Russian police and investigators have raided the homes of several opposition leaders on the eve of a planned protest against President Vladimir Putin. The Federal Investigative Committee says the searches targeted the organizers of an anti-Putin rally held last month. They were Alexei Navalny and Sergei Udaltsov, who both spent 15 days in jail last […]
Russian Police Raid Opposition Leaders’ Homes Before Protest
Posted June 11th, 2012 at 2:15 pm (UTC-5)
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Troops, Riot Police Patrol NW Burma after Deadly Rioting
Posted June 11th, 2012 at 11:45 am (UTC-5)
A tense calm settled over Burma’s western Rakhine state Monday, as riot police intervened to curtail a week of deadly violence between Muslims and Buddhists, and the United Nations began evacuating workers from the region. Ethnic Rohingya Muslims, speaking to VOA’s Burmese service, described scenes of devastation and fear in the border town of Maungdaw. […]
World Markets Advance After Spanish Bank Rescue
Posted June 11th, 2012 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
Investors have pushed stock markets higher across Asia and Europe following an agreement by eurozone countries to provide up to $125 billion to rescue Spain’s ailing banks. Markets in Britain, Germany and France jumped about 2 percent in early trading Monday, although later edged off their high points. Shares in Spain — led by financial […]
US Threatens Peace Plan Opponents in Somalia with Sanctions
Posted June 10th, 2012 at 4:30 pm (UTC-5)
A senior U.S. State Department official is threatening sanctions against any Somalis who work against the peace process in Somalia. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Johnnie Carson, said after a day-long visit to Somalia Sunday that the United States will take action against those he calls “spoilers” who impede efforts to draw up […]
French Socialists Take Lead in Parliamentary Election
Posted June 10th, 2012 at 2:50 pm (UTC-5)
Exit polls from France’s first round of parliamentary elections show President Francois Hollande’s Socialist party and its allies winning the largest bloc of seats in the lower house. Early poll results show the leftwing parties winning up to 40 percent of seats in the 577-seat National Assembly or lower house of parliament. Former president Nicolas […]
Boko Haram Claims Deadly Nigeria Church Attacks
Posted June 10th, 2012 at 2:40 pm (UTC-5)
Nigeria’s militant Islamic sect Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for two church attacks on Sunday that killed 3 people and wounded 41. During a conference call hours after the attacks, a spokesman for Boko Haram told reporters the group was responsible. The first attack took place in the central city of Jos, where a suicide […]
Syrian Opposition Elects Kurd to try to Unite Movement
Posted June 10th, 2012 at 6:55 am (UTC-5)
Syria’s main exiled opposition group has elected a Kurdish academic to try to unify the movement after months of infighting, as activists report dozens of civilians killed in government attacks around the country. Senior members of the opposition Syrian National Council chose Abdulbaset Sieda to be the group’s new leader at a meeting in Istanbul […]
Pakistan Rejects US Rhetoric on ‘Safe Havens’
Posted June 9th, 2012 at 4:00 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistan is reacting strongly to U.S. allegations it is letting militants use Pakistani soil as a safe haven and base of operations. The Foreign Ministry slammed Washington and comments by U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Saturday, charging that Panetta “is oversimplifying some very complex issues.” It also said the allegations raised by Panetta during a […]
25 Killed in Syria, International Pressure Mounts
Posted June 9th, 2012 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
Activists say anti-government related violence left at least 25 people dead in Syria on Saturday, as Russia, a strong backer of Damascus, said the country appeared to be on the “brink of civil war.” The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights tells VOA at least 17 people were killed in government shelling in the southern city […]
NATO: 5 Troops Killed Saturday
Posted June 9th, 2012 at 6:45 am (UTC-5)
France has confirmed that a suicide attack Saturday in eastern Afghanistan has killed four French NATO service members and wounded five. A statement from the office of French President Francois Hollande says three of the wounded are in serious condition. President Hollande dispatched Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to Afghanistan following the attack. Afghan officials […]
