Russia has criticized Ukraine for sentencing former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko to seven years in prison for abusing power in relation to a gas deal she brokered between the two neighbors in 2009. In a ruling Tuesday, Ukrainian Judge Rodion Kireyev said Ms. Tymoshenko, now an opposition leader, exceeded her authority in signing the gas […]
Moscow Calls Ukraine’s Sentencing of Tymoshenko ‘Anti-Russian’
Posted October 11th, 2011 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
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Egyptian Deputy PM Quits Following Deadly Protests
Posted October 11th, 2011 at 9:40 am (UTC-5)
Egypt’s deputy prime minister resigned Tuesday in the wake of violent clashes between security forces and Coptic Christians that left 26 people dead. State media reports gave no reason for Hazem El-Beblawi’s departure. However, Egyptian news organizations quote a ministerial aide as saying he quit in protest of the handling of Sunday’s clashes between security […]
Vietnam Leader Begins Key Visit to China
Posted October 11th, 2011 at 9:35 am (UTC-5)
Vietnam’s Communist party chief Nguyen Phu Trong has begun a five-day visit to China that comes just weeks after both sides agreed to speed up negotiations to ease rising military tensions in the South China Sea. Details of Mr. Trong’s itinerary have not been disclosed. But Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said Tuesday the […]
Bahrain Fines Newspaper Staff for False Reports
Posted October 11th, 2011 at 9:20 am (UTC-5)
A court in Bahrain has fined the chief editor of one of the kingdom’s leading independent newspapers and three of his colleagues for publishing false reports about abuses during a crackdown on Shi’ite-led protests earlier this year. The court on Tuesday found the four from Al Wasat newspaper guilty of disseminating misleading news and fined […]
Afghan Election Officials Offer to Release Voter Fraud Findings
Posted October 11th, 2011 at 9:20 am (UTC-5)
Afghan election officials say they stand by their decision to expel nine lawmakers from parliament for voter fraud, even though one of the unseated politicians vows to continue a hunger strike until she is reinstated. The head of Afghanistan’s election commission said Tuesday that they are ready and willing to make public how they arrived […]
Four Afghan Aid Workers Kidnapped in North
Posted October 11th, 2011 at 9:10 am (UTC-5)
Officials say four Afghans working for a French development organization have been kidnapped in northern Afghanistan. Authorities in Faryab province said Tuesday they believe Taliban militants abducted the aid workers the day before while they were driving through the area. However, the director of the aid group ACTED says it still is unclear who kidnapped […]
Egypt’s Copts Begin Mourning Period for Clash Victims
Posted October 11th, 2011 at 9:00 am (UTC-5)
Egypt’s Coptic Christians have begun three days of mourning for 26 protesters killed during street violence with security forces in Cairo. Coptic church leaders urged followers to fast and pray during a three-day period that began on Tuesday. The unrest erupted Sunday night after more than 1,000 Christians marched to the state television building in […]
Pirates Seize Tanker off Nigeria’s Coast
Posted October 11th, 2011 at 8:40 am (UTC-5)
The International Maritime Bureau says pirates have seized a chemical tanker and kidnapped its crew off the coast of Nigeria. IMB official Cyrus Mody said Tuesday the pirates attacked the Marshall islands-flagged vessel on Saturday about 145 kilometers south of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital. Mody said the ship is still under pirate control, but he […]
EU ‘Deeply Disappointed’ With Tymoshenko Verdict
Posted October 11th, 2011 at 8:35 am (UTC-5)
The European Union has announced it is “deeply disappointed” by the sentencing of former Ukraine prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko to the maximum seven years in prison in connection with charges of abuse-of-office. Judge Rodion Kireyev handed down the sentence Tuesday in a Kyiv courtroom. He said Ms. Tymoshenko, now an opposition leader, clearly exceeded her […]
Rockets Target Provincial Governor Meeting in NW Pakistan
Posted October 11th, 2011 at 8:30 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say militants fired rockets at a meeting convened by a provincial governor in the country’s northwest, killing one person and wounding at least four others. Authorities say at least two rockets targeted the gathering early Tuesday in Kalaya, a town in the Orakzai tribal agency. The governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province was not injured. […]
