The newly-elected Tibetan prime minister-in-exile, Lobsand Sangay, says he will use his tenure in office to continue pressing China for negotiations aimed at resolving the decades-long dispute over the status of Tibet. Sangay assumes office Monday, ending months of transition within the exile government sparked by previously scheduled ministerial elections and by the Dalai Lama’s […]
New Tibetan PM Vows to Continue Pressing China on Autonomy
Posted August 7th, 2011 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
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Somali Gov’t, AU Troops Patrol Mogadishu after al-Shabab Retreat
Posted August 7th, 2011 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
Somali government troops and African Union peacekeepers are patrolling the streets of Mogadishu, a day after al-Shabab militants staged a surprise withdrawal from most of the Somali capital. Somalia’s prime minister, Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, has called the pullout “a tremendous step forward” toward a more stable country. But a small number of gunmen with the […]
NATO Investigates Deadly Afghan Helicopter Crash
Posted August 7th, 2011 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
NATO is investigating Taliban claims that they shot down a U.S. army helicopter in central Afghanistan killing 38 people including elite U.S. special forces. Fighting continued in Wardak province Sunday where the Chinook CH-47 transport helicopter went down a day late Friday. Thirty U.S. troops, including Navy Seals special forces, died in the crash along […]
Iraqi PM Orders Electricity Minister to Quit Over Power Contracts
Posted August 7th, 2011 at 9:45 am (UTC-5)
Iraqi officials say Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has ordered his electricity minister to step down because of irregularities in the awarding of contracts to improve Iraq’s power supply. The officials said Sunday that Electricity Minister Raad Shalal approved contracts worth $1.7 billion for Canadian company Capgent and German company MBH despite the two firms failing […]
Violent Protest Staged in Troubled London District
Posted August 7th, 2011 at 9:15 am (UTC-5)
Several British police officers were injured and a number of people arrested when rioting broke out late Saturday in a depressed district of London, Britain’s capital. A protest over the fatal shooting of a 29-year-old man by police on Thursday that started peacefully suddenly turned violent. Several buildings, cars and a double-decker bus were set […]
Cape Verde, Sao Tome Voters Pick New Presidents
Posted August 7th, 2011 at 8:45 am (UTC-5)
Voters in two island nations off Africa’s western coast went to the polls Sunday to pick new presidents. In Sao Tome and Principe, voters cast ballots in a second-round run-off between former President Manuel Pinto da Costa and Parliament Speaker Evaristo de Carvalho. Da Costa, who led a one-party socialist state from 1975 to 1990, […]
Israeli Stock Markets Falls 6 Percent
Posted August 7th, 2011 at 8:30 am (UTC-5)
The Israeli stock market plunged more than six percent upon opening Sunday following the downgrade of the U.S. credit rating. The fall triggered a series of brief, mandatory suspensions in trading, after which the market stabilized but did not immediately recover. International markets are expected to drop this week, after the credit rating agency Standard […]
Israeli Stock Markets Falls 6 Percent
Posted August 7th, 2011 at 7:55 am (UTC-5)
The Israeli stock market plunged more than six percent upon opening Sunday following the downgrade of the U.S. credit rating. The fall triggered a series of brief, mandatory suspensions in trading, after which the market stabilized but did not immediately recover. International markets are expected to drop sharply this week, after the credit rating agency […]
Syrian Army Launches New Deadly Raids
Posted August 7th, 2011 at 7:30 am (UTC-5)
Activists in Syria say army troops backed by tanks have attacked a central town and parts of an eastern city, killing at least 24 people. Activists in the region say troops entered Deir el-Zour in the east early Sunday, killing at least 20 people. Explosions were heard in several parts of the city. There are […]
Iraq Bombing Kills Six
Posted August 7th, 2011 at 6:35 am (UTC-5)
Iraq police say six people have been killed and at least 11 wounded in a bomb attack on homes in a town south of Baghdad. Two children were among the dead. Police did not say Sunday what might be the motive behind the overnight attack in Iskandariyah, nearly 50 kilometers south of the capital. The […]
