Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has lost his appeal to prevent his extradition to Sweden to face sex charges. London’s High Court ruled against his appeal Wednesday. Swedish authorities want to question the 40-year-old Assange regarding an alleged rape of one woman and molestation of another. The 2010 incidents reportedly took place in Stockholm. Assange claims […]
British High Court Rejects Assange Extradition Appeal
Posted November 2nd, 2011 at 9:45 am (UTC-5)
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Arab League to Unveil Syria Plan as Violence Continues
Posted November 2nd, 2011 at 8:30 am (UTC-5)
Violence continued in Syria Wednesday with at least nine deaths as the Arab League is expected to announce a plan to curb the months-long government crackdown on dissenters. Syrian activists say gunmen killed nine factory workers Wednesday in the Homs province village of Kfar Laha. Details of the incident were not clear. The deaths come […]
Palestinians Preparing Membership Bids for More UN Agencies
Posted November 1st, 2011 at 2:00 pm (UTC-5)
Palestinian officials say they are preparing to apply for membership to 16 other United Nations organizations following their admission to the U.N. cultural agency on Monday. Members of the Palestinian U.N. delegation in Geneva said Tuesday UNESCO’s vote approving the Palestinians’ membership has “opened the door” to similar bids at other U.N. agencies based in […]
Karzai Rejects More Talks with ‘Suicide Bombers’
Posted November 1st, 2011 at 1:35 pm (UTC-5)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday rejected further talks with the Taliban, saying “we cannot keep talking to suicide bombers.” President Karzai told reporters in Turkey that his government would instead continue to talk with Pakistan about finding solutions to the insurgency-related violence. The Afghan leader’s comments followed a meeting with Pakistani President Asif Ali […]
Syria Agrees to Arab League Plan to End Crackdown
Posted November 1st, 2011 at 12:50 pm (UTC-5)
Syrian state television says Damascus has agreed to an Arab League plan to end its crackdown on an opposition uprising against President Bashar al-Assad’s 11-year rule. In a report Tuesday, Syrian state television said Syria will officially announce its acceptance of the plan at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo on Wednesday. No other details […]
World Stocks Plunge on Call for Greek Debt Plan Vote
Posted November 1st, 2011 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
World stock markets plummeted Tuesday on Greece’s unexpected call for a referendum on the European debt-relief agreement, while the continent’s leaders scrambled on how to react to the surprise development. Asian indexes fell sharply, and European stocks plunged. Markets in London, Paris and Frankfurt slid three to five percent in afternoon trading. Stocks of banks […]
Greece Says It Will Hold Vote on European Debt Relief Plan
Posted October 31st, 2011 at 3:10 pm (UTC-5)
The European debt-relief plan, agreed to last week, has been thrown into doubt as Greece now says it will hold a referendum on whether to approve it. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has been a staunch supporter of the plan that could cut Greece’s debt by about $140 billion, while binding his country to years […]
NATO Chief in Tripoli, Hails End to Libya Mission
Posted October 31st, 2011 at 12:05 pm (UTC-5)
With NATO set to end its Libya mission at midnight, the alliance’s top official hailed the seven-month bombing campaign during a visit Monday to Tripoli. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said he is “proud of the part NATO played” in helping Libyan transitional forces drive Moammar Gadhafi from power. Rasmussen said the alliance acted to […]
Kenya, Somalia Plea for Help Battling al-Shabab
Posted October 31st, 2011 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
Kenya and Somalia have called for more international help to defeat al-Shabab, the al-Qaida-linked militant group which the neighboring countries have described as “a common enemy.” After meeting in Nairobi on Monday, Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga and his Somali counterpart Abdiwelli Mohammed Ali called for more troops to join the African Union peacekeeping mission […]
Palestinians Granted Full UNESCO Membership
Posted October 31st, 2011 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
The United Nations cultural agency has accepted the Palestinian bid for full membership, a move that could threaten U.S. funding for the international organization. Monday’s action by the Paris-based UNESCO boosts the Palestinian effort for international recognition as an independent state. Applause broke out after delegates approved membership by a vote of 107 to 14, […]
