Bahrain’s king announced on Wednesday that an independent commission will be formed to investigate possible rights violations during recent anti-regime protests. King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa’s said in a televised speech to the nation that despite an international outcry over a crackdown by the government, Bahraini leaders respect human rights and want reform. But […]
Bahrain Forms Commission to Investigate Rights Violations
Posted June 29th, 2011 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
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US Stocks Rise
Posted June 29th, 2011 at 9:55 am (UTC-5)
U.S. stock market indexes rose in Wednesday’s early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced three-tenths of a percent, the S&P 500 rose four-tenths of a percent and the NASDAQ gained one-tenth of a percent. European stock markets were higher in afternoon trading. London’s Financial Times 100 index gained 1.2 percent, the CAC-40 in Paris […]
Greek Parliament Approves Austerity Plan
Posted June 29th, 2011 at 9:45 am (UTC-5)
The Greek parliament has approved the first step in sweeping new austerity measures aimed at securing international financing for the debt-ridden nation. Socialist Prime Minister George Papandreou won passage Wednesday of his $40 billion plan to increase taxes, cut spending and sell state-owned assets. Lawmakers voted to pass the legislation as protesters opposed to the […]
Pakistan Charges 7 in Videotaped Killing
Posted June 29th, 2011 at 9:35 am (UTC-5)
A Pakistani court has charged six members of the paramilitary forces and a civilian with murder for the videotaped killing of an unarmed man earlier this month. The charges came Wednesday, three weeks after 22-year-old Sarfaraz Shah died in the southern city of Karachi. A hearing is set for Thursday. The video shows a civilian […]
Floods Kill at Least 25 in Southern Philippines
Posted June 29th, 2011 at 9:30 am (UTC-5)
Philippine authorities say flash flooding on the southern island of Mindanao has killed at least 25 people, many of them children washed away from their homes during the night. Fifteen others in Davao City were reported missing Wednesday. Rivers in the city of 1.4 million residents, swollen by torrential rains, inundated residential areas. Emergency officials […]
Iranian President Warns Against Arrest of Allies
Posted June 29th, 2011 at 9:15 am (UTC-5)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has warned authorities against arresting members of his government on charges of corruption. Mr. Ahmadinejad said Wednesday the arrests are politically motivated and an attempt to put pressure on his government. His comments come nearly a week after a former deputy foreign minister and close ally, Mohammed Sharif Malekzadeh, was arrested […]
Britain Accuses Iran of Secretly Testing Nuclear-Capable Missiles
Posted June 29th, 2011 at 9:10 am (UTC-5)
British Foreign Secretary William Hague says Iran has conducted secret tests of ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads in violation of a U.N. resolution. In comments to the British parliament on Wednesday, Hague said secret Iranian tests of nuclear-capable missiles contravene U.N. Security Council Resolution 1929. He also accused Iran of engaging in covert […]
UN: ‘Utter Devastation’ on Sudan’s North-South Border
Posted June 29th, 2011 at 9:00 am (UTC-5)
A senior U.N. human rights official says clashes along Sudan’s north-south border have caused “utter devastation” in the region. The U.N. Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Kyung-wha Kang, says urgent action is needed to prevent the violence from spreading and to protect civilians caught in the unrest. Kang, who visited the region last week, […]
Militants Storm Kabul Hotel, Killing 11
Posted June 29th, 2011 at 9:00 am (UTC-5)
In Afghanistan, heavily-armed militants have stormed one of Kabul’s landmark hotels in an overnight attack that killed at least 11 civilians and police officers. The five-hour siege of the Inter-Continental Hotel ended early Wednesday after all nine attackers either blew themselves up or were killed by Afghan security forces, with the help of NATO. The […]
Greek Police, Protesters Clash at Parliament
Posted June 29th, 2011 at 8:35 am (UTC-5)
Clashes broke out Wednesday between police and protesters trying to surround the Greek parliament, and police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. Workers in Greece are in the second day of a 48-hour general strike, and the country is all but shut down by the protest action, aimed against a new round of national […]
