Iraqi officials say a car bomb has exploded in central Baghdad, killing at least 18 people and wounding 50. The Monday morning blast in the Baab al-Muadham neighborhood damaged an office for Shi’ite religious affairs that manages religious and cultural sites. The explosion follows a series of attacks that killed 17 people in Baghdad last […]
8 Killed in Blast in Iraq
Posted June 4th, 2012 at 5:45 am (UTC-5)
Iraqi officials say a car bomb has exploded in central Baghdad, killing at least 8 people and wounding 35. The Monday morning blast happened outside an office for Shi’ite religious affairs in the Baab al-Muadham neighborhood.
China Rejects US Call to Release Tiananmen Prisoners
Posted June 4th, 2012 at 5:30 am (UTC-5)
China’s foreign ministry has expressed “strong dissatisfaction” with a U.S. call for Beijing to free all those still imprisoned for the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations. Responding to a question from the VOA Mandarin service, foreign ministry spokesman Liu Weimin told reporters that the American call was a gross intervention in China’s internal affairs and a […]
153 Dead in Nigerian Plane Crash
Posted June 4th, 2012 at 5:10 am (UTC-5)
Nigeria began three days of mourning Monday after a plane crashed in Lagos Sunday, killing all 153 people on board. The ruins of the commercial airliner continued to smolder Monday as emergency workers carried bodies and debris from the crash site in a residential neighborhood in Nigeria’s largest city. President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered a […]
Vietnam Opens 3 New Sites for Search of US MIAs
Posted June 4th, 2012 at 3:15 am (UTC-5)
Vietnam’s defense chief told U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Monday that the communist government will open up three new sites for the search and excavation of troop remains from the war decades ago. The pledge came during a meeting between Panetta and Vietnamese Defense Minister Phung Quang Thanh. The two military heads also exchanged artifacts […]
Japan PM Reshuffles Cabinet
Posted June 4th, 2012 at 2:55 am (UTC-5)
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reshuffled his Cabinet Monday, replacing five ministers in an attempt to gain opposition support for his plan to double the sales tax. Mr. Noda replaced his ministers of defense, justice, agriculture, infrastructure and financial affairs in hopes of getting his tax changes through a divided parliament. All of the ministers […]
15 Killed in Reported US Drone Strike in Pakistan
Posted June 4th, 2012 at 12:10 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say a U.S. drone strike in northwestern Pakistan early Monday has killed 15 people. Security officials say missiles were fired into a village in North Waziristan, along the Afghan border. The tribal region has become a hub of al-Qaida and Taliban activity. Monday’s reported drone strike would be the third in three days […]
8 Militants Killed in US Drone Strike in Pakistan
Posted June 3rd, 2012 at 11:35 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say a U.S. drone strike in northwestern Pakistan early Monday has killed at least eight militants. Security officials say missiles were fired into a village in the North Waziristan tribal region along the Afghan border. North Waziristan is one of the tribal areas along the border that has become a hub of al-Qaida […]
Putin Hosts EU Chiefs for Talks on Syria
Posted June 3rd, 2012 at 9:10 pm (UTC-5)
Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting European Union chiefs for his first summit of his new presidency to discuss, among other matters, Russia’s policy towards Syria. Mr. Putin hosted a dinner Sunday in St. Petersburg for EU heads Herman Van Rompuy and Jose Manuel Barroso and foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. The talks formally kick-off […]
Florida Teen Shooter Back in Police Custody
Posted June 3rd, 2012 at 6:35 pm (UTC-5)
The former neighborhood watch volunteer charged in the shooting death of 17-year-old African-American Trayvon Martin is back in police custody. George Zimmerman surrendered to Florida police Sunday and was booked into jail. A judge revoked Zimmerman’s bond Friday because he and his wife lied to the court about their finances so he could obtain a […]
