A lawyer for Ukraine’s jailed former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, says she has been on a hunger strike since allegedly being beaten up by prison guards last week. Serhiy Vlasenko said Tuesday the guards beat up Ms. Tymoshenko while while moving her to a hospital on Friday. He said her arms and stomach are still […]
Lawyer: Former Ukrainian PM on Hunger Strike
Posted April 24th, 2012 at 12:50 pm (UTC-5)
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China Calls for Calm Between Sudans
Posted April 24th, 2012 at 12:35 pm (UTC-5)
China’s leader is calling for restraint from the two Sudans, after South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir said Sudan has “declared war” on his country. Mr. Kiir made his remarks Tuesday during talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing. “It comes at a very critical moment for the Republic of South Sudan because our neighbor, […]
US Soldier Accused in WikiLeaks Case Seeks Dismissal of Charges
Posted April 24th, 2012 at 12:20 pm (UTC-5)
Lawyers for the U.S. Army intelligence analyst accused of leaking secret documents to website WikiLeaks are asking a military judge to dismiss all charges. Oral arguments on Bradley Manning’s dismissal motion were scheduled at a pretrial hearing that opened Tuesday at the Fort Meade military base in Maryland. The hearing is expected to span three […]
US New-Home Sales Fell in March
Posted April 24th, 2012 at 12:20 pm (UTC-5)
Sales of new homes in the U.S. fell last month, but still are edging higher than in the last months of 2011. The government’s Commerce Department said Tuesday that buyers in March bought new houses at an annual pace of 328,000, off more than 7 percent from a spurt in sales in February. The sales […]
China Planning Tourism Package in Disputed Islands
Posted April 24th, 2012 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
A Chinese provincial official says the country is planning for tourism development on a set of islands in the South China Sea that are claimed by both China and Vietnam. The tourism plan, announced by Hainan provincial Vice-Governor Tan Li, comes as tensions continue to rise across Southeast Asia over competing maritime claims to vast […]
Bomb Blast Kills Three in Eastern Pakistan
Posted April 24th, 2012 at 11:50 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani police say a bomb blast at a railway station in the eastern city of Lahore has killed at least three people and injured 20 others. Several of the wounded were hospitalized in critical condition. Officials say the bomb exploded Tuesday outside a waiting room at the city’s main station. A senior police official told […]
Greek Economy Shrinking Faster
Posted April 24th, 2012 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
Greece’s central bank says the country’s troubled economy is shrinking even faster than first thought. The bank’s governor, George Provopoulos, said Tuesday the Greek economy will contract as much as 5 percent this year — the country’s fifth straight year of recession. Just a month ago, the bank had predicted the economy would shrink 4.5 […]
International Criminal Court Monitoring Possible War Crimes in Mali
Posted April 24th, 2012 at 9:35 am (UTC-5)
The International Criminal Court says it is closely following the situation in Mali and will further examine whether war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide have been committed. In a statement Tuesday, the ICC prosecutor’s office said it had reports from several sources — including senior United Nations officials — of killings, abductions, rapes and […]
China Calls for Calm Between Sudans
Posted April 24th, 2012 at 8:40 am (UTC-5)
China’s leader is calling for restraint from the two Sudans, after South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir said Sudan has “declared war” on his country. Mr. Kiir made his remarks Tuesday during talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing. “It comes at a very critical moment for the Republic of South Sudan because our neighbor, […]
Twin Attacks in Syrian Capital as Cease-fire Teeters
Posted April 24th, 2012 at 7:00 am (UTC-5)
Activists say a Syrian intelligence officer has been shot and killed in the capital, Damascus, while a separate bomb blast wounded three people in the city. The attacks come amid fears that Syria’s 13-month conflict is growing increasingly militarized, and diplomatic efforts to solidify a tenuous cease-fire continue. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights […]
