U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Malawi President Joyce Banda in the small African country on Sunday. Secretary Clinton said she strongly supports President Banda and her government. Ms. Banda, Malawi’s first woman president, said they both have long been advocates for women and children. The president told Secretary Clinton she had been […]
CClinton Expresses Support for Malawi’s President
Posted August 5th, 2012 at 7:45 am (UTC-5)
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Afghan President Accepts Dismissal of Top Ministers
Posted August 5th, 2012 at 7:00 am (UTC-5)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has accepted a decision by parliament to dismiss his two top security ministers. However, Mr. Karzai said Sunday that the two will remain in office until their replacements are appointed. Afghanistan’s parliament voted Saturday to remove Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak and Interior Minister Bismillah Mohammadi after a series of recent […]
World Food Program Employee Killed in Sudan
Posted August 5th, 2012 at 6:40 am (UTC-5)
The United Nations says a World Food Program employee was shot to death Saturday in the southern part of Sudan. A WFP spokeswoman said Sunday that two unidentified gunmen opened fire on a UN car 80 kilometers north of the South Kordofan state capital of Kadugli and killed the Sudanese driver. She said another person […]
Clinton Continues African Tour in Malawi
Posted August 5th, 2012 at 5:45 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Malawi – the latest stop on her tour of Africa. After her arrival Sunday, the State Department announced the top U.S. diplomat would be adding Nigeria and Benin to the African trip. On Saturday, she was in Nairobi where she urged Kenyans to work together to hold […]
19 Dead as Kurdish Rebels Clash with Turkish Soldiers
Posted August 5th, 2012 at 5:40 am (UTC-5)
Turkish authorities say 19 people were killed in fighting overnight between Turkish soldiers and Kurdish rebels near the border with Iraq in southeastern Turkey. Officials said six soldiers, two state militiamen and 11 Kurdish militants were killed and at least 15 soldiers were wounded in the rebel attack in Hakkari province Clashes between the military […]
Clinton to Visit Turkey to Discuss Syria
Posted August 5th, 2012 at 5:30 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Turkey next Saturday to discuss the deteriorating situation in neighboring Syria. A State Department official made the announcement Sunday as Clinton visited Malawi during her African tour. In Syria, explosions Saturday rocked the capital, Damascus, and the northern city of Aleppo as security forces tried to push […]
Suicide Bomber Kills 35 in Yemin
Posted August 5th, 2012 at 3:05 am (UTC-5)
Yemeni officials say a suicide bomber killed at least 35 people and wounded dozens of others late Saturday in a southern town. The bomber struck in the village of Jaar, one of several towns in Abyan province that were retaken from Al-Qaida in a major government offensive in June. The Reuters news agency says the […]
Clinton’s Next African Tour Stop, Malawi
Posted August 5th, 2012 at 3:00 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Malawi Sunday – the latest stop on her 11-day tour of Africa. On Saturday, she was in Nairobi where she urged Kenyans to work together to hold free and fair elections next March, and be a role model for Africa and the world. She urged leaders to avoid […]
Jamaica’s Bolt Runs in Sunday’s Olympics
Posted August 5th, 2012 at 12:50 am (UTC-5)
The world’s fastest men line up at the London Olympics Sunday in the 100-meter race where fans will be looking to see if Jamaica’s Usain Bolt will be able to keep his Olympic crown. American tennis-playing sisters Serena and Venus Williams team up Sunday for the women’s doubles gold medal. Serena won the singles gold […]
New Study Links Human Activity to Extreme Weather
Posted August 4th, 2012 at 8:45 pm (UTC-5)
A pioneering activist and proponent of human-driven global warming says he has underestimated the severity of hot weather and drought plaguing much of the United States and other parts of the world in the past decade. James Hansen, who directs the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, says he failed in his 1980s research to […]
