France holds a run-off parliamentary election Sunday in which President Francois Hollande’s Socialists are expected to win a solid majority in the 577-member National Assembly, even without adding seats from its Green Party allies. Opinion polls and seat projections from last Sunday’s first-round vote suggest the Socialist block could achieve at least 287 seats in […]
French Socialists Expected to Dominate Parliamentary Elections
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 11:35 pm (UTC-5)
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Greece Holds Second Election Sunday
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 11:10 pm (UTC-5)
Greeks go to the polls Sunday in an election that could decide their future in the 17-nation eurozone. The main contenders – the New Democracy conservatives and the Syriza leftist radicals – have pledged to form a government that will renegotiate the harsh austerity conditions of Greece’s bailout by the European Union and International Monetary […]
UN Suspends Mission in Syria
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 9:20 pm (UTC-5)
WEB: TYPE: OCN )) Escalating violence in Syria forced some 300 unarmed United Nations observers to suspend their mission Saturday. The head of the mission, Major General Robert Mood, said observers will not leave the country but “will remain in place.” “In this high-risk situation, UNSMIS is suspending its operations. U.N. observers will not be […]
Egyptians Choose Mubarak’s Successor
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 7:00 pm (UTC-5)
Egyptian voters go to the polls Sunday in the second day of presidential run-off to choose the country’s next president after massive protests led to former leader Hosni Mubarak’s resignation last year. The voters have a choice between a Mubarak era candidate, former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq and an Islamist, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed […]
Saudi Arabia’s Heir to Throne Dies
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 5:50 pm (UTC-5)
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz al-Saud died Saturday, eight months after becoming heir to the throne. He was in his late 70s. A statement carried by state media said Prince Nayef “died outside” Saudi Arabia. News reports said he died in the Swiss city of Geneva, where he recently traveled to seek treatment […]
Militants Ban Polio Vaccination in NW Pakistan
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 5:00 pm (UTC-5)
A militant group based in northwestern Pakistan has banned an anti-polio campaign in a tribal region and warned medical teams to stay away from the territory or face consequences. The group, based in North Waziristan and led by Hafiz Gul Bahadur, said in a statement Saturday the ban will remain in effect as long as […]
Pope Meets With Cardinals On Scandal Probe
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 4:30 pm (UTC-5)
Pope Benedict has met with three retired cardinals who are carrying out a probe into a leaked-documents scandal that revealed a power struggle in the highest levels of the church hierarchy. The closed-door meeting with Spaniard Julian Herranz, Jozef Tomko of Slovakia and Italian Salvatore De Giorgi was scheduled for Saturday afternoon. No other information […]
Car Bobm Kills 26 in NW Pakistan
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 4:05 pm (UTC-5)
A bomb planted in a pickup truck ripped through a market in northwest Pakistan Saturday, killing at least 26 people and wounding more more than 50 others. Authorities say the bomb exploded near a bus stand at a crowded bazaar in Landi Kotal in the Khyber tribal district. Several buildings were damaged in the explosion. […]
UN Observers Suspend Syrian Mission; Opposition Says Mission ‘Has Failed’
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 3:05 pm (UTC-5)
Unarmed United Nations observers are will no longer be going out on patrol in Syria, where intensifying violence has made the situation too risky. U.N. observer force commander Major General Robert Mood made the announcement Saturday, saying his people can do little good monitoring a cease-fire with both the government and the opposition stoking the […]
Egypt Ends First Day of Polling in Presidential Runoff
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 3:05 pm (UTC-5)
Egyptians have wrapped up the first day of voting in a two-day presidential runoff to select the country’s first president since massive protests led to former leader Hosni Mubarak’s resignation last year. Ahmed Shafiq, a Mubarak-era prime minister, and the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi are vying to become president. Voter turnout was mixed in Saturday’s […]
