Eight former members of an elite police squad loyal to the late Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic have gone on trial in Belgrade for their roles in a 2001 mutiny. The charges against members of the once-feared Red Beret police stem from their refusal to arrest Serb suspects wanted by international investigators for war crimes allegedly […]
Mutiny Trial Begins for 8 Former Serbian Special Police
Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 5:00 pm (UTC-5)
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Obama, Romney Facing High Stakes in First Debate
Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 4:25 pm (UTC-5)
Both campaigns attempted to take advantage of inadvertent remarks and new revelations Tuesday. The Romney campaign said Vice President Joe Biden’s remarks at a campaign rally in North Carolina that middle income Americans have been “buried” by the anemic U.S. economy over the last four years was an admission that the Obama administration’s economic policies […]
Turkey Strikes Syria After Syrian Mortar Kills 5 Civilians in Turkish Town
Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 4:10 pm (UTC-5)
Turkey says its armed forces have fired on targets inside Syria in retaliation for a Syrian mortar attack that killed five Turkish civilians in a Turkish border town. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office said Turkish forces in the border region immediately shelled Syrian targets spotted by radar Wednesday, in response to what it […]
Serbia Bans Gay Pride Parade
Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 3:55 pm (UTC-5)
Serbian authorities have canceled Saturday’s gay pride parade in Belgrade for security reasons. The Interior Ministry Wednesday said the risk of violence is too high. It said it is calling off Saturday’s march and all other public gatherings. Serbia’s influential Orthodox Church had asked the government to ban the parade as an insult to Christians. […]
Greece Predicts it Will Reach New Funding Deal
Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 3:55 pm (UTC-5)
Greece’s finance chief is predicting the country will reach an agreement with its international lenders by Monday to release another segment of bailout funds so Athens can meet its financial obligations. Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras said Wednesday that “fairly large” differences remain between Greece and the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International […]
Iranian Police Clash with Protesters After Currency Plunges
Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 3:20 pm (UTC-5)
Witnesses in Iran say riot police fought with protesters Wednesday marching against the plunge in the nation’s currency, the rial. Shopkeepers in Tehran’s main bazaar shut down their stalls and police are reported to have arrested illegal street currency changers. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has rejected growing domestic criticism of his policies as the rial […]
Georgia’s Ivanishvili Backtracks on Call for President to Resign
Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 2:40 pm (UTC-5)
The head of Georgia’s opposition coalition, Bidzina Ivanishvili, is backtracking on his call for President Mikheil Saakashvili to resign. Ivanishvili, whose coalition won Georgia’s parliamentary elections, said Wednesday he was not issuing an ultimatum in asking Mr. Saakashvili to step down. Ivanishvili also offered to cooperate with the incumbent president on the formation of a […]
4 UN Peacekeepers Killed in West Darfur Ambush
Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 2:00 pm (UTC-5)
Unknown gunmen have killed four U.N. peacekeepers and wounded eight others during an ambush in Sudan’s Darfur region. According to the U.N.-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), the assailants opened fire on the peacekeepers late Tuesday in West Darfur state. A mission spokesman says the peacekeepers – all from Nigeria – were on patrol in […]
At Least 48 Killed as Car Bombs Strike Syria
Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
Four coordinated explosions on Wednesday ripped through a government-controlled section of Syria’s largest city, Aleppo, killing dozens of people and wounding nearly 100 others. The blasts gutted a military officers’ club and a nearby hotel. Opposition groups say at least 48 people died, mostly from the security services, while Syrian state media put the death […]
At Least 48 Killed as Car Bombs Strike Syria
Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
Four coordinated explosions on Wednesday ripped through a government-controlled section of Syria’s largest city, Aleppo, killing dozens of people and wounding nearly 100 others. The blasts gutted a military officers’ club and a nearby hotel. Opposition groups say at least 48 people died, mostly from the security services, while Syrian state media put the death […]
