The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Ryan Crocker, has announced he is stepping down from his post within a few months for health reasons. U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in a statement Tuesday that Ambassador Ryan Crocker will leave his post after international donor conferences for Afghanistan are held in Tokyo and Kabul. Nuland […]
UN Chief Condemns Attack on Mali Leader
Posted May 22nd, 2012 at 4:35 pm (UTC-5)
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned an attack on Mali’s interim president Diancounda Traore and urged the country’s military to provide better protection. In a statement issued Tuesday by his spokesman, the U.N. chief called on the Malian military and security institutions to “fulfill their primary function of protecting the state and its legitimate […]
Fighter Jets Scrambled to Escort Diverted US Flight
Posted May 22nd, 2012 at 4:25 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. airline flight from Paris to Charlotte, North Carolina has been diverted to the northeastern U.S. state of Maine, because of what an airline spokesman called a “security issue.” The North American Aerospace Defense Command says two F-15 fighter jets were scrambled Tuesday from an air base in the state of Massachusetts. They escorted […]
Fighter Jets Scrambled to Escort Diverted US Flight
Posted May 22nd, 2012 at 3:25 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. airline flight from Paris to Charlotte, North Carolina has been diverted to the northeastern U.S. state of Maine, because of what an airline spokesman called a “security issue.” The North American Aerospace Defense Command says two F-15 fighter jets were scrambled Tuesday from an air base in the neighboring state of Massachusetts. They […]
UN Human Rights Chief Says Zimbabwe Must Prevent Political Violence
Posted May 22nd, 2012 at 2:35 pm (UTC-5)
The U.N. human rights chief says Zimbabwe must work to prevent a replay of the violence that undermined the country’s 2008 elections. Navi Pillay met with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai in Harare Tuesday, as she continued a five-day visit to Zimbabwe to assess the country’s human rights situation. Pillay said the prime minister convinced her […]
Remains of Astronaut,Actor Launched by SpaceX
Posted May 22nd, 2012 at 2:35 pm (UTC-5)
While the SpaceX rocket launched Tuesday takes supplies to the International Space Station, it also released samples of the remains of some 300 people, including an astronaut and a man who played a space traveler on television and in movies. Astronaut Gordon Cooper, who died in 2004, and Star Trek actor James Doohan, who died […]
Gunmen Kill 10 at Rally in S. Pakistan
Posted May 22nd, 2012 at 2:15 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say unknown gunmen opened fire on a rally in the southern port city of Karachi Tuesday, killing at least 10 people and sparking widespread rioting. Sindhi nationalists, including the Awami Tehrik political group, had organized the rally to protest graffiti that appeared in recent days in Karachi and nearby Hyderabad. The wall writings […]
Burmese Electricity Protests End Without Arrests
Posted May 22nd, 2012 at 2:10 pm (UTC-5)
Two rallies against chronic electricity shortages in Burma’s commercial capital, Rangoon, ended peacefully Tuesday, after residents gathered in the central city to protest rolling power blackouts. The protests, along with similar rallies Sunday and Monday in Mandalay, are a rare departure from the norm in the Southeast Asian nation, which had been under harsh military […]
Fighter Jets Scrambled to Escort Diverted U.S. Flight
Posted May 22nd, 2012 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. airline flight from Paris to Charlotte, North Carolina has been diverted to the northeastern U.S. state of Maine, because of what an airline spokesman called a “security issue.” The North American Aerospace Defense Command says two F-15 fighter jets were scrambled Tuesday to escort U.S. Airways Flight 787 to a safe landing in […]
North Korean Foreign Ministry: No Plans for Nuclear Test
Posted May 22nd, 2012 at 12:40 pm (UTC-5)
North Korea is warning that it will continue to develop its nuclear program, but says it has not envisioned “a military measure like a nuclear test.” The North Korean Central news Agency quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesman on Tuesday as saying “the North did not have a plan for a nuclear test from the beginning, […]
