Spain is pressing for direct European financial aid to rescue its debt-ridden banks, but Germany is holding steadfast against such assistance without imposing new spending conditions on the Madrid government. With financing uncertain for Spain’s $24 billion takeover of the Bankia financial institution, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is attempting to win approval for funding […]
Spain Presses for Bank Aid, But Germany Resists
Posted June 4th, 2012 at 2:20 pm (UTC-5)
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Russia’s Putin Defends Khodorkovsky Conviction
Posted June 4th, 2012 at 2:05 pm (UTC-5)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has defended the jailing of former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky saying it was not politically motivated. Mr. Putin spoke to reporters following a summit in St. Petersburg with European Union leaders that also covered the Kremlin’s human rights record, trade and the Syria crisis. Mr. Putin underscored a decision by the […]
VOA Chief Holds Talks in Burma on News Bureau
Posted June 4th, 2012 at 1:45 pm (UTC-5)
VOA Director David Ensor is in Burma seeking to negotiate terms that would allow the U.S. broadcaster to open a news bureau in the long-isolated southeast Asian nation. Ensor held introductory talks Monday in the Burmese administrative capital, Naypyitaw,with Parliament speaker Thura Shwe Mann. “He (the speaker) seemed very open and interested in some advice […]
VOA Chief Holds Talks in Burma on News Bureau
Posted June 4th, 2012 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
VOA Director David Ensor is in Burma seeking to negotiate terms that would allow the U.S. broadcaster to open a news bureau in the long-isolated southeast Asian nation. Ensor held introductory talks Monday in the Burmese administrative capital, Naypyitaw,with Parliament speaker Thura Shwe Mann. “He (the speaker) seemed very open and interested in some advice […]
Britain’s Prince Philip Admitted to Hospital, to Miss Jubilee
Posted June 4th, 2012 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
Britain’s Buckingham Palace says Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, has been hospitalized with a bladder infection and will miss the rest of her Diamond Jubilee marking her 60 years on the throne. In a statement, the palace said the 90-year-old prince was taken to the King Edward VII Hospital in London from Windsor Castle […]
UN Nuclear Watchdog Wants ‘Early Access’ to Iran Military Site
Posted June 4th, 2012 at 12:40 pm (UTC-5)
The head of the United Nations’ nuclear monitoring agency has urged Iran to allow international monitors “early access” to a military site at the center of a long-stalled probe into Tehran’s controversial nuclear program. The comments of IAEA chief Yukiya Amano come after satellite images made public in recent days indicate Iran has been demolishing […]
Pakistan Condemns US Drone Strikes
Posted June 4th, 2012 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistan is strongly condemning a series of U.S. drone strike that have killed at least 27 people in the last three days. The foreign ministry issued a statement Monday saying “Pakistan has consistently maintained that these illegal attacks are a violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity” and go against international law. In the latest […]
Boko Haram Claims Responsibility for Church Blast in Nigeria
Posted June 4th, 2012 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
The militant Islamist group known as Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed at least 15 people in northern Nigeria. In a statement e-mailed to journalists Monday, group spokesman Abul Qaqa said Boko Haram had “successfully launched” an attack at a church in the city of Bauchi. A suicide bomber drove […]
Two Dalai Lama Envoys Quit to Protest Chinese Posture on Tibet
Posted June 4th, 2012 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
Two envoys who represented the Dalai Lama in failed talks with China on Tibet issues have resigned to protest Beijing’s unwillingness to consider new autonomy measures for the Himalayan region. The exile Central Tibetan Administration in northern India announced the resignations Monday, saying envoys Lodi Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen left their posts last week. The […]
US Top Court Rejects Blackwater Shooting Appeal
Posted June 4th, 2012 at 11:30 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by four former Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of manslaughter in the 2007 shootings in Baghdad that killed at least 14 Iraqi civilians. A federal judge threw out the case, saying the Justice Department had mishandled evidence and violated the guards’ rights. But the U.S. […]
