Officials in India-controlled Kashmir say a grenade attack has wounded at least three soldiers, including one who is critically injured. No one has claimed responsibility for the blast Sunday in Sopore. Kashmir is claimed in full by both India and Pakistan. Since 1989, Muslim separatists have been fighting for Kashmir’s independence from Hindu-majority India or […]
3 Kashmiri Soldiers Wounded in Grenade Attack
Posted June 17th, 2012 at 6:00 am (UTC-5)
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Egyptians Choose Mubarak’s Successor
Posted June 17th, 2012 at 4:35 am (UTC-5)
Egyptian voters are heading to the polls in final day of a two-day presidential runoff 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 […]
Voting Under Way in French Parliamentary Election
Posted June 17th, 2012 at 2:35 am (UTC-5)
Voting is under way in France, in a second round of parliamentary elections in which President Francois Hollande’s Socialists are expected to win a solid majority in the 577-member National Assembly. Opinion polls and seat projections from last Sunday’s first-round vote suggest the Socialist block could achieve at least 287 seats in the lower house […]
Voting Under Way in Greek Election
Posted June 17th, 2012 at 1:20 am (UTC-5)
Polls are open in Greece for an election that could decide the future of the debt-laden country 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 […]
French Socialists Expected to Dominate Parliamentary Elections
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 11:35 pm (UTC-5)
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 […]
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 […]
