United Nations helicopters have attacked positions of the rebel group M23 in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. A DRC spokesman tells VOA there were casualties in Thursday’s exchange. “M23 shelled a small village, Runiga, killing three people according to our sources. Our army had to fight back because we had to protect civilians.” M23 […]
UN Helicopters Attack Rebel Targets in DRC
Posted July 12th, 2012 at 3:25 pm (UTC-5)
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Pakistan’s Supreme Court Orders New PM to Pursue Corruption Cases
Posted July 12th, 2012 at 3:20 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered the country’s new prime minister to pursue corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari — the latest development in a long-running showdown between the court and government. In an order issued Thursday, Judge Asif Saeed Khosa said Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf is bound to obey the court’s directives in […]
Russia Vows to Reject Sanctions on Syria
Posted July 12th, 2012 at 3:00 pm (UTC-5)
Russia says it will not heed the demands of the West and vote for sanctions on Syria to try to end the violence there. At the United Nations Security Council, Britain, France, Germany and the United States said Thursday that sanctions must be invoked against Damascus within 10 days unless the Syrian military stops using […]
Afghan Patients Hope for Speedy Red Cross Return
Posted July 12th, 2012 at 2:20 pm (UTC-5)
Patients in southern Afghanistan are hoping Red Cross workers will soon return to a key hospital, after an explosion there prompted the aid agency to withdraw its foreign staff. On June 21, Afghan and Red Cross officials say a small bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded on the grounds of the Mirwais Hospital in Kandahar […]
Mladic, Accused War Crimes Suspect, Rushed to Hospital
Posted July 12th, 2012 at 2:00 pm (UTC-5)
Former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic, on trial for war crimes at The Hague, has been rushed from the courtroom to the hospital. Officials for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia said Mladic was taken into medical care Thursday as a precautionary measure, after he complained of not feeling well during the proceedings. […]
China Signals Readiness for South China Sea Talks
Posted July 12th, 2012 at 12:55 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has wrapped up regional meetings in Asia with a call for southeast Asian nations to work “collaboratively and diplomatically” to resolve territorial disputes, such as disagreements over the South China Sea. At a news conference Thursday, Clinton said all parties involved in claims to the disputed waters should refrain […]
Karzai Urges Mullah Omar to Join Afghan Political Process
Posted July 12th, 2012 at 12:55 pm (UTC-5)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is again urging Taliban fighters — including their fugitive leader Mullah Omar — to lay down their weapons and join the political process. “Mullah Omar should come to Afghanistan and open a political office wherever he wants. But he should drop the gun. He and his friends should come and make […]
IMF: Greece Missed Bailout Targets
Posted July 12th, 2012 at 12:40 pm (UTC-5)
The International Monetary Fund says Greece has missed several financial targets it pledged to adopt as it secured its second bailout earlier this year. The IMF did say Greece kept some promises linked to the $159 billion rescue package from the IMF and its European neighbors. Greece’s new coalition government is seeking to renegotiate the […]
Russia Vows to Reject Sanctions on Syria
Posted July 12th, 2012 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
Russia says it will not vote for sanctions on Syria to try to end the violence there, as Western powers are demanding. At the U.N. Security Council, Britain, France, Germany and the United States said Thursday that sanctions must be invoked against Damascus within 10 days unless the Syrian military stops using heavy weapons against […]
US Jobless Claims Fall to 4-Year Low
Posted July 12th, 2012 at 12:05 pm (UTC-5)
The number of people signing up for U.S. unemployment financial aid dropped to a four-year low last week. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department shows first-time jobless claims fell 26,000 to a nationwide total of 350,000. Layoffs usually rise at this time of year as auto companies shut down for a few weeks to re-tool […]
