A U.S. man charged with plotting to use remote-controlled model airplanes filled with explosives to attack the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol has agreed to plead guilty. A Justice Department statement says 26-year-old Rezwan Ferdaus will enter the plea on charges he attempted to damage and destroy a federal building and provide material support to terrorists. […]
US Man to Plead Guilty in Plot to Attack Pentagon, Capitol
Posted July 10th, 2012 at 12:35 pm (UTC-5)
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Clinton Urges Vietnam to Protect Human Rights
Posted July 10th, 2012 at 12:10 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has stressed the need for Vietnam to protect human rights. Clinton said Tuesday after meeting with Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh in Hanoi that she was particularly concerned about the jailing of activists, lawyers and bloggers for peaceful expression. New York-based Human Rights Watch had urged Clinton to raise […]
Annan Warns of Disaster Without End to Syria Crisis
Posted July 10th, 2012 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
United Nations envoy Kofi Annan has warned that failing to resolve the crisis in Syria could bring unimaginable consequences. He spoke Tuesday after talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi in Tehran as part of an effort to rescue his peace plan for Syria. Iran is Syria’s top ally in the region. Mr. Annan […]
Afghan Minister Vows Continued Free Speech, Press Freedom
Posted July 10th, 2012 at 10:35 am (UTC-5)
Afghanistan’s information and culture minister says his government will firmly protect freedom of speech and the press even after the international community leaves his country. In an interview with VOA’s Afghan service, Said Makhdoom Raheen says a new draft media law will help do that as well as make the state-run Radio-Television Afghanistan and Bakhtar […]
Nigeria’s Boko Haram Claims Responsibility for Funeral Attack
Posted July 10th, 2012 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
The radical Islamist group, Boko Haram, says it was behind Sunday’s attack on a funeral in northeastern Nigeria that killed dozens of people, including two prominent politicians. Police had blamed ethnic Fulani herdsmen for raiding villages over the weekend and the later attack on the funeral. In an emailed statement to journalists, Boko Haram claimed […]
Egyptian Lawmakers Meet in Defiance of Military
Posted July 10th, 2012 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
Egypt’s Islamist-led parliament reconvened Tuesday in defiance of orders by the country’s military and Supreme Court. The brief meeting of the lower house came days after President Mohamed Morsi issued a decree reinstating the body until a new legislature is elected. Egypt’s supreme military council dissolved the parliament last month after the Supreme Constitutional Court […]
ICC Sentences Congolese Warlord to 14 Years in Prison
Posted July 10th, 2012 at 8:35 am (UTC-5)
The International Criminal Court has sentenced Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga to 14 years in prison for using child soldiers. The court in the Hague announced the penalty Tuesday, saying he is an educated individual who would have understood the “seriousness of the crimes.” Lubanga was found guilty of war crimes in March for recruiting and […]
Egyptian Lawmakers Meet in Defiance of Military
Posted July 10th, 2012 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
Egypt’s Islamist-led parliament has reconvened in defiance of orders by the country’s military and Supreme Court. The lower house of parliament met Tuesday, days after President Mohamed Morsi issued a decree reinstating the body. Egypt’s supreme military council dissolved the parliament last month after the Supreme Court found fault with the process by which lawmakers […]
Daughter of Late South Korean Dictator Seeks Presidency
Posted July 10th, 2012 at 6:50 am (UTC-5)
South Korea’s Park Geun-hye has formally launched her campaign for president of the country her father, the late Park Chung-hee, once ruled with an iron fist. The 60-year-old Park made her announcement Tuesday in Seoul in front of crowd of cheering supporters. “I am here, determined that I will devote my life to the happiness […]
Clinton Urges Vietnam to Protect Human Rights
Posted July 10th, 2012 at 6:30 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has stressed the need for Vietnam to protect human rights. Clinton said Tuesday after meeting with Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh in Hanoi that she was particularly concerned about the jailing of activists, lawyers and bloggers for peaceful expression. New York-based Human Rights Watch had urged Clinton to raise […]
