South Korea’s President Lee Myung-bak has chosen a new unification minister as the country seeks to ease tensions with neighboring North Korea. The unification ministry is responsible for promoting inter-Korean dialogue, exchanges and cooperation with the idea that the north and south will eventually reunite. Mr. Lee Tuesday named his close confidant and former ambassador […]
South Korean President Picks New Unification Minister
Posted August 30th, 2011 at 6:55 pm (UTC-5)
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Iran Approves Oil Minister Who is Under Sanctions
Posted August 3rd, 2011 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
Iran’s parliament has approved President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s choice of a senior Revolutionary Guards commander who is under international sanctions to head the influential oil ministry. Lawmakers endorsed the president’s choice of General Rostam Qasemi by an overwhelming majority on Wednesday. He is taking control of the oil ministry at a time when Iran holds the […]
Pakistan Appoints First Female FM
Posted July 19th, 2011 at 1:20 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistan has sworn in its first female foreign minister, ahead of several high-profile diplomatic meetings this month. Thirty-four-year-old Hina Rabbani Khar, who was sworn in Tuesday, is also the youngest foreign minister in Pakistan’s history. The former deputy foreign minister fills a post that has been vacant since February, when her predecessor, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, […]
Zimbabwe Court Dismisses Corruption Charges Against Minister
Posted June 28th, 2011 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
Zimbabwe’s High Court has acquitted the country’s energy minister of corruption charges, saying the state failed to produce evidence against him. Elton Mangoma was accused of bypassing purchasing procedures when he secured a $5 million fuel order from South Africa. Harare High Court Judge Chinembiri Bhunu dismissed the charges Tuesday, saying state witnesses had confirmed […]
Al-Shabab Rebels Claim Killing of Somali Interior Minister
Posted June 11th, 2011 at 4:50 am (UTC-5)
Somalia’s al-Shabab rebels have claimed responsibility for Friday’s suicide bombing death of Somalia’s Interior Minister. An official says Abdi Shakur Sheikh Hassan was killed inside his Mogadishu home during a meeting with associates. Several other people were wounded. Security officials and a witness say a female believed to be a relative of Hassan blew herself […]
Somali Official: Female Suicide Bomber Kills Interior Minister
Posted June 10th, 2011 at 4:15 pm (UTC-5)
A Somali government official says a female suicide bomber has killed Interior and Security Minister Abdi Shakur Sheikh Hassan Farah. Information Minister Abdulkarim Hassan Jama confirmed the death during an interview with VOA on Friday. The official said the attack happened inside the minister’s home in the capital, Mogadishu, on Friday. Prime Minister Mohammed Abdullah […]
Somali Official: Female Suicide Bomber Kills Interior Minister
Posted June 10th, 2011 at 12:55 pm (UTC-5)
A Somali government official says a female suicide bomber has killed Interior Minister Abdi Shakur Sheikh Hassan Farah. Information Minister Abdulkarim Hassan Jama confirmed the death during an interview with VOA on Friday. The official said the attack happened inside the minister’s home in the capital, Mogadishu on Friday. A witness who lives at the […]
