Egypt’s military is aplogizing for the deaths of at least 35 protesters in a series of clashes with police this week. The apology was issued as a fragile truce took hold in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, which had been a flashpoint for the violent skirmishes between police and protesters calling for the country’s miltary rulers to […]
Egyptian Military Apologizes, Fragile Truce Holding
Americans Celebrate Thanksgiving with Family, Friends, and a Feast
U.S. citizens Thursday are celebrating their annual Thanksgiving holiday — a centuries-old harvest time tradition. For the day of feasting that usually kicks off the winter holiday season — and triggers one of the busiest travel weeks of the year — Americans take to the air, railways and roads to visit family and friends. The […]
Gambian Election Commission Chief Denies Presidential Poll Will be Unfair
The polls are open in Gambia, where political observers expect President Yahya Jammeh to win another five-year term after the opposition failed to form a coalition to challenge him. The chairman of Gambia’s Independent Electoral Commission has rejected claims by a bloc of West African nations that conditions on the ground are not conducive to […]
Fired Olympus Chief Meets With Tokyo Prosecutors
The ousted chief executive of Olympus Corporation met with Japanese prosecutors Thursday to discuss the accounting scandal that has rocked the giant camera and medical equipment company. British-born executive Michael Woodford told reporters outside the Tokyo prosecutors’ office he was looking forward to the meeting but declined to discuss details of what he would discuss. […]
Magnitude 5.9 Quake Hits Near Japan Nuclear Site
A moderate earthquake struck Japan early Thursday near a nuclear plant damaged by a powerful tsunami earlier this year. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 5.9 undersea quake struck shortly before 4:30 a.m. local time, 244 kilometers northeast of the capital, Tokyo. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Pacific Tsunami […]
China, Japan to Pursue Mechanism to Avert Future Maritime Disputes
China and Japan say they have agreed to work toward developing a crisis management mechanism to head off future maritime disputes in the East China Sea. Officials say the agreement came Wednesday during a visit to Beijing by Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba, who met with Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Premier Wen Jiabao. The […]
N. Korea Blasts Seoul For Military Exercise
North Korea has sharply criticized South Korea for conducting military exercises Wednesday near an island just south of the contested Yellow Sea border. North Korean state media quoted the country’s supreme military command as saying the major drill represented a new political and military provocation. It threatened a “sea of fire” in Seoul if any […]
China Announces Naval Drills in Western Pacific
China says its navy will soon begin training exercises in the western Pacific, in a move that could add to unease among some of its neighbors. The drill comes amid China’s increasingly assertive maritime claims in the South and East China Seas, and just a week after U.S. President Barack Obama announced plans to station […]
Anger Smolders in Egypt, New Clashes Erupt
Smoke from tear gas cannisters is filling the air in several Egyptian cities for a sixth day as army soldiers clash with protesters calling for the country’s miltary rulers to step down immediately. The latest clashes erupted early Thursday east of Cairo, in Ismailia, a city along Egypt’s Suez Canal. Some protesters tried to kick […]