The U.N. Security Council, including Russia and China, threw its weight on Wednesday behind efforts by Kofi Annan to end the bloody conflict in Syria, providing a rare moment of global unity in the face of the year-long crisis. In a statement approved by all its 15 members, the council threatened Syria with unspecified “further [...]
UN. chief Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday that Syria’s crisis was extremely dangerous and had “massive repercussions” for the world, as more fighting erupted, with two Damascus suburbs coming under heavy tank bombardment. U. “We do not know how events will unfold. But we do know that we all have a responsibility to work for [...]
After days of pounding violence, Palestinian and Israeli authorities have agreed to a truce and to stop all military operations, an Egyptian intelligence official told CNN early Tuesday. The agreement was reached with the help of Egyptian mediators, the official said. Israeli government spokesman David Baker did not immediately comment on the reported cease-fire. Seven [...]
Egypt’s parliament moved Sunday toward a vote to order an end to more than $1 billion in U.S. aid, a reflection of tensions with Washington over the case of Americans charged with illegal activity by their pro-democracy groups. The U.S. was angry enough over the charges against the American workers that it threatened to cut [...]
The bodies of 47 women and children have been found in the Karm el-Zeytoun and al-Adawiyeh districts of south-east Homs, an activist told AFP Horrific pictures have been posted online showing some of the alleged victims. AFP also reports that the opposition Syrian National Council has called for an emergency UN security council meeting to [...]
Fresh airstrikes early Monday in Gaza led to the death of a 15-year-old boy, the fourth civilian killed in four days of bombing by the Israeli military, Palestinian medical and security sources said. Israel said the airstrikes targeted militant rocket launching sites across the Palestinian territory. The bombing killed three people, Palestinian officials said: the [...]
A series of Israeli airstrikes targeted suspected militants across Gaza overnight, killing 12 Palestinians and injuring 16, Palestinian medical officials said early Saturday. In what appeared to be the initial attack, an Israeli airstrike killed two men who were traveling in a police vehicle in Gaza City, the officials said. One of the men was [...]
The Pentagon is planning to restart programs that would fund military training and equipment in Yemen, nearly a year after they were shut down because of escalating chaos in the embattled country. While no agreements have been cemented, U.S. defense officials said as much as $75 million in military assistance could begin to flow later [...]
Afghan and Western officials say an agreement has been reached on the contentious issue of transferring control of U.S. detention facilities in the country to the Afghan government. The Afghan Foreign Ministry says Defense Minister Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak and NATO forces Commander Gen. John Allen will sign a memorandum of understanding later on Friday. [...]
The agreement to send aid was reached last week after Pyongyang agreed to halt nuclear activities and allow United Nations inspectors in. The US has not sent food aid to North Korea since 2009. Special envoy Robert King said the talks aimed at ensuring that the food shipment – meant for a million North Koreans [...]