Carlotta weakened from a hurricane to a tropical depression Saturday over southern Mexico after pummeling the country’s Pacific coast with strong winds and heavy rains and causing a mudslide that killed two children. The U.S. National Hurricane Center first downgraded Carlotta to a tropical storm Saturday before downgrading it again to a tropical depression. The […]
Carlotta Weakens after Hitting Mexico as Hurricane
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 2:10 pm (UTC-5)
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Aung San Suu Kyi Voices Concern Over Burmese Ethnic Violence
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 12:40 pm (UTC-5)
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi voiced concern about violence in the north and west of Burma Saturday, saying despite a cease-fire with the government, hostilities among some ethnic groups continue. She noted that “communal violence resulting in arson and murder” are occurring in western Burma, where state media say some 50 people have […]
Light Turnout in 1st Day of Egypt’s Presidential Vote
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 12:35 pm (UTC-5)
Egyptians began casting ballots Saturday in a two-day presidential run-off that pits a prime minister from former president Hosni Mubarak’s era against a Muslim Brotherhood candidate. Ahmed Shafiq, the former prime minister, is vying with the Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi to become Egypt’s first president since the huge outpouring of anti-government protests that forced Mubarak’s to […]
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Dies
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz al-Saud has died. He was in his late 70s. State media reports say Prince Nayef, the long-time interior minister who was next in line to the Saudi throne, died on Saturday. News reports say he died in Geneva. He recently traveled to the Swiss city to seek treatment […]
UN Observers Suspend Syrian Mission; Opposition Says Mission ‘Has Failed’
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
Escalating violence is forcing United Nations observers to suspend their mission in Syria “until further notice.” The head of the U.N. observer force announced the decision in a statement Saturday. Major General Robert Mood cited an increase in violence over the last 10 days and said operations would resume only when he sees fit. “U.N. […]
Dual Blasts Target Iraqi Pilgrims; 26 Dead
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
Two car bombs in Baghdad scattered body parts and turned vehicles into burned-out shells, killing 26 in the latest in a wave of attacks targeting Shi’ite pilgrims. The blasts struck the city’s Shula and Kadimiyah neighborhoods Saturday, just a few kilometers from a shrine to revered Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a great-grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. […]
UN Mission to Syria Suspended
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
Escalating violence is forcing United Nations observers to suspend their mission in Syria “until further notice.” The head of the U.N. observer force announced the decision in a statement Saturday. Major General Robert Mood cited an increase in violence over the last 10 days and said operations would resume only when he sees fit. “U.N. […]
Carlotta Weakens after Hitting Mexico as Hurricane
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
Carlotta weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm Saturday over southern Mexico after pummeling the country’s Pacific coast with strong winds and heavy rains and causing a mudslide that killed two children. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said a tropical storm warning was in effect west of Punta Maldonado to the resort city of […]
Light Turnout in 1st Day of Egypt’s Presidential Vote
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
Egyptians have begun casting ballots in a two-day presidential run-off that pits a prime minister from former president Hosni Mubarak’s era against a Muslim Brotherhood candidate. Ahmed Shafiq, the former prime minister, is vying with the Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi to become Egypt’s first president since the huge outpouring of anti-government protests that forced Mubarak’s to […]
Aung San Suu Kyi Says Nobel Prize Helped Her Reconnect
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi says the Nobel Peace Prize opened a door in her heart and helped extend her concern for democracy and human rights beyond her country’s national borders. The opposition leader called for the release of all political prisoners as she delivered her Nobel lecture in Norway on Saturday – […]
