Somalia’s parliament votes Monday for a new president, the final step in a U.N.-backed plan to create a new administration for the Horn of Africa nation that has been without an effective central government for decades. More than two dozen presidential hopefuls are vying for the position, including the current president and prime minister. If […]
Somalia Lawmakers to Vote for New President
Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Camp Takes Narrow Lead in Election
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement has taken a narrow lead in a legislative council election that represents a major test for the autonomous Chinese territory’s new pro-Beijing government. Official results released early Monday show pro-democracy candidates won 18 of the 35 legislative seats directly elected by voters in Hong Kong’s geographical constituencies. Sixteen of the remaining […]
Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Camp Takes Narrow Lead in Election
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement has taken a narrow lead in a legislative council election that represents a major test for the autonomous Chinese territory’s new pro-Beijing government. Official results released early Monday show pro-democracy candidates won 18 of the 35 legislative seats directly elected by voters in Hong Kong’s geographical constituencies. Sixteen of the remaining […]
Mali Orders Probe Into Shooting Death of 16 Islamic Preachers
Mali’s government says it has launched an investigation into the shooting deaths of 16 Islamic preachers at a military checkpoint in the country’s central region. In a statement Sunday, the government said eight Malians and eight Mauritanians had been killed by gunshot in an overnight Saturday incident at the Diabaly checkpoint in the Segou region. […]
Serena Williams Wins US Open
American Serena Williams won the U.S. Open women’s singles title Sunday, beating world number one Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in a dramatic final. Williams, the reigning Wimbledon champion and Olympic gold medalist in singles and doubles, clawed back from a shaky second set in New York to earn her 15th grand slam title — 6-2, […]
Pope Prepares to Visit Lebanon, Calls for Dialogue in Mideast
Pope Benedict has called for dialogue and reconciliation in the Middle East as he prepares to visit Lebanon at the end of this week. The pontiff told pilgrims Sunday at Castel Gandolfo, his summer residence outside Rome, that his trip to Lebanon, and by extension to the whole of the Middle East, is taking place […]
Mali Military: Army Killed 16 Islamic Preachers
Mali’s government says it has launched an investigation into the shooting deaths of 16 Islamic preachers at a military checkpoint in the country’s central region. In a statement Sunday, the government said eight Malians and eight Mauritanians had been killed by gunshot in an overnight Saturday incident at the Diabaly checkpoint in the Segou region. […]
Iraq Attacks Kill At Least 92 as Sunni VP Sentenced to Death
Insurgents in Iraq have carried out a wave of bombings and shootings that killed at least 92 people in a 24-hour period that coincided with an Iraqi court sentencing the country’s fugitive Sunni vice president to death for murder. The onslaught began late Saturday with gunmen killing and wounding Iraqi soldiers at an army post […]
Mali Military: Army Killed 16 Islamic Preachers
Mali’s military says army troops killed 16 Islamic preachers for failing to stop at a military checkpoint. Officials said Sunday that the dead include 12 preachers from Mauritania, 2 from Pakistan and 2 from Mali. They did not say if the preachers were armed. The shooting took place late Saturday in a small community called […]
Syria’s Aleppo Hit by Deadly Car Bomb, Government Air Strike
Syrian state media say a car bomb in Aleppo has killed at least 17 people, while opposition activists say a government air strike in the northern city also has killed and wounded civilians. The official SANA news agency said the car bomb went off near a hospital and a school in Aleppo late Sunday. It […]