U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Tel Aviv for talks likely to focus on the stalled Middle East peace process and political upheaval in places like Syria and Egypt. Clinton is to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and go to the West Bank for talks with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. […]
Clinton in Israel for Talks on Middle East Upheaval
AU Elects New Leader
African leaders have elected South African Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as the new head of the African Union – the first woman and the first South African to hold that post. Dlamini-Zuma defeated incumbent Jean Ping at the AU summit Sunday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, after four rounds of voting. She is the ex-wife […]
North Korean Military Chief Removed from Posts
North Korean media are reporting that the army chief who is also a close advisor to leader Kim Jong-un has been removed from all this posts because of illness. The official Korean Central News Agency said a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Workers’ Party on Sunday decided to relieve 69-year-old Ri Yong-ho from […]
AU Elects New Leader
African leaders have elected South African Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as the new head of the African Union – the first woman and the first South African to hold that post. Dlamini-Zuma defeated incumbent Jean Ping at the AU summit Sunday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, after four rounds of voting. She is the ex-wife […]
Clinton in Israel for Talks on Mideast Upheaval
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Tel Aviv for talks likely to focus on the stalled Mideast peace process and political upheaval in places like Syria and Egypt. Clinton will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and also will go to the West Bank for talks with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. […]
US, Pakistan to Sign Memorandum of Understanding on NATO Supply Routes
Hundreds of supporters of Pakistan’s Jamaat-e-Islami party marched to the southern port city of Karachi Sunday to protest the reopening of a NATO supply route to Afghanistan. The southern port receives the supplies that continue on to Afghanistan. Protesters chanted anti-American slogans and carried banners with messages denouncing the reopening of the supply route after […]
Clinton Offers Aid to Egypt’s Feuding Civilian, Military Leaders
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Tel Aviv after ending two days of talks with Egypt’s quarreling civilian and military leaders. She offered them U.S. assistance for the struggling Egyptian economy without publicly taking sides in their ongoing power struggle. A U.S. State Department official said Clinton discussed U.S. aid proposals at a […]
Torrential Rains Strand Thousands in Japan
Japanese troops have airlifted supplies to thousands of people who remain cut off by floods and mudslides triggered by days of torrential rains that have killed at least 26 people. More than 3,000 people are stranded in Fukuoka prefecture, southwestern Japan. More than 90 millimeters of rain an hour fell in Kyoto prefecture in western […]
Oscar-Winning Film and Stage Actress Celeste Holm Dies at 95
Academy-award winning actress Celeste Holm, whose career in the theater, movies and television spanned 60 years, has died in New York at age 95. Holm first won national attention in the original cast of the Broadway favorite Oklahoma in 1943. Five years later, she took home an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress for the film […]
Clinton Stresses Rights, Promises Economic Aid During Egypt Visit
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Tel Aviv after spending two days in Egypt, pledging U.S. economic aid to its struggling young government. Clinton held talks Sunday with Egyptian military chief Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi. Aides say he told Clinton that reviving the economy is his country’s priority. Clinton stressed the importance […]