Syria says it will only use chemical weapons against a foreign attack and never on its own people. Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi said Monday during a news conference that the military is securely guarding the nation’s chemical weapons stockpile. Rights activists said fighting between rebels and government troops continued Monday in the capital, Damascus, […]
Syria: Chemical Weapons Used Only Against Foreign Attack
Posted July 23rd, 2012 at 11:25 am (UTC-5)
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Attacks Kill 91 Across Iraq
Posted July 23rd, 2012 at 6:00 am (UTC-5)
Iraqi officials say a wave of bombings and shootings has killed at least 91 people and wounded 172 others on the deadliest day in Iraq this year. Authorities said the attacks Monday included gunmen killing at least 15 Iraqi soldiers at a military base in northeastern Iraq as well as a series of explosions in […]
Torrential Rains Kill 37 in Beijing
Posted July 22nd, 2012 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
Authorities in Beijing say the death toll from the heaviest rains in six decades has reached 37. China’s official Xinhua news agency reports 25 people drowned, six died in house collapses, five were electrocuted and one person was killed by lightning. The torrential downpours began on Saturday, dumping an average of 17 centimeters of rain […]
Activists: Syrian Helicopters Strike Damascus, Rebels Attack Aleppo
Posted July 22nd, 2012 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
Syrian activists say security forces have attacked rebels in the capital Damascus with helicopters and tanks, while rebels launched an offensive against the government in the northern city of Aleppo. The activists say government troops used helicopter gunships and tank fire to try to drive rebels out of the Damascus neighborhoods of Barzeh and Mazzeh. […]
UN Security Council Extends Observer Mission in Syria
Posted July 20th, 2012 at 11:50 am (UTC-5)
As fighting intensified in Syria, and with international diplomacy at a near standstill, the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a 30-day extension to a monitoring mission on Friday. The vote allows the 300 unarmed military observers to began a transition to a mission shutdown. They have been been deployed as part of U.N. envoy Kofi […]
UN Security Council Discusses Observer Mission in Syria
Posted July 20th, 2012 at 9:55 am (UTC-5)
Members of the United Nations Security Council are meeting Friday to consider a resolution on the future of the U.N. observer mission in Syria. The meeting in New York follows Thursday’s Russian and Chinese veto of a resolution that would have extended the mission’s mandate past its expiration Friday at midnight. It is the third […]
Bulgaria Releases Video of Suspected Suicide Bomber
Posted July 19th, 2012 at 7:20 pm (UTC-5)
Authorities in Bulgaria have released video footage of a man they suspect carried out Wednesday’s deadly suicide attack on a bus carrying Israeli tourists. Bulgaria’s Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov said Thursday that the suspected bomber, wearing shorts and carrying a backpack, looked like any other tourist. While the suspect has not been identified, Tsvetanov said […]
Russia, China Veto UN Resolution on Syria
Posted July 19th, 2012 at 1:15 pm (UTC-5)
Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have imposed non-military sanctions on Syria, but the United States says it will work outside the Council to pressure the Assad government in Damascus and deliver assistance to victims of the fighting there. Russia and China’s “no” votes blocked extension of the U.N. monitoring […]
Russia, China Veto UN Resolution on Syria
Posted July 19th, 2012 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
Russia and China have vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have imposed non-military sanctions on Syria, and the United States is vowing to work outside the council to pressure President Bashar al-Assad’s government. The vetoed resolution would have extended, for 45 days, the peace mission of U.N. special envoy Kofi Annan, which […]
Ethiopia’s PM Meles on ‘Sick Leave’
Posted July 19th, 2012 at 11:15 am (UTC-5)
Ethiopia says Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is taking “sick leave” but will remain in power while he deals with an unspecified illness. Government spokesman Bereket Simon spoke to reporters in Addis Ababa Thursday, following media reports that the Ethiopian leader was critically ill at Saint Luc Hospital in Brussels, Belgium. Bereket specifically denied reports on […]
