Organizers of a flotilla planning to challenge Israel’s sea blockade of the Gaza Strip say they will sail within the next few days. They called on Greek authorities to let them depart despite mounting diplomatic pressure from the Israeli government. In Athens Monday, a loose coalition of activist groups said Greece was putting up “administrative […]
Organizers: Israel Pressuring Greece to Halt Flotilla
Posted June 27th, 2011 at 7:05 pm (UTC-5)
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Pakistan Denies Firing Rockets into Afghanistan
Posted June 27th, 2011 at 5:35 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistan has denied accusations by Afghan President Hamid Karzai that its military is routinely firing rockets into eastern Afghan provinces. Mr. Karzai, who met with Pakistani army chief General Ashfaq Kayani in Kabul Monday, accused Pakistan of firing 470 rockets into Afghan border provinces over the past three weeks, killing 36 people, including several children. […]
France: Banks Agree to Give Greece More Time to Pay Loans
Posted June 27th, 2011 at 4:25 pm (UTC-5)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy says French banks have agreed to help Greece overcome its debt crisis by stretching out most of their existing loans to the Greek government, which is trying to pass an austerity plan to avert bankruptcy. Speaking at a news conference Monday, Mr. Sarkozy said his government has persuaded the banks to […]
Gunmen Kill Pakistani Taliban Commander
Posted June 27th, 2011 at 2:15 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani security officials say gunmen have killed a Pakistani Taliban commander in the country’s northwest tribal region. Shakirullah Shakir was reportedly riding a motorcycle near Miran Shah, the main town in North Waziristan, when he was gunned down by assailants. Pakistani officials say they do not know why Shakir was killed. He was affiliated with […]
Syrian Activists Meet in Damascus, Seek to End Violence
Posted June 27th, 2011 at 2:10 pm (UTC-5)
More than 150 Syrian intellectuals and activists, including some of the country’s most prominent opposition figures, are meeting to discuss how to end months of violent upheaval and initiate a peaceful transition to democratic rule. The gathering Monday in the capital, Damascus, was the first since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad’s rule began in […]
Tribunal Opens Trial of Top Khmer Rouge Leaders
Posted June 27th, 2011 at 1:45 pm (UTC-5)
The four most senior survivors from Cambodia’s notorious Khmer Rouge regime have gone on trial for war crimes allegedly committed during the hardline communist movement’s four-year reign of terror in the late 1970s. The defendants, now elderly and frail, appeared in a Phnom Penh courtroom Monday, at the beginning of their long-awaited trial. All four […]
China, Britain Sign $2.2 Billion Trade Deals
Posted June 27th, 2011 at 11:30 am (UTC-5)
Mr. Wen’s trip to Britain came as two prominent Chinese dissidents, Hu Jia and artist Ai Weiwei, were released from prison. Both have been warned by the authorities that they face further punishment unless they stay silent. Following his meeting with Mr. Cameron on Monday, the Chinese leader will travel to Germany, where German officials […]
US Stocks Rise
Posted June 27th, 2011 at 10:35 am (UTC-5)
U.S. stock market indexes rose in Monday’s early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced half a percent, the S&P 500 rose four-tenths of a percent and the NASDAQ gained six-tenths of a percent. European stock markets were mixed in afternoon trading. London’s Financial Times 100 index gained two-tenths of a percent, the CAC-40 in […]
Sudanese President’s Visit to China Delayed
Posted June 27th, 2011 at 8:00 am (UTC-5)
A controversial meeting between Chinese President Hu Jintao and Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir was postponed Monday, after Mr. Bashir was delayed while traveling to Beijing. Sudan’s foreign ministry says Mr. Bashir was traveling from Iran to China when his plane was re-routed while flying over Turkmenistan. For unknown reasons, the president was flown back to […]
International Court Issues Warrant for Gadhafi
Posted June 27th, 2011 at 7:50 am (UTC-5)
Judges at the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Monday for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and two of his most trusted lieutenants on war crimes charges. The decision came after ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo had asked for arrest warrants for Mr. Gadhafi, his son Seif al-Islam and the head of Libyan intelligence, Abdullah al-Senussi. […]
