Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran is prepared to take steps to resolve its nuclear dispute with the West in return for reciprocal steps from the international community. Mr. Ahmadinejad commented Thursday in response to a recent Russian proposal for a step-by-step approach for bringing Iran back to nuclear negotiations with six world powers. Under […]
Ahmadinejad: Iran Ready for Reciprocal Steps to Resolve Nuclear Dispute
Posted July 21st, 2011 at 9:20 am (UTC-5)
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Egypt Swears In New Cabinet
Posted July 21st, 2011 at 9:05 am (UTC-5)
Egypt swore in a newly reshuffled cabinet on Thursday, in the wake of almost two weeks of protests in which demonstrators have demanded a faster pace of reforms. The ceremony had been postponed from Monday after Prime Minister Essam Sharaf became ill. There are at least 14 new ministers in the 27-member cabinet, including those […]
Syrian Forces Step Up Crackdown in Flashpoint City
Posted July 21st, 2011 at 8:45 am (UTC-5)
Syrian forces using tanks and other weaponry intensified their crackdown on anti-government protesters in the central city of Homs on Thursday. Residents and activists say Syrian tanks moved to block off neighborhoods as government forces conducted raids and made arrests. Shots were heard. Syrian rights activists and witnesses say pro-government forces have killed at least […]
Yemen Military Says Senior al-Qaida Member Killed
Posted July 21st, 2011 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
Yemen’s military says army forces have killed a leader of the country’s al-Qaida branch. The military said Thursday Ayed al-Shabwani was killed in heavy fighting between militants and government troops in the southern town of Zinjibar. Al-Qaida militants have controlled the town since May. Reports say troops also killed a second al-Qaida leader, but his […]
Syrian Activists: Gunfire in Homs
Posted July 21st, 2011 at 6:50 am (UTC-5)
A Syrian rights activists says there is intense gunfire in the central city of Homs as security forces continue a crackdown on anti-government protesters. The activist for the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday tanks moved to block off neighborhoods as government forces conducted raids and made arrests. Syrian rights activists and witnesses have […]
US: Diplomats in Syria Must Have Freedom of Movement
Posted July 20th, 2011 at 9:55 pm (UTC-5)
The United States has condemned a Syrian government order prohibiting the U.S. and French ambassadors from traveling outside Damascus without permission, after they angered the government by visiting the flashpoint city of Hama this month. A U.S. State Department spokeswoman Wednesday said diplomats must be allowed to travel freely throughout Syria in order to document […]
Egypt Bars International Observers for Upcoming Vote
Posted July 20th, 2011 at 7:40 pm (UTC-5)
A member of Egypt’s ruling military council is reported to have said Wednesday that it will not allow international observers to monitor the country’s first post-revolutionary election. The Associated Press quotes General Mamdouh Shaheen as saying that barring foreign monitors is necessary to protect Egypt’s sovereignty, adding that “we have nothing to hide.” But an […]
Iraq Unearths 300 Bodies From Mass Grave South of Baghdad
Posted July 20th, 2011 at 3:20 pm (UTC-5)
Iraqi authorities say they have unearthed about 300 bodies from a mass grave discovered south of the capital, Baghdad, earlier this month. A reporter for the VOA Kurdish service visited the grave site near the Iraqi town of Diwaniyah on Wednesday, accompanying a delegation of Iraqi lawmakers. He says Iraqi authorities told him that excavation […]
Deadly Clashes in Libya’s Brega; Talks in France, Russia
Posted July 20th, 2011 at 2:20 pm (UTC-5)
The death toll mounted Wednesday from clashes in Libya’s strategic oil port of Brega, while Libya’s government and opposition leaders held separate talks overseas. Libyan medical officials say at least 18 rebel fighters have been killed and 80 wounded since Tuesday in fighting with government forces. Opposition fighters have gained control of much of eastern […]
Car Bomb Kills British Shipping Executive in Yemen
Posted July 20th, 2011 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
Yemeni officials say a car bomb blast in the southern port of Aden has killed a British shipping executive in an attack they blame on al-Qaida. The officials say the bomb detonated Wednesday inside the man’s car as he drove away from a hotel in Aden’s Mualla Plaza. There was no claim of responsibility for […]
