More than 1,500 Syrianrefugees streamed across the border to safe havens in Turkey in one day as Syria's three-month-old pro-democracy movement braced for another day of massproteststoday. The refugees crossed into Turkey yesterday as Syrian troops backed by tanks pushed to the border in their sweep against the anti-government protests, which have posed the gravest challenge to President Bashar Assad's rule. More than 11,700 Syrians are now housed or seeking shelter in Turkish refugee camps,...
JALALABAD, Afghanistan - US Ambassador Karl Eikenberry spent yesterday visiting a province in eastern Afghanistan, hoping to reassure local officials, tribal elders, and shopkeepers that President Obama's announced troop withdrawal "does not mean the United States is abandoning Afghanistan.'' "For...
European Union leaders have promised more money to helpGreece stave off looming bankruptcy, but on condition Athens rallies parliamentary support for new austerity measures. Following an agreement with debt inspectors from the European Union and International Monetary Fund regarding harsh austerity...
Washington, June 24: Geert Wilders, the outspoken Dutch MP who branded Islam a violent religion and called the Quran a fascist book, has been acquitted of all charges of hate speech and discrimination at a trial seen as testing the boundaries of freedom of expression. Mr Wilders, 47, faced five...
Judges at the UN-backed court for Rwanda is to hand down a verdict for the only woman to be charged with genocide before an international court. Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, 65, was a government minister in 1994 in Rwanda when 800,000 people - mostly from the Tutsi ethnicgroup - were killed. Along with...
BRUSSELS (AFP) – European leaders dug out a fresh rescue for debt-ridden Greece to avoid global financial chaos, but on condition Athens rallies parliamentary support for new austerity measures. As negotiators for the EU and the IMF struck agreement with the Greek government on spending cuts...
The US has expressed concern over reports that Syria is moving troops near the border with Turkey, and warned of a possible escalation of conflict. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the reported Syrian troops movements were "very worrisome". She said it could...
Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand's former prime minister whose political party has a clear lead before anelection on 3 July, reduced free speech, made immense personal profits and dominated politics "in a way never before seen", claimed secret US diplomatic cables now revealed. To tackle insurgent...
Police in Rio de Janeiro say eight suspected drug traffickers have been killed during a raid in a slum area. The group died in two separate exchanges of gunfire - lasting several hours - in the Engenho da Rainha neighbourhood, military police said....
