Japanese officials say a powerful typhoon that passed over the country’s southern islands has injured at least five people but left no major damage. Typhoon Bolaven continues to bring rain and heavy winds to Okinawa and Amami Monday as it moves away into the East China Sea. About 75,000 people were without power on the […]
Typhoon Bolaven Heads for Korean Peninsula
Tropical Storm Stalls Start of Republican Convention
High winds and lashing rains are wrecking havoc on the schedule of this week’s U.S. Republican national convention in Tampa, Florida. Republicans are expected to formally nominate Mitt Romney and his vice presidential running mate, Paul Ryan, as their candidates to face Democratic President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in the November election. […]
Hundreds Massacred in Syria’s Daraya
Syrians were burying dozens of bodies Sunday, as activists said the death toll from a five-day massacre in a town near Damascus has reached at least 320. Government troops are battling to crush insurgents in the Damascus satellite town of Daraya. Activists on Sunday said 200 bodies have been identified, adding that victims died in […]
Tropical Storm Stalls Start of Republican Convention
High winds and lashing rains are wrecking havoc on the schedule of this week’s U.S. Republican national convention in Tampa, Florida. Republicans are expected to formally nominate Mitt Romney and his vice presidential running mate, Paul Ryan, as their candidates to face Democratic President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in the November election. […]
Tropical Storm Stalls Start of Republican Convention
High winds and lashing rains are wrecking havoc on the schedule of this week’s U.S. Republican national convention in Tampa, Florida. Republicans are expected to formally nominate Mitt Romney and his vice presidential running mate, Paul Ryan, as their candidates to face Democratic President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in the November election. […]
Former Ivorian Officials Arrested in I. Coast, Ghana
Two high-ranking officials close to the former president of Ivory Coast have been arrested. Ivorian officials say Laurent Akoun, the second-ranking official in former president Laurent Gbagbo’s Front Populaire Ivorien party, was arrested Sunday in Adzope, 100 kilometers east of the capital, Abidjan. He is believed to be implicated in a series of recent attacks […]
Typhoon Bolaven Heads for Korean Peninsula
The strongest typhoon in years has lashed Japan’s southern islands, injuring four people and leaving tens of thousands in the dark. Typhoon Bolaven passed over the main island of Okinawa Sunday and was moving toward the Korean peninsula and parts of eastern China. About 27,000 households on the smaller island of Amami were left without […]
Typhoon Bolaven Heads for Okinawa
One of the most powerful typhoons on record has hit Japan’s southern island of Okinawa injuring four people and leaving thousands in the dark. The Japan Meteorological Agency says Typhoon Bolaven is making its way over Okinawa and its surrounding areas Sunday, bringing as much as 50 centimeters of rain over the next 24-hours and […]
Punk Band: 2 Wanted Band Members Flee Russia to Avoid Arrest
The Russian punk band Pussy Riot says two members wanted by Russian authorities have fled the country to escape arrest. The feminist band tweeted on Sunday that two band mates were currently “recruiting foreign feminists to prepare for new actions.” Pussy Riot’s three other band members were convicted earlier this month on charges of “hooliganism” […]
Republican Convention Delayed By Storm
A tropical storm which forecasters say could soon develop into a hurricane has delayed the start of the U.S. Republican national convention in Tampa, Florida. The Republicans this week are to formally nominate Mitt Romney and his vice presidential running mate Paul Ryan as their candidates to face Democratic President Barack Obama and Joe Biden […]