European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met with Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Rangoon Saturday. Standing next to the Nobel Peace laureate at a news conference in Burma’s main city, Ashton urged the Burmese government to continue its progress toward democracy. Ashton is set to open a new EU office in […]
EU Foreign Policy Chief Meets With Aung San Suu Kyi
Posted April 28th, 2012 at 5:40 am (UTC-5)
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4 Die in Attack on Afghan Governor Compound
Posted April 28th, 2012 at 5:15 am (UTC-5)
Officials in southern Afghanistan say Afghan security forces have killed two would-be suicide attackers. Authorities say the assailants entered the provincial governor’s compound Saturday in Kandahar. Officials say two of the governor’s bodyguards were killed in the exchange of gunfire with the attackers. The Taliban is reported to have claimed responsibility for the attack.
US, Pakistan Talks Fail
Posted April 28th, 2012 at 4:10 am (UTC-5)
A prominent U.S. newspaper says high-level talks designed to end a diplomatic deadlock between the U.S. and Pakistan have ended in failure because Pakistan has demanded an unconditional apology from Washington for an airstrike. The New York Times says Marc Grossman, the U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, left Islamabad Friday night after two […]
Panetta: No One Way to Destroy al-Qaida
Posted April 28th, 2012 at 3:20 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. defense secretary says there is no single way to destroy al-Qaida, but the killing of its leader Osama bin Laden has crippled the group. Leon Panetta said late Friday “the more successful we are at taking down those who represent their spiritual, ideological leadership, the greater our ability to weaken their threat to […]
US Expresses Concern About Blind Chinese Activist
Posted April 28th, 2012 at 2:20 am (UTC-5)
The United States has expressed concern about the fate of blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, but refused all comment on his whereabouts amid reports he fled to the U.S. embassy in Beijing. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland declined to make any comment to reporters’ questions Friday about Chen’s whereabouts. But she said the U.S. had […]
EU Foreign Policy Chief Visits Burma
Posted April 28th, 2012 at 1:30 am (UTC-5)
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is in Burma for talks with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and to set up a new EU office in Rangoon to oversee the management of aid programs and to handle political matters. Speaking in Brunei on Friday after a meeting of European and Southeast Asian foreign […]
Rebels Free Guinea-Bissau Leaders Seized in Coup
Posted April 27th, 2012 at 9:25 pm (UTC-5)
Troops in the West African country of Guinea-Bissau have freed two top leaders who spent two weeks in custody after this month’s coup. Officials said former Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior and interim President Raimundo Pereira flew to Ivory Coast Friday. They were released a day after the West African regional bloc, ECOWAS, said it […]
US Secret Service Tightening Conduct Standards
Posted April 27th, 2012 at 8:25 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. Secret Service has released new conduct guidelines for its agents after a recent scandal in Colombia and allegations that agents misbehaved in other countries as well. The new standards released Friday specify that agents on international trips may not allow foreigners into their hotel rooms, may not visit so-called “non-reputable” establishments, and may […]
US Expresses Concern About Blind Chinese Activist
Posted April 27th, 2012 at 7:55 pm (UTC-5)
The United States has expressed concern about the fate of blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, but refused all comment on his whereabouts amid reports he fled to the U.S. embassy in Beijing. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland declined to make any comment to reporters’ questions Friday about Chen’s whereabouts. But she said the U.S. had […]
Doctors Call for Tymoshenko to be Treated Abroad
Posted April 27th, 2012 at 5:45 pm (UTC-5)
German doctors who have examined jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko have appealed to the president to let her be moved abroad for treatment. Karl Einhaeupl, head of Berlin’s Charite university hospital, told reporters Friday that his team is skeptical that Ms. Tymoshenko can recover from her back problems if she remains in Ukraine. The […]
