July 19, 2013
Britain Calls for Disabling Emergency Beacons on Boeing Dreamliners
British air safety officials say emergency beacons on Boeing 787 Dreamliners should be disabled after investigators identified them as a possible cause of the fire in a parked jet at London's Heathrow Airport last week. The investigators said…
July 19, 2013
UN Calls for Humanitarian Access in South Sudan
A top United Nations official is voicing alarm over deteriorating humanitarian conditions in South Sudan, where an estimated 100,000 civilians have been cut off in fighting between two ethnic groups in Jonglei state. U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie…
July 19, 2013
Koreas Remain Divided on Reopening Stalled Joint Factory
South Korea says it failed to reach an agreement with North Korea at the latest round of talks aimed at reopening a joint factory complex. Seoul's Unification Ministry said no compromise was reached during the working-level talks held Wednesday…
July 19, 2013
Relations with US More Important than Snowden Dispute
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow's relations with the United States are more important than a dispute over fugitive U.S. intelligence leaker Edward Snowden. Putin's comments Wednesday come a day after Snowden applied for temporary asylum…
July 17, 2013
Syria refugee crisis worst since Rwanda says UN
The conflict in Syria has caused the world's worst refugee crisis for 20 years, with an average of 6,000 people fleeing every day in 2013, the UN says. UN refugee chief Antonio Guterres said refugee numbers had not risen "at such a frightening rate"…
July 17, 2013
UN says Syria refugee crisis worst since Rwanda
The conflict in Syria has caused the world's worst refugee crisis for 20 years, with an average of 6,000 people fleeing every day in 2013, the UN says. UN refugee chief Antonio Guterres said refugee numbers had not risen "at such a frightening rate"…
July 17, 2013
US Lawsuits Contest Legality of Government Surveillance
An unusual coalition of U.S. political advocacy and religious groups has filed suit contesting the legality of the government's surveillance of Americans' telephone records.The coalition, represented by a digital rights advocacy group called the…
July 17, 2013
Pakistan Denies Local Taliban Has Sent Hundreds of Fighters to Syria
Pakistan's Foreign Office has denied reports suggesting that Pakistani Taliban fighters have gone to Syria to fight alongside Sunni rebels opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.Also on Tuesday, a spokesperson for Pakistan's Interior Minister…
July 17, 2013
Greeks Strike Against Public Sector Cuts
Greek workers are striking to protest government plans to fire thousands of civil servants. Tuesday's strike disrupted public services and slowed down most hospitals. Rail and plane schedules are also being affected. Tourists hoping to see the…
July 7, 2013
San Francisco Boeing 777 crash ‘not mechanical failure’
A Boeing 777 aircraft that crash-landed at San Francisco airport killing two people did not have mechanical problems, an airline official has said. The head of the South Korean airline Asiana, Yoon Young-doo, did not rule out human error but said…