A Russian court has upheld a government decision preventing the liberal opposition People’s Freedom Party from registering to take part in parliamentary elections later this year. Monday’s ruling follows a June decision by the Justice Ministry to deny the opposition coalition the chance to register as a political party. The People’s Freedom Party was founded […]
Russian Court Bars Opposition Party from Upcoming Elections
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 2:05 pm (UTC-5)
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UN: 600 Killed in South Sudan Unrest
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 2:00 pm (UTC-5)
The United Nations says tribal fighting in South Sudan’s Jonglei state has killed at least 600 people since Thursday. The U.N. mission in South Sudan said Monday there are unconfirmed reports that at least 750 others have been injured. South Sudanese officials say the fighting stems from a cattle dispute between the Murle tribe and […]
Somalia Executes Soldier, Defense Worker
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 1:45 pm (UTC-5)
Somalia’s government has executed a soldier and a defense ministry worker who were sentenced to death by a military tribunal in separate murder cases. A firing squad shot the men on Monday behind police headquarters in Mogadishu, where the duo had been blindfolded and tied to a post. A government official tells VOA the soldier […]
Death Toll Nears 100 in Pakistan’s Karachi
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 1:40 pm (UTC-5)
Nearly a week of political and ethnic violence has killed at least 91 people in Pakistan’s largest city. Police say the bodies of at least 11 people who were shot or tortured to death have been brought to government hospitals in Karachi since Sunday. Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani traveled to the southern port […]
Lawyer: NY Prosecutors Likely to Drop Strauss-Kahn Charges
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 1:35 pm (UTC-5)
A lawyer for the hotel maid who accused former International Monetary Fund director Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault says New York prosecutors are expected to dismiss the case. Nafissatou Diallo’s lawyer says the Manhattan District Attorney’s office summoned Diallo to a meeting Monday to inform her of a decision to drop the charges against Strauss-Kahn, […]
South Africa Denies Sending Planes for Gadhafi
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 1:35 pm (UTC-5)
South Africa says it has not sent planes to Libya to help embattled leader Moammar Gadhafi flee his country. In a statement Monday, the government said it wished to dispel rumors that South African aircraft will fly Colonel Gadhafi and his family to an undisclosed location. Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane told reporters that the Libyan […]
Vietnam Takes Delivery of New Warship
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 1:30 pm (UTC-5)
Vietnam has taken ownership of the second of two Russian-made guided missile warships, expanding its naval firepower as a tense standoff continues with China over disputed territories in the South China Sea. The state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper carried photos Monday of the helicopter-capable warship docked in the port of Cam Ranh, on Vietnam’s south-central coast. […]
Markets Watching Bernanke
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 1:30 pm (UTC-5)
Recent weak economic data and wild swings on the stock market mean investors will be watching even more closely than usual when the head of the U.S. central bank gives an economic policy speech on Friday. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues said earlier this month that economic growth is slower than expected, […]
Ukrainian Authorities Foil Bomb Plot
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 1:30 pm (UTC-5)
Ukraine’s SBU security service says it has arrested three people who had planned to detonate a bomb in Kyiv this week during the former Soviet republic’s Independence Day celebration. The security forces say they found the home-made explosive device – which was packed with nails – when they raided the suspects’ apartment on Monday. Investigators […]
UN Human Rights Council To Pressure Syria to End Crackdown
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 1:30 pm (UTC-5)
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says it is “troubling” that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has not kept his word about ending the brutal military crackdown in his country. Mr. Ban told reporters in New York Monday that the Syrian president assured him in a recent phone conversation that military operations had stopped. His remarks came as […]
