British authorities have arrested seven people this week after finding a cache of firearms and other weapons in the trunk of a car impounded earlier this week. Police said they arrested three of the men Tuesday, three on Wednesday, and one on Thursday. The car had been stopped on a major highway earlier this week […]
British Police Arrest Seven Terror Suspects
Posted July 6th, 2012 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
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Call for More Sanctions on Syria as Top Assad General Departs
Posted July 6th, 2012 at 9:10 am (UTC-5)
A group of over 100 nations pressing for an end to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s rule has called for “broader and tougher” sanctions against the Syrian government, as news emerged that a top general has abandoned the Damascus regime. Diplomats in Paris came up with their new call for sanctions a bid to end the […]
DR Congo Rebels Take Town Near Uganda Border
Posted July 6th, 2012 at 9:00 am (UTC-5)
A U.N. peacekeeper has been killed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where rebels fought government troops and seized a key border crossing Friday. A spokesman for the U.N. mission in Congo says a peacekeeper from India was hit and killed during fighting in the town of Bunagana, which the rebels, known as M23, […]
US Job Growth Weak in June
Posted July 6th, 2012 at 8:50 am (UTC-5)
The sluggish U.S. labor market added just 80,000 new jobs in June, as the country’s jobless rate stayed at 8.2 percent. Some economists had projected that the American jobs market might regain more strength, but the number of new jobs was only marginally higher than the anemic 69,000 figure recorded in May. The closely watched […]
Obama Braces for Jobs Report on Campaign Trip
Posted July 6th, 2012 at 8:05 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is facing the release of a potentially weak jobs report from June as he wraps up a two-day campaign bus tour in Ohio and Pennsylvania Friday. A report that matches the dismal jobs figures from May, when the economy added just 69,000 jobs, would deal another blow to Mr. Obama’s claims […]
Turkey Mourns 2 Pilots Downed by Syria
Posted July 6th, 2012 at 7:25 am (UTC-5)
The bodies of two Turkish airmen whose jet was shot down last month by Syria have been recovered and are being buried Friday at a military funeral. The bodies of the pilots were pulled Thursday from the seabed 14 kilometers off the Syrian coast. They were located with the help of U.S. ocean explorer Robert […]
East Timor Holds National Elections Saturday
Posted July 6th, 2012 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
East Timorese go to the polls Saturday to choose members of parliament, following a relatively peaceful two-round presidential contest in March and April. The electoral process is expected to result in the withdrawal of U.N. peacekeepers in December. Twenty-one parties have fielded candidates for the 65-seat parliament. The two top parties are the National Congress […]
Top General Said to Defect From Syria
Posted July 6th, 2012 at 6:40 am (UTC-5)
A top Syrian general and one-time confidante of President Bashar al-Assad is said to have defected from Syria and is believed to be in Turkey, a potentially serious blow to Mr. Assad’s regime. Sipan Hassan of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told VOA his activist group learned from journalists and security sources in Syria […]
Top General Said to Defect From Syria
Posted July 6th, 2012 at 6:10 am (UTC-5)
A top Syrian general and one-time confidante of President Bashar al-Assad has defected from Syria and is believed to be in Turkey, a potentially serious blow to Mr. Assad’s regime. Sipan Hassan of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told VOA his activist group learned from journalists and security sources in Syria that Manaf Tlas […]
Sri Lanka Arrests 40 Boatpeople Headed to Australia
Posted July 6th, 2012 at 5:50 am (UTC-5)
Sri Lankan police have arrested 40 people, including one woman and two children, attempting to migrate illegally to Australia. Police say the arrests were made Thursday night as the people were boarding two small boats. Officials say the detained people are likely the victims of human smugglers. The arrests come after two boats carrying Australia-bound […]
