The national flag of newly independent South Sudan has been raised outside the United Nations after becoming the world body’s 193rd member on Thursday. Hundreds of diplomats gathered outside U.N. headquarters in New York to see the flag being raised for the first time after the U.N. General Assembly admitted the country by acclamation. On […]
South Sudan Becomes 193rd Member of United Nations
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 5:15 am (UTC-5)
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US Warships in Vietnam for Joint Training
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 5:10 am (UTC-5)
Vietnam welcomed three U.S. warships to its waters Friday for scheduled port calls and joint training exercises. The U.S. embassy said in a statement that the two sides will conduct seven days of training involving navigation and damage control along with dive and salvage training. No combat drills will be held. Officials have said the […]
India Identifies Scooter Used In Mumbai Attacks
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 5:10 am (UTC-5)
India’s home secretary says detectives are combing through forensic evidence and surveillance video, as they continue to investigate the deadly bomb blasts that rocked Mumbai Wednesday. R.K. Singh said Friday authorities have identified a scooter on which one of the bombs was planted. A total of three blasts occurred within 20 minutes of each other […]
HRW: Bahrain Dismissed 2,000 Protest Supporters from Jobs
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 5:10 am (UTC-5)
An international human rights group says Bahrain’s government and state-linked firms in the country have fired more than 2,000 workers in apparent punishment for participating in Shi’ite-led protests. Human Rights Watch says the schools, hospitals and government ministries “arbitrarily” dismissed the pro-democracy workers from their jobs. The New York-based group has urged authorities to investigate […]
Asian Markets Mixed
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 4:40 am (UTC-5)
Asian stock markets were mixed in early trading Friday. Tokyo’s Nikkei index gained four-tenths of a percent , to close at 9,974. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index lost three-tenths of a percent , to end at 21,875. Elsewhere, share prices were higher in Shanghai, Taipei and Manila. Markets closed lower in Sydney and Wellington. The […]
Delegates on Libya Meet in Istanbul as Rebels Advance Beyond Front Lines
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 4:30 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Turkey for international talks on Libya expected to deepen Washington’s ties with opposition forces fighting to overthrow Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Delegates of the Contact Group on Libya will lay out plans Friday to increase support to the North African country’s rebel Transitional National Council. Senior U.S. […]
US Starts Investigation on Whether 9/11 Victims’ Phones Were Hacked
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 4:25 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation says it has opened an investigation into whether the phones of victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks and their families were hacked into by media baron Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation. Law enforcement sources said Thursday the FBI will look into whether employees at Murdoch’s media firm illegally tried to […]
Apple Faces Class Action Suit in South Korea
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 3:20 am (UTC-5)
U.S. technology giant Apple may face a class action lawsuit in South Korea for an iPhone feature that can track the location of users. Apple Korea said Thursday that it paid a $950 judgment last month to a lawyer who sued the company for violation of privacy. The lawyer, Kim Hyeong-seok, now says he will […]
Tokyo Markets Up, Dollar Flat
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 2:20 am (UTC-5)
Japanese share prices ended higher Friday, while the dollar was flat against the yen. Tokyo’s Nikkei index gained four-tenths of a percent , to close at 9,974. In currency trading, the dollar was selling at 79.19 yen, up slightly from late Thursday. The Taipei market gained 1.10 percent , to close at 8,575.
Obama Ends Talks with Lawmakers Over Debt, Deficit
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 2:00 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama will hold a news conference at the White House Friday morning to discuss his negotiations with congressional leaders over raising the national borrowing limit and decreasing the deficit. At the end of a fifth day of talks Thursday, Mr. Obama told negotiators it is “decision time,” and gave them until Saturday […]
