Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has vowed to return to his country soon. He made the comments in a speech from Saudi Arabia Tuesday, but did not specify a date for returning. He also expressed a willingness to transfer powers to a deputy if the move would get opposition gunmen off the streets. Mr. Saleh […]
Yemen’s President Says He Will Return Soon
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
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Palestinian President to Submit Statehood Proposal to U.N. Chief
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 10:45 am (UTC-5)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says an application for Palestinian statehood will be submitted to the U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon in September. Mr. Abbas made the announcement in Sarajevo Tuesday as he completed a trip to Bosnia-Herzegovina, where he pressed government officials to support a Palestinian bid for statehood. He planned to travel on to Lebanon, […]
NATO Condemns Libya’s Use of Scud, Rebels Advance
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 9:40 am (UTC-5)
NATO is condemning Libya’s use of a scud missile in its battle against rebels who are advancing toward Tripoli to oust Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. NATO spokeswoman Carmen Romero says the Gadhafi government’s use of the short-range ballistic missile shows that it is “desperate” as the rebels close in on the capital. In a news […]
Iran Welcomes Russian Proposal to Restart Nuclear Talks
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 9:25 am (UTC-5)
Iran has welcomed a Russian proposal to revive talks between Tehran and six world powers on Iran’s controversial nuclear program. Iran’s nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, told state media Tuesday the Russian plan could be a “basis” for restarting talks on nuclear activities. Jalili had met with Russia’s National Security Council secretary, Nikolai Patrushev, earlier in […]
Death Toll Mounts As Syria Pounds Coastal City
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 8:40 am (UTC-5)
Syrian security forces are pounding the port city of Latakia for a fourth straight day as part of the government’s widening crackdown on dissent. Activists and residents say at least five people were killed Tuesday in Latakia. They say security forces have killed at least 35 people in the city since Saturday. A U.N. agency […]
Israel Arrests Al-Jazeera Journalist
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 8:35 am (UTC-5)
Al-Jazeera says Israel has arrested its Kabul bureau chief, who was visiting his hometown in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The station’s Arabic-language network says Israel detained Samer Allawi on August 10 as he was trying to cross into Jordan. He had been vacationing in the Palestinian village of Sebastia prior to his arrest. The journalist’s […]
UN Agency Says 10,000 Refugees ‘Disappeared’ from Syrian Camp
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 6:25 am (UTC-5)
A U.N. agency says as many as 10,000 Palestinians have “disappeared” after fleeing a refugee camp in the Syrian port city of Latakia, where government security forces have carried out days of deadly attacks. U.N. Relief and Works Agency Spokesman Christopher Gunness told VOA Tuesday the refugees fled the camp Monday under heavy gunfire and […]
UN Agency Says 10,000 Refugees “Disappeared” from Syrian Camp
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 5:40 am (UTC-5)
A U.N. agency says as many as 10,000 Palestinians have “disappeared” after fleeing a refugee camp in the Syrian port city of Latakia, where government security forces have carried out days of deadly attacks. U.N. Relief and Works Agency Spokesman Christopher Gunness told VOA Tuesday the refugees fled the camp Monday under heavy gunfire and […]
Bahrain Commission Closes Office After Clashes
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 4:40 am (UTC-5)
An independent commission investigating the unrest in Bahrain earlier this year says it has closed its office after hundreds of people forced their way in and clashed with staff members. The Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry said in a statement Tuesday it will continue its work and that media reports saying it has reached any […]
Israeli Airstrikes Kill 1, Wound 4 in Gaza Strip
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 3:45 am (UTC-5)
Israel has carried out several airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, which Palestinian medical sources say killed one person and wounded at least four others. The Israeli military says it struck four targets Tuesday, including a group of militants who were trying to fire a rocket at Israel. The attack came after a rocket fired from […]
