Afghan President Hamid Karzai says his nation’s forces will soon take charge of security in more than half of Afghanistan, marking the second step of a transition that will see NATO combat forces leave by 2014. In a statement issued Sunday, President Karzai said that six provinces, seven cities and dozens of districts — mostly […]
Afghan President Says Second Troop Transition to Begin Soon
Posted November 27th, 2011 at 1:30 pm (UTC-5)
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Violence Mars Preparations for Elections in DR Congo
Posted November 27th, 2011 at 1:20 pm (UTC-5)
Violence has marred preparations for Monday’s presidential and legislative elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo with at least three people reported killed. International observers and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for restraint and said the Congolese government is mainly responsible to see the balloting is peaceful. It is only the second multi-party poll since […]
Violence Mars Preparations for Elections in DR Congo
Posted November 27th, 2011 at 12:10 pm (UTC-5)
Violence has marred preparations for Monday’s presidential and legislative elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo with at least three people reported killed. International observers and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for restraint and said the Congolese government is mainly responsible to see the balloting is peaceful. It is only the second multi-party poll since […]
Pakistan Buries Troops Amid Fury Over NATO Strike
Posted November 27th, 2011 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
Hundreds of angry protesters gathered outside the American consulate in Karachi on Sunday, as Pakistan held funerals for the 24 soldiers killed Saturday in a NATO cross-border airstrike in the country’s northwest. Reporters near the consulate say at least 700 people were outside the heavily fortified compound shouting “Down with America” and other anti-American chants. […]
German Police Remove Anti-Nuclear Protesters from Rail Track
Posted November 27th, 2011 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
Thousands of German police stepped in Sunday to remove anti-nuclear protesters at several points along a railway line carrying a controversial shipment of spent nuclear fuel rods from France to a storage facility in northern Germany. The train entered Germany Saturday from a reprocessing plant in northwestern France. Ahead of the border crossing, French demonstrators […]
Arab League Approves Sanctions Against Syria
Posted November 27th, 2011 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
The Arab League has approved unprecedented sanctions against Syria in response to the Syrian government’s deadly crackdown on an opposition uprising. Qatari Foreign Minister Hamas bin Jassim told reporters in Cairo Sunday that 19 of the 22 Arab League member nations approved the sanctions. The measures include halting transactions with Syria’s central bank, imposing a […]
Pakistan Buries Troops Amid Fury Over NATO Strike
Posted November 27th, 2011 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
Pakistan held funerals Sunday for the 24 soldiers killed Saturday in a NATO cross-border airstrike in the country’s northwest, an incident that has prompted a furious response from Pakistan. The nation’s army chief was among those attending the funerals of the victims. Their coffins, draped in green and white Pakistani flags, are being airlifted to […]
Russia’s Putin Accepts Presidential Nomination, Warns Against Foreign Interference
Posted November 27th, 2011 at 10:35 am (UTC-5)
Russia’s Vladimir Putin has formally accepted his ruling party’s nomination to return to the presidency, in an address in which he warned the West against funding his political opponents. Mr. Putin, who became prime minister in 2008 after two presidential terms, spoke Sunday in Moscow to a televised congress of his United Russia party. He […]
Yemeni Shi’ite Rebels Attack Sunni Targets in North, 21 Killed
Posted November 27th, 2011 at 9:20 am (UTC-5)
Yemeni security and tribal sources say Shi’ite rebels have attacked a Sunni Islamist school and other sites in the northern province of Saada, killing at least 21 people and wounding about 50 others. A provincial security official and local Sunnis told foreign news agencies that the Shi’ite Zaidi rebels known as Houthis shelled Sunni targets […]
Egypt Protests Continue as Military Warns Crisis Must End
Posted November 27th, 2011 at 8:55 am (UTC-5)
Protesters demanding the formation of an interim civilian government gathered in central Cairo Sunday, as Egypt’s military ruler warned of “extremely grave” consequences if the country’s current political turmoil does not end quickly. Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi also said the ruling military council “will not allow troublemakers to meddle” in a parliamentary vote scheduled to […]
