Pakistan is strongly condemning a series of U.S. drone strike that have killed at least 27 people in the last three days. The foreign ministry issued a statement Monday saying “Pakistan has consistently maintained that these illegal attacks are a violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity” and go against international law. In the latest […]
China Rejects US Call to Release Tiananmen Prisoners
Posted June 4th, 2012 at 9:40 am (UTC-5)
China’s foreign ministry has expressed “strong dissatisfaction” with a U.S. call for Beijing to free all those still imprisoned for the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations. Responding to a question from the VOA Mandarin service, foreign ministry spokesman Liu Weimin told reporters that the U.S. State Department call was a gross intervention in China’s internal affairs […]
23 Killed in Iraq Blast
Posted June 4th, 2012 at 8:55 am (UTC-5)
Iraqi officials say a car bomb attack in central Baghdad has killed at least 23 people and wounded more than 65. The Monday morning blast in the Baab al-Muadham neighborhood damaged an office for a Shi’ite religious affairs foundation that manages religious and cultural sites. It was the deadliest single attack in months in the […]
153 Dead in Nigerian Plane Crash
Posted June 3rd, 2012 at 4:50 pm (UTC-5)
Nigerian officials say all 153 people on board a Nigerian passenger aircraft flight were killed when the plane crashed into a building in Lagos. President Goodluck Jonathan has declared three days of official mourning for the victims and ordered a thorough investigation into the disaster. Officials from Nigeria’s Civil Aviation Authority say the Dana Airlines […]
US Drone Strike Kills 10 Militants in NW Pakistan
Posted June 3rd, 2012 at 4:20 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. drone strike targeting a militant hideout in northwest Pakistan killed at least 10 militants Sunday. Intelligence officials said the drone fired four missiles into the compound in South Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan. They said the missiles hit a group of people that had gathered to offer condolences to the brother of another […]
Defiant Assad Denies Role in Houla Massacre
Posted June 3rd, 2012 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has dismissed accusations his government had anything to do with the recent massacre in Houla, charging forces outside Syria of plotting to destroy the country. In Mr. Assad’s first speech since January – a rare televised address to Syria’s new parliament – he appeared to defy a week of mounting international […]
Assad Condemns Houla Killings
Posted June 3rd, 2012 at 6:25 am (UTC-5)
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denies his government had anything to do with the massacre in Houla, saying not even “monsters” would carry out such an act. The Syrian leader made the comment about last month’s brutal massacre in Houla that left more than 100 people dead, including 49 children, in his first address to parliament […]
Annan Warns of Looming ‘All-Out War’ in Syria
Posted June 2nd, 2012 at 4:45 pm (UTC-5)
Arab League leaders are trying to increase the pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, while their envoy to Syria warned “the specter of all-out war” in Syria grows by the day. Arab League members met Saturday in Doha for an emergency session with United Nations and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan. Annan called on Mr. […]
4 Aid Workers Rescued in Afghanistan
Posted June 2nd, 2012 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
NATO coalition forces have staged a daring nighttime raid, swooping in with helicopters, to free four humanitarian aid workers who were being held in a cave in a remote Afghan province. Five kidnappers were killed in the operation early Saturday. The aid workers were kidnapped May 22 while traveling by horseback to treat villagers suffering […]
