International

May 19, 2011

Al-Qaida Releases Posthumous bin Laden Audio

Al-Qaida has released an audio recording by Osama bin Laden made just days before his death. A U.S.-based monitoring service, SITE, said Wednesday that in the audio, the al-Qaida former leader praises revolutions sweeping the Middle East and North…

May 19, 2011

Strauss-Kahn arrest: IMF boss faces new bail hearing

International Monetary Fund (IMF) head Dominique Strauss-Kahn will make a new plea for bail at a court hearing on Thursday morning, his lawyer says. Mr Strauss-Kahn, 62, faces a number of charges in the alleged sexual assault of a hotel maid in…

May 19, 2011

China ‘will not match’ US military power – general

China has no intention to match US military power, a top Chinese general has said. Speaking in Washington, Gen Chen Bingde said America's armed forces remained far more advanced than China's despite considerable progress by China in recent years.…

May 17, 2011

War Crimes Prosecutors Seek Gadhafi’s Arrest

In asking for the arrest warrants, Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said the evidence is clear:…

May 17, 2011

US Renews Burma Sanctions Citing Continued Repression

U.S. President Barack Obama has renewed American economic sanctions on Burma for another year, saying the large-scale repression of the democratic opposition in that country has not been resolved. The move came late Monday as the State Department…

May 17, 2011

Rights Group Demands Vietnamese Probe of Hmong Protest

A leading human rights group is calling on Vietnam to conduct a thorough and public investigation into recent disturbances involving ethnic Hmong in northwestern Dien Bien province. In a statement issued in New York Tuesday, Human Rights Watch…

May 17, 2011

US Senior Diplomat to Visit 4 Southeast Asian Countries

The U.S. State Department has announced that its top official for East Asian and Pacific Affairs will travel to four Southeast Asian countries this week. The statement issued Monday says Kurt Campbell will depart Tuesday for a visit to Singapore,…

May 16, 2011

Israeli forces open fire at Palestinian protesters

Israeli forces have fired on groups of protesters at borders with the Palestinian territories,…

May 16, 2011

Hearing in IMF Chief’s Sex Assault Case Delayed

A court appearance for the head of the International Monetary Fund facing sexual assault charges has been delayed until Monday, after he agreed to undergo a forensic examination. Lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn said late Sunday they agreed to…

May 16, 2011

Libya Offers Truce to UN as Britain Urges NATO to Intensify Bombing

Libya's prime minister has offered a truce to a visiting United Nations envoy in return for an immediate NATO cease-fire. Prime Minister Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi made the comments in Tripoli Sunday following a meeting with U.N. special envoy Abdul Ilah…