International

July 3, 2011

Mladic to boycott Hague tribunal hearing, says lawyer

Ex-Bosnian Serb army head Ratko Mladic will boycott a hearing at The Hague war crimes tribunal where he is due to enter pleas, his lawyer said. Milos Saljic said Gen Mladic would not take part in Monday's proceedings as his defence team has not been…

July 3, 2011

Syria: Tanks and troops ‘deployed in restive Hama’

Syrian tanks and troops are being deployed in the restive city of Hama after the sacking of its governor, reports say. Troops are said to be taking up positions at key entrances to Hama, and in the city centre. There are reports of gunfire and mass…

July 3, 2011

Ethiopia drought: UK pledges £38m in food aid

The UK has pledged £38m ($61m) in food aid to drought-hit Ethiopia - enough to feed 1.3m people for three months. International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell said the World Food Programme cash would also treat 329,000 malnourished children…

June 27, 2011

Deadly bombing in north Nigeria

A bomb attack in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Maiduguri has killed at…

June 27, 2011

Trial of 4 Top Khmer Rouge Leaders Opens in Cambodia

Cambodia's U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal has opened the trial of the top four surviving leaders of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, accused of genocide and other atrocities in the late 1970s. The defendants are Khieu Samphan, 79, the nominal head…

June 27, 2011

US Official: China’s Military Expansion Raises Concerns in Asia- Pacific

A top U.S. official for East Asian and Pacific affairs says the U.S. government has conveyed to China that its military expansion is raising concerns in the region. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell spoke to reporters in Honolulu,…

June 27, 2011

Palestinians to Seek UN Recognition in September

The Palestinian Authority says it will go to the United Nations in September and ask for recognition of an independent state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, a move opposed by both Israel and the United States. The official…

June 25, 2011

Labour lost touch with public and members – Ed Miliband

Labour leader Ed Miliband is to admit his party's leadership lost touch both with its own…

June 25, 2011

Protesters, Security Forces Face Off in Syria; 12 Dead

At least 12 people were killed Friday when Syrian security forces fired on crowds as tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets nationwide in another round of demonstrations aimed at overthrowing President Bashar Assad. The demonstrators…

June 25, 2011

Suspected al Qaeda militants escape from Yemeni jail

Dozens of suspected al Qaeda militants escaped Wednesday from a jail in the Yemeni city of Mukalla, a senior security official said. An Interior Ministry official said 63 members of al Qaeda had managed to break out of Almakla prison, according…