A U.N.-backed court investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has issued indictments and arrest warrants for four suspects in the case. Lebanese officials say the tribunal in The Hague submitted the documents to Lebanese prosecutor general Saeed Mirza on Thursday, without disclosing the names of those charged. Experts say that […]
UN-Backed Tribunal Issues Arrest Warrants in 2005 Hariri Assassination
Posted June 30th, 2011 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
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Yemeni Vice President Says Saleh’s Return Uncertain
Posted June 29th, 2011 at 10:35 pm (UTC-5)
Yemen’s acting leader says President Ali Abdullah Saleh was so severely wounded in an attack on his presidential compound earlier this month that it is uncertain when he will return from Saudi Arabia, where he is undergoing medical treatment. Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi told CNN Wednesday that he saw Mr. Saleh immediately after […]
US Stocks Rise
Posted June 29th, 2011 at 12:20 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. stock market indexes rose in Wednesday’s midday trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced six-tenths of a percent, the S&P 500 rose eight-tenths of a percent, and the NASDAQ gained four-tenths of a percent. European stock markets were higher at the close of trading. London’s Financial Times 100 index gained 1.5 percent to finish […]
Burmese Pro-Democracy Party Asks Government to Discuss Warning
Posted June 29th, 2011 at 11:30 am (UTC-5)
The Burmese political movement headed by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is asking for a meeting with authorities to discuss a government order directing the organization to halt all political activities. The request came Wednesday, just hours after the Home Affairs Ministry warned the Nobel laureate in a letter that her National League for […]
Greek Parliament Approves Austerity Plan
Posted June 29th, 2011 at 9:45 am (UTC-5)
The Greek parliament has approved the first step in sweeping new austerity measures aimed at securing international financing for the debt-ridden nation. Socialist Prime Minister George Papandreou won passage Wednesday of his $40 billion plan to increase taxes, cut spending and sell state-owned assets. Lawmakers voted to pass the legislation as protesters opposed to the […]
Militants Storm Kabul Hotel, Killing 11
Posted June 29th, 2011 at 9:00 am (UTC-5)
In Afghanistan, heavily-armed militants have stormed one of Kabul’s landmark hotels in an overnight attack that killed at least 11 civilians and police officers. The five-hour siege of the Inter-Continental Hotel ended early Wednesday after all nine attackers either blew themselves up or were killed by Afghan security forces, with the help of NATO. The […]
Afghan Police: Suicide Bomber Attacks Kabul Hotel
Posted June 28th, 2011 at 3:25 pm (UTC-5)
Police in the Afghan capital, Kabul, say at least one suicide bomber attacked a major hotel frequented by Westerners late Tuesday. There was no immediate word on casualties, but witnesses said gunfire was heard in the vicinity of the hotel. Earlier in the day, NATO said increasing numbers of male militants are dressing as women […]
Greek Police Clash with Protesters as Workers Strike
Posted June 28th, 2011 at 3:10 pm (UTC-5)
Thousands of protesters are clashing with Greek police on the streets of Athens, hurling rocks and fire bombs at them on the first day of a general strike protesting a new round of national austerity reforms. At least 4,000 police converged on the central part of the Greek capital Tuesday as about 20,000 people rallied […]
Former Afghan Bank Chief Faces Charges
Posted June 28th, 2011 at 2:20 pm (UTC-5)
Afghanistan’s deputy attorney general says the former head of the country’s central bank, who resigned and fled the country, faces charges and will be prosecuted. Central Bank Governor Abdul Qadir Fitrat left Afghanistan for the United States and stepped down from his post Monday, saying he feared for his life after investigating the corruption scandal […]
US Stocks Rise
Posted June 28th, 2011 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. stock market indexes rose in Tuesday’s midday trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 advanced one percent, while the NASDAQ gained 1.2 percent. European stock markets were higher at the close of trading. London’s Financial Times 100 index gained eight-tenths of a percent to end at 5,767. The CAC-40 in Paris […]
