June 24, 2012
Greece’s New Leaders to Miss EU Meeting
Greece has run into a snag in its efforts to renegotiate its European-led bailout, as health problems sidelined the new prime minister and finance minister ahead of a critical meeting with the European Union. The government said Sunday that…
June 24, 2012
Turkey Accuses Syria of Shooting Down Jet in International Airspace
Turkey Sunday accused Syria of shooting down a Turkish military jet in international airspace and called for a NATO meeting on how to respond to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the pilots were…
June 22, 2012
Julian Assange ‘abandoned by Australia’
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says he has sought refuge in the Ecuador's London embassy because his native Australia abandoned him. Mr Assange is seeking diplomatic asylum to prevent him being sent to Sweden to answer accusations of rape and…
June 22, 2012
Paraguay’s President Fernando Lugo faces impeachment
Paraguay's parliament has voted to have President Fernando Lugo impeached after deadly land clashes last week. The opposition-controlled lower house overwhelmingly approved the move. The Senate quickly followed suit and announced it would hold the…
June 22, 2012
18 Hostages Freed Following Afghan Hotel Attack
Afghan officials said Friday its security forces have freed 18 civilians after a Taliban attack on a hotel on the outskirts of Kabul. Authorities said two of the attackers are dead. Taliban suicide bombers and gunmen attacked the hotel late…
June 22, 2012
Afghan Taliban attack Lake Qargha hotel near Kabul
Taliban militants have attacked a hotel outside Kabul, triggering a deadly gun battle with Afghan security forces and a hostage crisis. Officials say insurgents armed with rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns attacked the Spozhmai…
June 20, 2012
Activist Fears Syria Will Become ‘New Somalia’
Syrian rights activists say violence across the country Wednesday has killed at least 53 people, after the head of a United Nations monitoring mission says his team is committed to staying in the war-torn country. Rami Abdelrahman, the head of the…
June 20, 2012
G20 summit: US ‘encouraged’ by eurozone plans
US President Barack Obama has said he is encouraged by European leaders' plans to tackle the eurozone crisis, as the G20 summit in Mexico ends. In a final communique, world leaders said they would take "all necessary measures" to protect the euro…
June 20, 2012
UN Team Will Stay in Syria
The head of the United Nations monitoring mission in Syria told the Security Council Tuesday his team has been repeatedly targeted by gunfire but is committed to staying in the war-torn country. Major General Robert Mood of Norway said Tuesday…
June 20, 2012
US Probe Calls for Punishment of Troops in Quran Burning
A U.S. military investigation into the burning of Qurans at Bagram Air Base near the Afghan capital, Kabul, last February has recommended disciplinary action against up to seven troops. U.S. military officials said Tuesday no final decision has…