Nepal’s Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai called for new elections after the term of the country’s parliament, the Constituent Assembly, expired at Sunday midnight without completing the task of writing a new post-war constitution. Mr. Bhattarai, who leads a national unity government made up of the country’s four main political parties, said the Constituent Assembly had […]
Nepal Fails to Agree on New Constitution
Nepal’s Prime Minister Baburam Ghattarai called for new elections after the term of the country’s parliament, the Constituent Assembly, expired at Sunday midnight without completing the task of writing a new post-war constitution. Mr. Ghattarai, who leads a national unity government made up of the country’s four main political parties, said the Constituent Assembly had […]
UN Security Council Blames Syria for Houla Massacre
The United Nations Security Council has unanimously condemned the Syrian government for last week’s brutal massacre in Houla, where at least 108 people, including many children, were killed. The 15-nation council said Sunday the attacks “involved a series of government artillery and tank shellings on a residential neighborhood” and again demanded that President Bashar al-Assad […]
Carter: Sudan to Pull Forces Out of Abyei
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir told him he is ready to pull troops out of Abyei — a region also contested by South Sudan. Mr. Carter held talks with the Sudanese president in Khartoum Sunday, calling the announcement a major step forward. He said there are very few troops […]
Bikers Roar Through Washington to Honor Veterans
Hundreds of thousands of motorcycle riders roared into Washington D.C. to honor veterans and those who died or were captured while in the military. Bikers came from all across the United States rode Sunday from the Pentagon to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Many held flags and waved as they rode past cheering crowds that gathered […]
Panetta: US Plans to End War in Afghanistan ‘On Track’
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has defended plans to gradually wind down military operations in Afghanistan by the end of 2014. Speaking Sunday on ABC’s This Week program, the Pentagon chief said NATO forces still have a fight on their hands, but that “it is on the right track.” Panetta said there will be no […]
Somali, AU Forces Clear Last of al-Shabab Near Afgoye
Somali and African Union forces have cleared pockets of al-Shabab resistance from Elasha Biyaha, a region west of Mogadishu and home to more than 400,000 internally displaced refugees. Somali and AU fighters seized control Afgoye Friday, a major town in Elasha Biyaha. They have also reopened the road between Afgoye and Mogadishu. Somali officials say […]
Bomb Kills 3 in SW Pakistan
Pakistani officials say a remote-controlled bomb exploded near a police van in the country’s southwest Sunday, killing three passers-by and wounding at least one other person. The officials say the blast took place in Quetta, the capital of the restive Baluchistan province bordering Afghanistan and Iran. They say the bomb was planted on a donkey […]
UN: 116 Dead in Houla; Damascus Denies Blame
The United Nations’ mission chief in Syria told the U.N. Security Council Sunday that at least 116 people, including many children, were killed in last week’s attack on the central town of Houla. General Robert Mood, told the 15-member council that another 300 people were wounded in the incident. U.N. observers had initially counted 92 […]
Thousands Protest Georgia Government
Tens of thousands of people rallied in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, to show their support for an opposition bid to oust President Mikhail Saakashvili’s governing party at upcoming elections. Sunday’s demonstration was organized by supporters of the ‘Georgian Dream’ opposition movement led by billionaire businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili. The rally, which ended at Georgia’s Freedom square, […]