Somalia’s parliament has approved the cabinet chosen by newly-appointed Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali. Lawmakers voted Saturday 397 to 21 in favor of Mr. Ali’s choices, which include 18 ministers and deputy ministers and 9 state ministers. Mr. Ali told parliament the new government would focus on fighting corruption and improving Somalia’s tenuous security situation. […]
Norway Police Investigating Possible Second Gunman in Mass Killings
Posted July 23rd, 2011 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
Norwegian police are investigating the possibility there might have been a second gunman involved in Friday’s deadly assault on a summer youth camp. Police already are questioning one suspected gunman, a native Norwegian, but the country’s national news agency NTB said Saturday that witnesses on Utoeya island where the attack occurred have told police two […]
Airstrikes Rock Tripoli, Libya Wants More US Talks
Posted July 23rd, 2011 at 9:55 am (UTC-5)
The Libyan government says NATO airstrikes caused casualties and damage in the capital, Tripoli, on Saturday. Meanwhile, a government spokesman says Libya is willing to hold more talks with the U.S. but has no interest in talking to rebels. Moussa Ibrahim made the comments to journalists late Friday, about a week after U.S. and Libyan […]
Thousands Protest Against Senegal President
Posted July 23rd, 2011 at 9:20 am (UTC-5)
Thousands of Senegalese demonstrators have gathered to protest against President Abdoulaye Wade’s bid for a third term. Top opposition leaders, including former Prime Minister Macky Sall, were also on hand Saturday at the demonstration in a public square outside the Dakar city center. The protest had been originally scheduled downtown, but organizers changed the venue […]
Norway Police Investigating Possible Second Gunman in Mass Killings
Posted July 23rd, 2011 at 9:10 am (UTC-5)
Eskil Pedersen, a leader of the Labor Party youth wing and a survivor of the attack, said the group “will not let the terrorist win.” He said the group will continue to work hard for the party in honor of those who were killed. The building that was bombed in Oslo houses the office of […]
Syria Blames ‘Saboteurs’ For Deadly Derailment
Posted July 23rd, 2011 at 9:05 am (UTC-5)
The Syrian government has blamed “saboteurs” trying to “hide behind” anti-government protests for a train derailment that killed one person and left several injured. A state-run media report on Saturday says the incident took place near the flashpoint city of Homs. The SANA news agency quotes an Interior Ministry official as saying “criminals” ripped up […]
Anti-Taliban Tribesmen Kill Militants in Pakistan
Posted July 23rd, 2011 at 8:55 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say anti-Taliban tribesmen have killed at least seven militants in the volatile northwestern part of the country near the Afghan border. Several tribesmen were wounded in the gunbattles, which took place in the Kurram tribal region. Also Saturday, gunmen on at least one motorcycle shot and killed five workers at a construction site […]
Somalia Central Government Condemns Militants’ Famine Denial
Posted July 23rd, 2011 at 8:15 am (UTC-5)
Somalia’s U.N.-backed central government is condemning the decision by al-Qaida-linked militants to keep international aid workers out despite a worsening famine. In a statement Saturday, Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali also accused the group, al-Shabab, of preventing people from leaving the region under their control in search of food. He appealed for help from the […]
South Sudan Rebel Leader Killed
Posted July 23rd, 2011 at 7:40 am (UTC-5)
A South Sudan rebel leader was killed Saturday just days after agreeing to a cease-fire in the region. The South Sudan army and a rebel source in Unity state say Gatluak Gai was shot dead. Gai signed a cease-fire agreement with the new South Sudan government last week. There are conflicting reports on who is […]
Rape Protest Paralyzes Kashmir
Posted July 23rd, 2011 at 6:30 am (UTC-5)
Indian-controlled Kashmir has been paralyzed by a strike called to protest the alleged abduction and rape of a woman by two soldiers in the disputed region. Most shops, banks, schools and offices were closed Saturday in the main city Srinagar and other towns. Protests erupted Friday as hundreds of people shouted anti-India slogans and called […]
