Early unofficial results from Turkey’s parliamentary elections Sunday indicate the country’s prime minister and his Islamic-rooted party are on course to win a third straight term in power. With more than 21 percent of the vote counted, unofficial results have Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, securing more than 54 percent, […]
Initial Results: Turkey’s Ruling Party on Course to Win Parliamentary Elections
Posted June 12th, 2011 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
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EgyptAir Resumes Flights to Iraq
Posted June 12th, 2011 at 12:10 pm (UTC-5)
Egypt’s national airline EgyptAir says it will resume flights to Iraq next month after a 21-year break. The chairman of the EgyptAir holding company, Hussein Massoud, said Sunday the airline will operate four flights weekly to Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, and three flights weekly to Irbil, in Kurdistan. He said the flights will start July 15. […]
Bangladesh Hit by General Strike
Posted June 12th, 2011 at 12:05 pm (UTC-5)
For the second time this month, Bangladesh was hit Sunday by a general strike that closed shops and businesses and interfered with transportation. The 36-hour work stoppage was called by the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its Islamic ally, Jamaat-e-Islami. They are protesting a proposed amendment to the nation’s constitution that they say favors the […]
Clinton: Death of Embassy Bombing Suspect Big Blow to al-Qaida
Posted June 12th, 2011 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says al-Qaida has suffered another major blow with the death of Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in east Africa. Somali officials announced Saturday that the al-Qaida operative was killed five days earlier at a Mogadishu checkpoint. Clinton, who is on a visit […]
Spanish Protesters End Weeks-Long Action in Madrid
Posted June 12th, 2011 at 11:10 am (UTC-5)
Spanish protesters who have camped out for more than three weeks in one of Madrid’s busiest squares to protest the country’s unemployment and economic woes have begun to leave. Municipal cleaners moved in quickly Sunday as demonstrators vacated the area. The decision to leave came one day after protests were held in several cities throughout […]
North, South Sudanese Presidents Begin Critical Talks
Posted June 12th, 2011 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
The presidents of northern and southern Sudan are meeting in an effort to resolve issues that have sparked fighting along the north-south border. VOA correspondent Peter Heinlein reports that northern leader Omar al-Bashir and southern leader Salva Kiir began talks Sunday in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. He says they are meeting with a high-level African […]
Polls Close in Turkish Parliamentary Elections
Posted June 12th, 2011 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
Polls have closed in Turkey’s parliamentary elections, with the country’s prime minister and his Islamic-rooted party widely expected to secure a third straight term in power. With about 50 million eligible voters, Sunday’s election is pitting Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, against the Opposition Republican People’s Party . Preliminary results […]
Taliban Denies Involvement in Pakistan Bombings
Posted June 12th, 2011 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
The Taliban has denied responsibility for twin bombings at a crowded market in Pakistan’s Peshawar city that killed at least 35 people and wounded more than 100 others late Saturday. A Taliban spokesman (Ehsanullah Ehsan) called reporters Sunday in the North Waziristan tribal region to deny involvement. He said, “We do not target civilians and […]
NYT: US Spearheads Creation of ‘Shadow Internet’ to Aid Dissidents
Posted June 12th, 2011 at 10:45 am (UTC-5)
A published report says the U.S. government is financing a global effort to establish what is described as a “shadow” Internet system that would help enable dissidents seeking to undermine repressive governments. According to a report published Sunday in The New York Times, the State Department is leading the effort with an allocation of $2 […]
Hamas Rejects Fayyad to Head New Palestinian Government
Posted June 12th, 2011 at 10:35 am (UTC-5)
The Palestinian militant group Hamas says Palestinian rival Fatah’s nominee to head a future Palestinian unity government is not acceptable. Fatah says it wants current Prime Minister Salam Fayyad at the helm of a new government. A Hamas official said Sunday the organization will not hand over the unity government to Fayyad because, in the […]
