The United Nations Security Council has adopted a resolution calling on Sudan and South Sudan to stop fighting and resolve their issues, or face possible sanctions. The 15-nation Council voted unanimously Wednesday in favor of the resolution, which demands both sides “immediately cease all hostilities” and reach an agreement on oil, border and citizenship issues. […]
Security Council Calls on Sudans to Stop Fighting
Posted May 2nd, 2012 at 2:05 pm (UTC-5)
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Taliban Kills 7 in Kabul After Obama Visit
Posted May 2nd, 2012 at 1:30 pm (UTC-5)
Insurgents killed at least seven people and wounded 17 others, mostly children, in Kabul Wednesday, just two hours after U.S. President Barack Obama left Afghanistan following a brief, unannounced visit. A suicide car bomber and militants disguised as women attacked a heavily secured compound housing hundreds of international workers on the eastern outskirts of the […]
Report: Blind Activist Wants to Leave China
Posted May 2nd, 2012 at 1:15 pm (UTC-5)
A blind Chinese activist sheltered in the U.S. embassy for nearly a week has emerged, and U.S. officials said China has agreed to relocate him to a “safe” location. However, Chen Guangcheng told the Associated Press after departing the embassy he wants to leave China with his family because he fears for their lives. He […]
Facebook Driving Interest in Organ Donations
Posted May 2nd, 2012 at 12:50 pm (UTC-5)
A new feature on the popular online social network Facebook appears to be driving a sharp increase in the number of would-be organ donors. The organ donation group Donate Life America says more than 100,000 people had used the feature by late Tuesday . The group’s California branch reported donor sign-up jumped 800 percent Tuesday […]
Hundreds of Pakistanis Rally on Bin Laden Death Anniversary
Posted May 2nd, 2012 at 12:45 pm (UTC-5)
Hundreds of Pakistanis took to the streets Wednesday to mark the first anniversary of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden’s death. U.S. special forces killed bin Laden during a covert raid in the garrison Pakistani town of Abbottabad on May 2, 2011. In the southwestern city of Quetta, members of the pro-Taliban Jammat-e-Ulema Party condemned bin […]
Five Charged in Killing of Macedonian Fishermen
Posted May 2nd, 2012 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
Macedonian police say they have filed criminal charges against five people suspected of involvement in the murder of five fishermen in early April. Police said Wednesday that the murders at Smilkovsko Lake qualify as terrorism and that the charges will reflect that. They said two of the suspects are still at large. On Tuesday, Interior […]
GPS on Airline Flights Out of South Korea Jammed
Posted May 2nd, 2012 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
South Korean officials say more than 250 airline flights into and out of the country have experienced GPS signal jamming over the past few days. The transport ministry in Seoul says the interference began last Saturday and has affected flights out of the capital’s two main airports. It said the affected planes have relied on […]
Russian President Signs Election Reform Law
Posted May 2nd, 2012 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed into law a bill restoring the direct election of regional governors, part of a series of political reforms promised after mass protests following disputed parliamentary elections in December. Under the law signed Wednesday, Russian citizens will be able to elect their own regional governors independently, a practice Russia abolished […]
Shooting in Mali Capital as Junta Hunts Opponents
Posted May 2nd, 2012 at 11:50 am (UTC-5)
Gunfire erupted Wednesday in Mali’s capital, Bamako, as troops who toppled the country’s president search for those responsible for an attempted counter-coup earlier this week. Junta troops on Wednesday emptied buildings across the city as they looked for fighters loyal to ousted president Amadou Toumani Toure. Shooting was heard outside of the state broadcaster, although […]
Security Council Calls on Sudans to Stop Fighting
Posted May 2nd, 2012 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
The United Nations Security Council has adopted a resolution calling on Sudan and South Sudan to stop fighting and resolve their issues, or face possible sanctions. The 15-nation Council voted unanimously Wednesday in favor of the resolution, which demands both sides “immediately cease all hostilities” and reach an agreement on oil, border and citizenship issues. […]
