International

February 6, 2011

Belgian students removed from Ryanair Spanish flight

Spanish police have removed more than 100 Belgian students from a plane that was due to fly from the Canary Islands to Belgium. The Irish budget airline Ryanair says police were called after the university students became disruptive. They refused to…

February 6, 2011

Tunisia suspends Ben Ali’s RCD party

Tunisia's former governing party is to be suspended and its offices closed, the interior ministry has announced. In a statement broadcast on state television, the ministry said the ban had been imposed pending a decision on the dissolution of the…

February 6, 2011

Security transfer to Afghan control will start in March, Karzai says

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday that a critical phase in the transfer of security authority from international to domestic forces would begin March 21, a precursor to a planned full handover three years hence. Karzai made the announcement…

February 6, 2011

Police find remains of 5 men, 13 others killed in northern Mexico

Police discovered Sunday the remains of five men discarded along the highway between Monterrey and Reynosa, in northern Mexico, Notimex reported. The state news agency said the bodies were naked, except for plastic bags. In other violence, gunmen…

February 6, 2011

Jordanian tribal figures criticize queen, demand reform

In unprecedented criticism of Jordan's royal family, three dozen prominent Jordanian tribal figures issued an urgent call for reform Sunday and warned that the country may follow Tunisia and Egypt into turmoil without it. The statement from 36…

February 6, 2011

Egypt ruling party leaders resign but regime holds

The leadership of Egypt's ruling party stepped down Saturday as the military figures…

February 4, 2011

Mass protests planned for Friday as Mubarak holds on

One week ago, angry, disenfranchised and energized Egyptians…

February 3, 2011

Egypt PM apologises for violence

Egypt's prime minister has apologised for the fighting between pro-…

February 3, 2011

US ex-defence head Rumsfeld defends Iraq war handling

Former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld remains largely defiant about the Iraq war,…

February 3, 2011

New gunfire erupts in central Cairo

Heavy gunfire reverberated in central Cairo before dawn Thursday as…