The U.N. Security Council was holding closed-door consultations Thursday to discuss tensions between Kosovo and Serbia that resulted in the death of an ethnic-Albanian policeman earlier this week. Speaking to reporters ahead of the talks, Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić said he had come to the United Nations to give Serbia’s version of events and […]
UN Security Council Discussing Kosovo Tension
Posted July 28th, 2011 at 11:45 pm (UTC-5)
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US Congressional Vote on Debt Issue Postponed
Posted July 28th, 2011 at 10:50 pm (UTC-5)
Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives announced late Thursday night that they will not hold a vote on a Republican plan to raise the U.S. borrowing limit and cut spending. The vote was scheduled to be held earlier Thursday, but news outlets said the vote was delayed because Republican leaders are seeking more support […]
Dozens Killed in Battle at Elite Yemen Army Camp
Posted July 28th, 2011 at 10:25 pm (UTC-5)
Heavy clashes between Yemeni forces and armed tribesmen who attacked a Republican Guard training facility have killed dozens of people 40 kilometers north of the capital, Sana’a. Yemeni officials said Thursday the elite unit, backed by government warplanes, shelled and bombed hundreds of tribesmen who had seized part of the al-Samaa military camp. The Defense […]
Macedonian Parliament Elects New Government
Posted July 28th, 2011 at 9:25 pm (UTC-5)
Macedonia’s parliament has approved a new coalition government, backing the coalition formed by Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. After a two-day debate, 70 members of the 123-seat parliament voted late Thursday for the coalition headed by Mr. Gruevski’s conservative VMRO-DPMNE party, with the ethnic Albanian DUI party as its junior partner. The two parties won the […]
Tiger Woods Set to Return Next Week
Posted July 28th, 2011 at 9:10 pm (UTC-5)
Former world number-one golfer Tiger Woods of the United states says he will return to competition next week. After an 11-week break to heal injuries to his left leg, Woods used his website Thursday to announce he will play in the Bridgestone Invitational beginning August 4 in Akron, Ohio. He posted on his Twitter account […]
Tropical Storm Advances Toward US Coastline
Posted July 28th, 2011 at 9:05 pm (UTC-5)
Tropical Storm Don is moving through the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to approach the southeastern coast of the U.S. state of Texas on Friday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says the storm is moving west-northwest at about 26 kilometers per hour, with sustained winds of 75 kilometers per hour. Forecasters expect […]
10 Killed in Battle to Keep Somali Aid Flowing
Posted July 28th, 2011 at 8:35 pm (UTC-5)
At least 10 people were killed and 30 wounded in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, Thursday as African Union and government troops fought militants trying to stop food aid from entering the country. Fighting broke out a day after the United Nations’ World Food Program airlifted 14 tons of food into Somalia, which is experiencing its […]
Tunisia’s Ben Ali Convicted for Corrupt Property Deals
Posted July 28th, 2011 at 8:20 pm (UTC-5)
A Tunisian court has sentenced former president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, his daughter and son-in-law in absentia to serve prison terms and ordered them to pay $100 million in damages for illicit property deals. The court Thursday convicted Mr. Ben Ali of corruption and abuse of power. He was accused in two separate cases of […]
Germany Returns Ancient Sphinx to Turkey
Posted July 28th, 2011 at 7:55 pm (UTC-5)
Germany has returned an ancient sphinx to Turkey, ending years of squabbling over the valuable sculpture. Turkish officials say the 3,500-year-old figure of a lion’s body with a human head will be returned to its home in Hattusha in Turkish Anatolia after nearly a century-long absence. The sphinx was unearthed by German archeologists in the […]
