Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has arrived in Northern Ireland at the start of a two-day visit marking her 60th year on the throne — as well as the peace that has generally held there since the 1998 Good Friday accords. The 86-year-old monarch and her husband, Prince Philip, arrived in the small seaside village of Enniskillen […]
British Monarch Arrives in Northern Ireland
Posted June 26th, 2012 at 8:40 am (UTC-5)
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Japan’s Ruling Party Split as Lawmakers Approve Controversial Tax Hike
Posted June 26th, 2012 at 6:15 am (UTC-5)
Japanese lawmakers have approved a controversial tax hike plan to help curb growing public debt, despite a rebellion by some in Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s ruling party. The plan to double the sales tax to 10 percent over three years easily cleared Japan’s lower house of parliament Tuesday. But 57 members of the ruling Democratic […]
Four Eurozone Finance Ministers to Meet in Paris
Posted June 26th, 2012 at 5:55 am (UTC-5)
The finance ministers of France, Germany, Italy and Spain will discuss the ongoing eurozone sovereign debt crisis Tuesday in Paris. The meeting is taking place on the eve of joint talks between French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel aimed at reaching some sort of accord before a crucial European Union summit begins […]
NATO Weighs Response to Syria’s Downing of Military Jet
Posted June 26th, 2012 at 5:10 am (UTC-5)
NATO envoys are considering their response to Syria’s downing of a Turkish military jet last week. Turkey requested Tuesday’s meeting in Brussels following the attack it says happened in international airspace. Syria calls the incident an act of self-defense. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to give more details of his country’s response […]
Rights Group Urges China to Protect Burmese Refugees
Posted June 26th, 2012 at 4:55 am (UTC-5)
Human Rights Watch says several thousand ethnic-Kachin refugees who fled fighting in Burma now face a serious human rights situation in southwest China and risk being forcibly returned to their war-torn homeland. The group says as many as 10,000 people have fled to China’s Yunnan province from Burma’s Kachin state, where heavy fighting broke out […]
NATO Weights Response to Syria’s Downing of Military Jet
Posted June 26th, 2012 at 4:10 am (UTC-5)
NATO envoys are considering their response to Syria’s downing of a Turkish military jet last week. Turkey requested Tuesday’s meeting in Brussels following the attack it says happened in international airspace. Syria calls the incident an act of self-defense. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to give more details of his country’s response […]
Japan’s Ruling Party Split as Lawmakers Approve Controversial Tax Hike
Posted June 26th, 2012 at 4:05 am (UTC-5)
Japanese lawmakers have approved a controversial tax hike plan to help curb growing public debt, despite a rebellion by some in Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s ruling party. The plan to double the sales tax to 10 percent over three years easily cleared Japan’s lower house of parliament Tuesday. But public broadcaster NHK reported that 57 […]
US House to Vote on Contempt Charges Against Attorney General
Posted June 26th, 2012 at 2:55 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. House of Representatives is to vote Thursday on whether to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt for refusing to turn over documents related to a botched gun-running operation. The vote would be the first such action in U.S. history against a sitting attorney general, the head of the U.S. Justice Department. The […]
Rights Group Urges China to Protect Burmese Refugees
Posted June 26th, 2012 at 1:55 am (UTC-5)
Human Rights Watch says China has been forcibly returning some of the ethnic-Kachin refugees who fled fighting in Burma. The group says Chinese authorities have repatriated about 300 refugees to Kachin state, where heavy fighting broke out last year between the Burmese army and Kachin rebels. The report says as many as 10,000 Kachin people […]
ADB Begins “Re-engagement” with Burma
Posted June 26th, 2012 at 12:10 am (UTC-5)
The Asian Development Bank says it will begin re-engaging with Burma following reforms undertaken in the Southeast Asian country in the past year. The bank, which has not had operations in Burma since 1988, says a senior official will visit the country Tuesday to gain a “first-hand understanding” of its goals and priorities. The visit […]
