Residents of Dallas, Texas are cleaning up after at least two tornadoes ripped through the city midday Tuesday, causing widespread destruction. Weather forecasters described the storms as “large and extremely dangerous.” The twisters picked up large trucks and slammed them to the ground. They also tore through residential neighborhoods, demolishing homes, smashing cars, and uprooting […]
Tornadoes Cause Considerable Damage in Dallas, Texas
Posted April 3rd, 2012 at 7:20 pm (UTC-5)
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US Offers $10 Million Bounty for 2008 Mumbai Terror Suspect
Posted April 3rd, 2012 at 1:15 pm (UTC-5)
The United States is offering a bounty of up to $10 million for the Pakistani man accused of masterminding the deadly 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. The State Department’s “Rewards for Justice” website on late Monday announced the reward for information leading to Hafiz Mohammad Saeed’s capture and conviction. The reward is the second highest […]
Obama: Drug Violence in Mexico Could Hurt Relations with US
Posted April 2nd, 2012 at 8:45 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama says drug-related violence in Mexico could have what he calls a “deteriorating effect” on U.S.-Mexican relations. Mr. Obama spoke Monday after a White House summit with Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Mexico’s war against drug gangs fighting for turf near the U.S. border was a major […]
West African Leaders Impose Sanctions on Mali
Posted April 2nd, 2012 at 5:55 pm (UTC-5)
West African countries have imposed sanctions on Mali, where coup leaders are vowing to restore civilian rule but so far remain in power. Leaders from the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, decided Monday to implement the diplomatic and financial sanctions immediately. The group closed all borders between Mali and member states, and […]
Burma’s Opposition Party Wins By-Election in Landslide
Posted April 2nd, 2012 at 11:50 am (UTC-5)
Democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi declared a “new era” for Burma Monday, after she and fellow members of her party won a landslide victory in Sunday’s parliamentary by-elections. Burmese state media say partial election results show that the opposition National League for Democracy has so far won at least 40 of the 44 seats […]
Burma’s Opposition Claims Election Win for Suu Kyi
Posted April 1st, 2012 at 6:00 pm (UTC-5)
The party of Burma’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, who spent most of the past two decades under military-ordered house arrest, says she has won a parliamentary seat in historic by-elections. The Nobel laureate’s National League for Democracy party announced the victory shortly after polls closed late Sunday, saying Aung San Suu Kyi won […]
Mali Junta ‘Restores’ Constitution; Rebels Sweep North
Posted April 1st, 2012 at 12:10 pm (UTC-5)
Events in Mali are changing rapidly as the military junta says it has restored the constitution and Tuareg rebels complete their sweep of major northern cities. During a news conference near the capital, Bamoko, Captain Amadou Sanogo read a brief statement saying he had restored the last constitution, which was adopted in 1992. He also […]
Tuareg Rebels, Army Clash in Northern Mali
Posted March 31st, 2012 at 11:30 am (UTC-5)
Witnesses tell VOA that separatist rebels in Mali have entered the strategic northern town of Gao, one day after they seized the provincial capital of Kidal. A VOA reporter in Mali says there are eyewitness accounts of Tuareg rebels in vehicles entering Gao, carrying the Azawad flags of their planned homeland. Heavy gunfire could be […]
Envoy Demands Cease-fire in Syria as Fresh Clashes Erupt
Posted March 30th, 2012 at 11:15 am (UTC-5)
U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan says the Syrian government must immediately implement a cease-fire and stop its attacks on opposition groups, as fresh clashes broke out across the country on Friday. Mr. Annan’s spokesperson told reporters in Geneva that the “deadline is now” for President Bashar al-Assad to implement the six-point peace plan drawn up […]
Syrian Violence Kills 22 as Arab Leaders Back Peace Plan
Posted March 29th, 2012 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
Violence across Syria killed at least 22 people — most of them civilians — as Arab leaders in Baghdad backed a peace plan during a summit focused on resolving the year-long Syrian crisis. Syrian rights activists say forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed at least 16 civilians in assaults on opposition hubs in central […]
