Bangladesh has signed a deal with the American company ConocoPhillips in a bid to locate new sources of gas before the country’s current reserves run out within the next few years. Government officials announced the deal Thursday, saying the agreement gives the U.S. energy giant exploration rights to two areas in the Bay of Bengal. […]
Bangladesh, US Energy Giant Sign Gas Exploration Deal
Posted June 16th, 2011 at 9:45 am (UTC-5)
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Security Council to Recommend UN Chief for 2nd Term
Posted June 16th, 2011 at 9:40 am (UTC-5)
The United Nations Security Council is expected to recommend the reappointment of Ban Ki-moon for a second term as U.N. chief. Mr. Ban faces no other candidates. His bid has the backing of the United States and other key members of the U.N. Security Council, and he appears almost certain to be re-elected. The Security […]
Chinese Premier to Visit Germany, Britain
Posted June 16th, 2011 at 9:30 am (UTC-5)
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will make official visits to Hungary, Britain and Germany next week. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hong Lei says Mr. Wen is visiting at the invitation of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. He says the meetings will focus on bilateral relations and international […]
Militants Launch More Attacks in Southern Yemen
Posted June 16th, 2011 at 9:25 am (UTC-5)
Armed militants have attacked government buildings near the southern Yemeni town of Houta, which they assaulted on Wednesday. Residents told Reuters news agency the attackers in the Thursday assault briefly took over a security forces administrative building and council offices before retreating. On Wednesday, the al-Qaida-linked group Ansar al-Sharia, or Supporters of Sharia , attacked […]
Somali Pirates Rescue Crew as Ship Burns
Posted June 16th, 2011 at 8:45 am (UTC-5)
Somali pirates say they have evacuated 19 crew members from a hijacked ship that caught fire Wednesday. The Panama-flagged cargo ship MV Orna caught fire in the pirate stronghold of Harardhere, on Somalia’s Indian Ocean coast. VOA’s Somali service talked to a regional piracy expert, Andrew Mwangura, who says the ship was still on fire […]
Center-Right Leader Passos Coelho Named Portugal’s New PM
Posted June 16th, 2011 at 8:45 am (UTC-5)
Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva has named center-right leader Pedro Passos Coelho as the new prime minister of the financially troubled country. Mr. Coelho and his Social Democrat Party won this month’s parliamentary elections, knocking the Socialists out of power. The new prime minister says he will work quickly to form a new coalition government […]
Hackers Claim Breach of CIA Website
Posted June 16th, 2011 at 8:40 am (UTC-5)
Computer hackers say they breached the Central Intelligence Agency’s website late Wednesday. The CIA’s public website experienced problems throughout the evening, and a group of hackers who call themselves “Lulz Security” said in a Twitter message: “Tango down – cia.gov.” “Lulz Security” only claimed that it attacked the CIA’s website. There was no immediate indication […]
Cross-Border Attack Kills 5 in Pakistan
Posted June 16th, 2011 at 8:30 am (UTC-5)
More than 250 militants have crossed from Afghanistan, attacking a village in Pakistan’s northwest tribal region with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades. Pakistani officials and local residents say the militants killed at least five civilians, including two women, in Thursday’s cross-border attack in Bajaur. Three other women were wounded. Pakistani security forces and members of […]
Blast Hits Nigeria Police Headquarters
Posted June 16th, 2011 at 8:30 am (UTC-5)
A powerful bomb has exploded outside Nigerian police headquarters in the capital, Abuja, killing at least one person. Officials with Nigeria’s emergency management agency say they suspect a suicide bomber carried out the attack and died in the blast. In an interview with VOA, a spokesman for the Islamic militant group Boko Haram claimed responsibility […]
Syrian Tanks Lead Renewed Assault in Northwest Region
Posted June 16th, 2011 at 8:00 am (UTC-5)
Syrian rights activists say the country’s security forces are expanding their assault in the northwest region that for days has been under a military crackdown. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday that the Syrian military used dozens of tanks, armored cars, personnel carriers and army trucks to begin an assault on Khan […]
