The deputy head of Libya’s National Transitional Council has stepped down, a day after anti-government protesters stormed the ruling body’s offices in the eastern city of Benghazi. Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, one of the Council’s highest-profile members, announced his resignation Sunday as thousands of university students demonstrated against him in Benghazi, where last week he was […]
Libya’s NTC Deputy Head Quits After Benghazi Protests
Posted January 22nd, 2012 at 7:50 pm (UTC-5)
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Croatians Vote to Join European Union
Posted January 22nd, 2012 at 5:55 pm (UTC-5)
Croatia has made a giant step toward joining the European Union after voters approved membership in a referendum Sunday. With almost all the votes counted, officials say 66 percent supported membership. Voter turnout was less than half of eligible voters. Supporters of EU membership say Croatia’s floundering economy can benefit by entering into a union […]
US Envoy: Taliban Must Renounce Terrorism to Participate in Talks
Posted January 22nd, 2012 at 5:35 pm (UTC-5)
A top U.S. diplomat visiting Afghanistan said Sunday the Taliban must renounce international terrorism and endorse peace initiatives if it wants to participate in negotiations to end the 10-year war. Marc Grossman, the special U.S. envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, made the comment after talks with Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Jawed Ludin. “I am looking […]
US Grants Yemeni Leader ‘Limited’ Medical Visit
Posted January 22nd, 2012 at 4:50 pm (UTC-5)
The United States says it will allow outgoing Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to come to the U.S. for a limited time to undergo medical treatment. A State Department release Sunday noted that Mr. Saleh’s travel request had been approved for the sole purpose of such treatment, and that his expected stay in the U.S. […]
Saudi to Withdraw Observers From Arab League’s Syria Mission
Posted January 22nd, 2012 at 1:05 pm (UTC-5)
Saudi Arabia says it is withdrawing its observers from Syria in protest at what it calls the Syrian government’s failure to respect an Arab League plan to end a violent crackdown on a 10-month old opposition uprising. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal announced the pullout of the Saudi observers Sunday, at a meeting of […]
Obama Promises New ‘Economic Blueprint’ in State of the Union Address
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 11:10 pm (UTC-5)
President Barack Obama has offered a brief glimpse into his State of the Union address next week, when he says he will announce a new “economic blueprint” intended to benefit all Americans. In a video message to his political supporters, Mr. Obama said his plan will help the manufacturing and energy sectors of the nation’s […]
12th Body Found on Wrecked Cruise Ship in Italy
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 4:00 pm (UTC-5)
Italian divers have found a woman’s body in the wrecked cruise liner Costa Concordia, raising the death toll from the maritime accident to 12. Officials say the body was found Saturday in the corridor of a submerged section of the 114,000-ton ship and was transferred to the mainland. Divers had entered previously inaccessible parts of […]
Obama Promises New ‘Economic Blueprint’ in State of the Union Address
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 3:35 pm (UTC-5)
President Barack Obama has offered a brief glimpse into his State of the Union address next week, when he says he will announce a new “economic blueprint” intended to benefit all Americans. In a video message to his political supporters, Mr. Obama said his plan will help the manufacturing and energy sectors of the nation’s […]
Obama Promises New ‘Economic Blueprint’ in State of the Union Address
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 2:35 pm (UTC-5)
President Barack Obama has offered a brief glimpse into his State of the Union address next week, when he says he will announce a new “economic blueprint” intended to benefit all Americans. In a video message to his political supporters, Mr. Obama said his plan will help the manufacturing and energy sectors of the nation’s […]
Yemen Approves Immunity for Saleh
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 1:45 pm (UTC-5)
Yemen’s parliament has formally approved a law giving President Ali Abdullah Saleh immunity from prosecution, in return for leaving the office he has held for more than three decades. The law, brokered by neighboring Gulf nations, grants Mr. Saleh complete immunity from legal and judicial prosecution for any alleged crimes committed during his 33-year rule. […]
