International peace envoy Kofi Annan is in Damascus to try to salvage his peace plan for Syria, where rights activists reported a new government assault on the central city of Hama that killed at least 34 people. After arriving in the Syrian capital on Monday, Mr. Annan repeated his appeal for all sides in Syria’s […]
Annan in Syria to Salvage Plan After Government Attacks Hama
Posted May 28th, 2012 at 7:45 am (UTC-5)
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Several Injured in Nairobi Explosion
Posted May 28th, 2012 at 7:15 am (UTC-5)
A loud explosion has rocked the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, causing a fire and injuring several people. The blast went off about 1:10 p.m. local time Monday in a central business district near Mt. Kenya University. Fire and rescue crews rushed to the scene. There was no immediate word on what caused the explosion. Kenya has […]
Blair Tells Inquiry He Strategically Courted Media
Posted May 28th, 2012 at 7:00 am (UTC-5)
Former British prime minister Tony Blair told a parliamentary inquiry Monday that he made a political decision not to confront the media during his decade in office. Mr. Blair testified at the inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the press that it was inevitable that top politicians and senior media executives would have […]
Syrian Activists: Government Assault on Hama Kills 34 People
Posted May 28th, 2012 at 6:30 am (UTC-5)
Syrian rights activists say a government assault on the central city of Hama has killed at least 34 people, hours before international peace envoy Kofi Annan travels to Damascus to try to salvage his peace plan for Syria. The activists say Syrian security forces bombarded several neighborhoods of Hama from Sunday into early Monday in […]
Nepal Fails to Write New Constitution
Posted May 28th, 2012 at 5:45 am (UTC-5)
Nepal braced Monday for months of political instability and street protests after parliament missed its Sunday midnight deadline to complete the task of writing a new post-war constitution. Nepal’s Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai said Sunday the Constituent Assembly had failed to achieve its goal. He said he will stay in office until the new polls, […]
Somali Authorities Arrest 11 Pirates in Puntland
Posted May 28th, 2012 at 5:10 am (UTC-5)
Authorities in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region say they have arrested 11 pirates, including one accused of involvement in the killing of several security force members last year. Officials said the operation Sunday in Hafun also netted rifles and a heavy machine gun. A statement identified one of the pirates as Mohamed Hassan, also known as […]
UN Security Council Blames Syria Massacre Partly on Government
Posted May 28th, 2012 at 1:35 am (UTC-5)
The U.N. Security Council has issued a statement strongly condemning the Syrian government for firing artillery and tank shells at a rebellious town last week during a massacre of at least 108 people, many of them children. In the press statement issued Sunday, the Council said U.N. observers had confirmed the killing of dozens of […]
US Marks Memorial Day to Honor War Dead
Posted May 28th, 2012 at 1:25 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama plans to honor the country’s war dead by spending the Memorial Day holiday Monday with veterans and their families, as communities across the nation host their own festivities. The president will visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, as well as Arlington National Cemetery just outside Washington, where soldiers have placed American flags […]
Two Men Self-Immolate in Tibetan Capital
Posted May 28th, 2012 at 1:20 am (UTC-5)
Two young men have set themselves on fire in the Tibetan city of Lhasa Sunday afternoon, the first self-immolation protests to take place in the heavily guarded capital. Witnesses told VOA’s Tibetan Service that security forces with fire-fighting equipment arrived at the Jokhang temple quickly, extinguished the fires and took the two men away. China’s […]
Two Men Self-Immolate in Tibetan Capital
Posted May 28th, 2012 at 1:05 am (UTC-5)
Two young men have set themselves on fire in the Tibetan city of Lhasa Sunday afternoon, the first self-immolation protests to take place in the heavily guarded capital. Witnesses told VOA’s Tibetan Service that security forces with fire-fighting equipment arrived at the Jokhang temple quickly, extinguished the fires and took the two men away. China’s […]
