun Apr 14, 2013 11:07pm EDT SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea celebrated the 101st anniversary of its founder's birth on Monday with no signs of tension easing on the peninsula ...

U.N. Security Council Kim Jong-Un David Chance Park Geun-hye Kim Jong-il Kim Yong-nam +17 more

Telegraph, 12.04.13 03:21 UTC

US denies report North Korea already has nuclear missile capability

The US and South Korean governments were today scrambling to play down an American intelligence report which found that North Korea already has the capability to construct a nuclear missile.

Defence Intelligence Agency US intelligence Pentagon Barack Obama George Little John Kerry +17 more

BBC World News, 12.04.13 00:06 UTC

Iraq struggles to solve electricity crisis

Thick clusters of electric wires hang low from tilted wooden poles, winding their way through Baghdad's alleyways to distribute privately generated electrical power.

crude oil Ministry of Oil Ministry of Water Resources Ministry of Planning Ministry of Electricity Musaab Mudarres +17 more

Seattle Times, 08.04.13 14:32 UTC

French photographer kidnapped in Afghanistan freed

Afghanistan's Interior Ministry says a French freelance photographer kidnapped nearly four months ago in Kabul has been freed.

Afghanistan photographer Freelance photographer ministry spokesman French government KABUL +4 more

Seattle Times, 30.03.13 09:47 UTC

Russia lashes out at US over NGO funding

Russia's foreign ministry is criticizing Washington for channeling funds to non-governmental organizations in ways that get around Russian restrictions.

Washington Department of State Vladimir Putin Alexander Lukashevich Victoria Nuland Russia +4 more

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