Greece’s conservative New Democracy party is projected to win the country’s parliamentary elections. Official estimates show New Democracy winning 29.5 percent of the vote, with the leftist Syriza party receiving 27.1 percent. Both have promised to renegotiate the harsh austerity conditions of Greece’s bailout by the European Union and International Monetary Fund. But, Antonis Samaras, […]
Greece Conservatives Win Parliamentary Vote
Posted June 17th, 2012 at 2:45 pm (UTC-5)
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2 Killed in Nigeria Church Blasts
Posted June 17th, 2012 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
Blasts have rocked three churches in northern Nigeria, killing two people in attacks similar to ones carried out by the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram. Authorities say the blasts happened on Sunday in Kaduna state, which divides Nigeria’s mostly Muslim north and predominantly Christian south. Two blasts hit churches in the city of Zaria, according […]
Car Bobm Kills 26 in NW Pakistan
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 4:05 pm (UTC-5)
A bomb planted in a pickup truck ripped through a market in northwest Pakistan Saturday, killing at least 26 people and wounding more more than 50 others. Authorities say the bomb exploded near a bus stand at a crowded bazaar in Landi Kotal in the Khyber tribal district. Several buildings were damaged in the explosion. […]
UN Observers Suspend Syrian Mission; Opposition Says Mission ‘Has Failed’
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 3:05 pm (UTC-5)
Unarmed United Nations observers are will no longer be going out on patrol in Syria, where intensifying violence has made the situation too risky. U.N. observer force commander Major General Robert Mood made the announcement Saturday, saying his people can do little good monitoring a cease-fire with both the government and the opposition stoking the […]
Egypt Ends First Day of Polling in Presidential Runoff
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 3:05 pm (UTC-5)
Egyptians have wrapped up the first day of voting in a two-day presidential runoff to select the country’s first president since massive protests led to former leader Hosni Mubarak’s resignation last year. Ahmed Shafiq, a Mubarak-era prime minister, and the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi are vying to become president. Voter turnout was mixed in Saturday’s […]
Dual Blasts Target Iraqi Pilgrims; 26 Dead
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
Two car bombs in Baghdad scattered body parts and turned vehicles into burned-out shells, killing 26 in the latest in a wave of attacks targeting Shi’ite pilgrims. The blasts struck the city’s Shula and Kadimiyah neighborhoods Saturday, just a few kilometers from a shrine to revered Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a great-grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. […]
Tensions Simmer in Anxious Egypt; Presidential Runoff Election to Proceed
Posted June 15th, 2012 at 4:05 pm (UTC-5)
Angry protesters took to the streets in Cairo and Alexandria Friday, taking aim at a supreme court ruling seen by many as a calculated move by the remnants of the old regime. Thousands marched to Cairo’s Tahrir Square, directing their wrath at presidential hopeful Ahmed Shafiq, suspicious the former prime minister for ousted president Hosni […]
Court Ruling Casts Cloud of Confusion over Egypt
Posted June 14th, 2012 at 4:55 pm (UTC-5)
Tempers flared and protesters took to the streets after Egypt’s constitutional court issued twin rulings effectively dissolving the Islamist-led parliament and allowing former officials to run for office just days ahead of a presidential run-off election. Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that one-third of the Egyptian legislature was elected illegally, making the entire parliament […]
UN Envoy Visits Strife-Torn Western Burma
Posted June 13th, 2012 at 4:35 pm (UTC-5)
A top aide to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited Burma’s western Rakhine state Wednesday, as security forces there grappled with sectarian violence between Buddhists and Muslims that has left at least 21 people dead. U.N. officials told VOA that Vijay Nambiar, the U.N.’s top envoy to Burma, traveled to Rakhine accompanied by Burma’s Border […]
Attacks Targeting Shi’ite Pilgrims Kill 72 in Iraq
Posted June 13th, 2012 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
At least 72 people have been killed in a coordinated wave of attacks across Iraq targeting Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims gathered for annual religious processions. Nearly 260 others were wounded, in one of the bloodiest days since U.S. troops withdrew from the country. Most of the bombs exploded in Baghdad and the southern Iraqi cities of […]
