France’s Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian arrived in Afghanistan Sunday, one day after a Taliban attack killed four French NATO troops and wounded five others. Details of Drian’s program in Afghanistan have not been released but he is expected to address French troops and meet Afghan government officials in Kabul. On Saturday, French troops responding […]
French Defense Minister in Afghanistan After Troops Killed
Posted June 10th, 2012 at 5:00 pm (UTC-5)
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US Threatens Peace Plan Opponents in Somalia with Sanctions
Posted June 10th, 2012 at 4:30 pm (UTC-5)
A senior U.S. State Department official is threatening sanctions against any Somalis who work against the peace process in Somalia. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Johnnie Carson, said after a day-long visit to Somalia Sunday that the United States will take action against those he calls “spoilers” who impede efforts to draw up […]
French Open Men’s Final Suspended by Rain Until Monday
Posted June 10th, 2012 at 4:05 pm (UTC-5)
Rain halted play in the men’s final of the French Open Sunday between six-time champion Rafael Nadal of Spain and world number one tennis player Novak Djokovic of Serbia. Organizers said the match, already in progress for three hours, would resume Monday at 1:00 pm local time . Nadal was leading Djokovic two sets to […]
French Socialists Take Lead in Parliamentary Election
Posted June 10th, 2012 at 2:50 pm (UTC-5)
Exit polls from France’s first round of parliamentary elections show President Francois Hollande’s Socialist party and its allies winning the largest bloc of seats in the lower house. Early poll results show the leftwing parties winning up to 40 percent of seats in the 577-seat National Assembly or lower house of parliament. Former president Nicolas […]
Boko Haram Claims Deadly Nigeria Church Attacks
Posted June 10th, 2012 at 2:40 pm (UTC-5)
Nigeria’s militant Islamic sect Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for two church attacks on Sunday that killed 3 people and wounded 41. During a conference call hours after the attacks, a spokesman for Boko Haram told reporters the group was responsible. The first attack took place in the central city of Jos, where a suicide […]
High-Level US Envoy Visits Somalia
Posted June 10th, 2012 at 2:05 pm (UTC-5)
The Somali government says the top U.S. envoy to Africa has met with leaders in Mogadishu, marking the highest-profile visit by a U.S. official since the early 1990s. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson met on Sunday with President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali. President Ahmed said […]
Syrian Opposition Group Elects New Leader, More Deaths in Syria
Posted June 10th, 2012 at 1:15 pm (UTC-5)
Syria’s main exiled opposition group has elected a Kurdish academic to try to unify the movement after months of infighting, and activists report at least 19 more deaths in government shelling and clashes across the country. Senior members of the opposition Syrian National Council chose Abdulbaset Sieda to be the group’s new leader at a […]
Two Nigerian Churches Attacked, 3 Dead
Posted June 10th, 2012 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
Nigerian authorities say gunmen and a suicide bomber targeted two Christian churches on Sunday, killing 3 people and wounding at least 41. The attacks took place in the country’s restive northeastern region and the so-called “middle-belt” in central Nigeria. The middle belt divides the country’s mostly Muslim north and predominantly Christian south. The first attack […]
Spanish PM Hails Bank Rescue Plan
Posted June 10th, 2012 at 11:15 am (UTC-5)
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has welcomed a European financial lifeline of up to $125 billion to rescue his country’s failing banks. Mr. Rajoy told reporters Sunday that efforts by his center-right government had prevented a wider state bailout and that the assistance his country is receiving is different than that received by Greece, Ireland […]
Syrian Opposition Group Elects New Leader, More Deaths in Syria
Posted June 10th, 2012 at 9:55 am (UTC-5)
Syria’s main exiled opposition group has elected a Kurdish academic to try to unify the movement after months of infighting, and activists report at least 18 more deaths in government shelling and clashes across the country. Senior members of the opposition Syrian National Council chose Abdulbaset Sieda to be the group’s new leader at a […]
