Exit polls from elections in Spain’s northeastern region of Catalonia show the majority of local parliamentary seats will go to nationalist parties that favor independence from Spain. Early returns from Sunday’s vote show the national alliance of incumbent regional president and pro-independence candidate Artur Mas has taken at least 48 seats in the 135-seat parliament, […]
Nationalists Take Election Lead in Spain’s Catalonia
Posted November 25th, 2012 at 5:55 pm (UTC-5)
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Syrian Rebels Claim Capture of Helicopter Base Near Damascus
Posted November 25th, 2012 at 5:50 pm (UTC-5)
Syrian rebels say they have captured a government helicopter base near Damascus as they try to close in on President Bashar al-Assad’s seat of power in the capital. A video released by Syrian activists on Sunday appears to show anti-Assad rebels roaming around the Marj al-Sultan air base, about 15 kilometers east of Damascus, after […]
Egypt’s Morsi to Meet Judicial Council on Decree
Posted November 25th, 2012 at 3:15 pm (UTC-5)
Egyptian state media says President Mohamed Morsi will meet members of the country’s highest judicial authority Monday to discuss his decree shielding his decisions from judicial review. Mr. Morsi and the judiciary hinted at compromise Sunday to avert a full-scale political crisis. The Supreme Judicial Council said the president’s decree seizing new powers should apply […]
Bombing Strikes Pakistan Shi’ite Procession, Kills 5
Posted November 25th, 2012 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
Officials in northwestern Pakistan say a bomb blast near a Shi’ite religious procession has killed at least five people and wounded some 90 others. The explosion Sunday in Dera Ismail Khan came a day after a similar blast targeting Shi’ite Muslims in the same town killed seven people, including three children. The Pakistani Taliban have […]
Blast Rocks Military Church in North Nigeria
Posted November 25th, 2012 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
The Nigerian military says an explosion ripped through a church on an army base on Sunday, with reports of an unknown number of casualties. Reuters cited military sources as saying the blast was from a suicide car bomb that killed at least five people and injured dozens more. The incident took place inside the Jaji […]
Egypt Stocks Plunge After Morsi Power Grab
Posted November 25th, 2012 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
Egypt’s stock market plunged nearly 10 percent Sunday in its first day open since President Mohamed Morsi seized new powers that set off street violence. Meanwhile, the Muslim Brotherhood is calling for nationwide demonstrations in support of the Islamist leader. The losses on the Egyptian exchange are among the biggest since the turbulent days and […]
Bangladesh Factory Fire Kills More Than 100
Posted November 25th, 2012 at 9:35 am (UTC-5)
Rescuers are working in Bangladesh to recover the bodies of victims in a garment factory fire that killed at least 109 people, mostly women. Authorities say the blaze broke out on the ground floor of a multi-story building Saturday night in a factory outside the capital, Dhaka. Firefighters fought the blaze for several hours, while […]
UN Raises Awareness of Violence Against Women
Posted November 25th, 2012 at 7:20 am (UTC-5)
Sunday marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, which was first designated by the UN General Assembly in December of 1999. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a statement calling on all governments to make good on their pledges to end all forms of violence against women and girls in all parts […]
Anti-Morsi Protests Enter 3rd Day in Cairo
Posted November 25th, 2012 at 6:25 am (UTC-5)
Protests in Egypt over President Mohamed Morsi’s decision to grab sweeping powers have entered their third day. The president’s decrees put him above judicial oversight and protect his Islamist supporters in parliament. Protesters in Cairo in the iconic Tahrir Square, the site of the 2011 uprising that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak, threw rocks Sunday […]
5 Killed, 70 Wounded in Pakistan Shi’ite Procession
Posted November 25th, 2012 at 5:50 am (UTC-5)
Officials in northwestern Pakistan say a bomb blast near a Shi’ite religious procession has killed at least five people. Authorities say about 70 people were wounded in the explosion Sunday in Dera Ismail Khan, where an explosion Saturday also targeted Shi’ites. Seven people, including three children, were killed in Saturday’s blast. Police say the bomb […]
