Syrian activists say clashes between rebels and government forces in the capital, Damascus, have continued for a third day, in what has been the heaviest period of fighting in the city since the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad began. Amateur video posted online Tuesday appeared to show panicked Damascus residents fleeing the fighting earlier this […]
Damascus Clashes Continue as UN Weighs Syria Resolutions
Posted July 17th, 2012 at 8:05 am (UTC-5)
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More Than Half of Continental US in Drought
Posted July 16th, 2012 at 7:00 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. officials say more than half of the continental United States is in a moderate to extreme drought — the widest drought in 56 years. The Department of Agriculture has declared a natural disaster in parts of 26 of the lower 48 states. Weather forecasters say they expect almost no rain this week and little […]
Peace Process, Regional Concerns Dominate Clinton Talks in Israel
Posted July 16th, 2012 at 6:40 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the situation in the Middle East and the Arab world dominated her talks with Israeli officials in Jerusalem Monday. Clinton spoke to reporters after meeting with Israel’s President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and other top officials. Earlier in the day, she met […]
Peace Process, Regional Concerns Lead Clinton Talks in Israel
Posted July 16th, 2012 at 4:50 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the situation in the Middle East and the Arab world dominated her talks with Israeli officials in Jerusalem Monday. Clinton spoke to reporters after meeting with Israel’s President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and other top officials. Earlier in the day, she met […]
Spanish Workers Protesting Austerity Measures
Posted July 16th, 2012 at 11:10 am (UTC-5)
Spanish workers are protesting in the streets against government plans to impose new austerity measures that will cut their wages. Thousands of people poured into the streets of Madrid Sunday night in a spontaneous protest sparked by calls on Internet social networking sites. A smaller group of firefighters, police and other government workers marched again […]
Spanish Workers Protesting Austerity Measures
Posted July 16th, 2012 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
Spanish workers are protesting in the streets against government plans to impose new austerity measures that will cut their wages. Thousands of people poured into the streets of Madrid Sunday night in a spontaneous protest sparked by calls on Internet social networking sites. A smaller group of firefighters, police and other government workers marched again […]
Police Kill 2 Burqa-Clad Militants in NW Pakistan
Posted July 16th, 2012 at 9:55 am (UTC-5)
Police officials in northwestern Pakistan say they have killed two militants disguised in burqas who attacked a police station on the border with the North Waziristan tribal agency. District Police Chief Waqar Khan tells VOA that two attackers armed with suicide vests and guns stormed the building in Bannu Monday and tried to take hostages. […]
Thousands Protest Nuclear Power in Japan
Posted July 16th, 2012 at 8:50 am (UTC-5)
Tens of thousands of people rallied in Tokyo to protest the use of nuclear power, highlighting the growing opposition to atomic energy in Japan since the crisis at the Fukushima power plant. The protest Monday comes as Japan prepares to restart another reactor shut down after last year’s March tsunami and earthquake set off multiple […]
Clinton in Israel for Talks on Mideast Upheaval
Posted July 15th, 2012 at 9:05 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Tel Aviv for talks likely to focus on the stalled Mideast peace process and political upheaval in places like Syria and Egypt. Clinton will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and also will go to the West Bank for talks with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. […]
US, Pakistan to Sign Memorandum of Understanding on NATO Supply Routes
Posted July 15th, 2012 at 8:35 pm (UTC-5)
Hundreds of supporters of Pakistan’s Jamaat-e-Islami party marched to the southern port city of Karachi Sunday to protest the reopening of a NATO supply route to Afghanistan. The southern port receives the supplies that continue on to Afghanistan. Protesters chanted anti-American slogans and carried banners with messages denouncing the reopening of the supply route after […]
