Sudan’s president, Omar al-Bahir, says his country could go to war over oil with the breakaway state of South Sudan. President Bashir said on national television Friday that war with its southern neighbor is possible, as he reacted to recent comments from South Sudanese President Silva Kiir. President Kiir said his country has had no […]
Bashir: Two Sudans Closer to War Over Oil
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 5:05 pm (UTC-5)
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Nepal’s Former Rebels Begin Leaving Camps
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 5:00 pm (UTC-5)
Nepal’s former Maoist rebels have begun leaving camps that were established at the end of the country’s civil war in 2006. The first of some 19,000 former rebels were released Friday from seven camps across Nepal as part of a peace deal struck last year between the country’s major political parties. Under the agreement some […]
Army: Turkey’s Jets Bomb Kurdish Rebel Bases In Iraq
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 4:00 pm (UTC-5)
The Turkish military says its jets have bombed three positions in northern Iraq believed to be hideouts of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party. A statement said the jets hit the suspected rebel shelters in Iraq’s Zap region near the Turkish border earlier Friday and returned safely after the “effective” operation. The military did not provide […]
Greek Unions, Employers Reject Wage Cut Plan
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 3:25 pm (UTC-5)
Greek unions and employers have joined forces to reject a demand from the country’s international creditors that they cut wages to help the Athens government win approval for its second bailout in two years. The unusual alliance of labor and management groups told the government Friday that proposals to cut the country’s minimum wage and […]
WHO Defends Its Numbers On Malaria Deaths
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 3:00 pm (UTC-5)
The World Health Organization is defending its numbers on global malaria deaths and disputes a new study claiming that nearly twice as many people die of malaria than previously believed. The study, which appears in the British health journal, The Lancet, reports that more than 1.2 million people died of malaria in 2010, compared to […]
Militants Kill 7 Pakistani Soldiers in Northwest
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 2:10 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistan’s military first launched operations against Islamist militants in Kurram last July, and the fighting has yet to die down. It follows a series of similar military operations in the country’s mountainous northwest aimed at stopping the Pakistani Taliban, known as the Tehrik-i-Taliban . The TTP is responsible for many attacks targeting civilians, foreigners and […]
UN Court Rules Against Italy’s Nazi Compensation Claims
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 2:05 pm (UTC-5)
The United Nations’ highest court has ordered Italy to annul all compensation claims against Germany for Nazi war crimes committed during World War Two. The International Court of Justice ruled Friday in a 12-to-three vote that Italy’s courts were wrong to allow victims of Nazi atrocities to claim compensation from Germany, because it has legal […]
Official: 37 Killed at South Sudan Peace Meeting
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
An official in South Sudan says 37 people were killed when shooting broke out at a meeting to settle disputes over stolen cattle. The incident happened Wednesday in Mayendit county, in South Sudan’s Unity State. The state information minister, Gideon Gatpan, says random shooting began after gunmen from neighboring Lake State burst in on the […]
British Energy Secretary Resigns, Facing Criminal Charges
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
The coalition government that has ruled Britain since 2010 has been shaken by the surprise resignation of a senior minister for an alleged crime committed nearly a decade ago. Energy Secretary Chris Huhne on Friday became the third member of Prime Minister David Cameron’s Cabinet to step down. He, along with his former wife, Vicky […]
Egypt: Bedouins Free Kidnapped Americans
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
Armed Bedouins have freed two American tourists and their guide hours after kidnapping them during a trip to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian security officials said the three had been taken Friday as they tried to make their way from the historic St. Catherine’s Monastery to the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. They said the […]
