Africans urge ICC not to try heads of state
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
African nations have agreed that sitting heads of state should not be put on trial by the International Criminal Court, based in The Hague, Netherlands, where Kenya's leaders are in the dock, according to Tedros Adhanom, Ethiopia's foreign minister. Speaking at a two-day summit for the African...
Obama and Republicans search for a deal on US fiscal impasse
The Times of India
The Times of India
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama and congressional Republican leaders inched toward resolving their fiscal impasse on Friday, but struggled to agree on the length and terms of a short-term deal to increase the U.S. debt limit and reopen the government. Obama met Senate Republicans at the White...
Strongest Indian cyclone since 1999 nears coast
Austin American Statesman
Austin American Statesman
The strongest cyclone to threaten India in more than a decade bore down on its east coast Saturday as authorities bused and trucked tens of thousands of villagers from their mud and thatch coastal homes to government shelters inland. Officials canceled holy day celebrations and stockpiled emergency...
US confirms the capture top Pakistani Taliban leader
The Siasat Daily
The Siasat Daily
October 11: American troops have captured second in command of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Latif Mehsud, officials here have confirmed . However, officials did not confirm the place and date where the top TTP leader was captured. "I can confirm that US forces did capture TTP terrorist leader...
Actress Freida Pinto Urges Education for Girls
The New York Times
The New York Times
UNITED NATIONS — Indian actress Freida Pinto urged the world on the International Day of the Girl Child to ensure that 66 million girls who are not in school today get an education. The "Slumdog Millionaire" star told an event sponsored by the U.N. children's fund, UNICEF marking Friday's second...
Chemical Weapons Watchdog Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Chosunilbo
Chosunilbo
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which is currently working to destroy Syria's chemical weapons arsenal. The Nobel Committee made the announcement Friday in Oslo, recognizing the group for "its extensive efforts to eliminate...
Syria chemical weapons monitors win Nobel Peace Prize
BBC News
BBC News
11 October 2013 Last updated at 10:33 BST The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the body overseeing destruction of Syria's chemical weapons, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Committee said it was in honour of the OPCW's "extensive work to eliminate chemical weapons.'' The...
Will Africa pull out of the ICC?
BBC News
BBC News
With Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta under pressure to appear at the International Criminal Court next month to answer charges of crimes against humanity, the African Union (AU) has called a special summit to discuss Africa's relationship with the court. BBC Africa's Farouk Chothia...
Syria inspections continue as war rages
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
International inspectors in Syria have visited three of the 20 sites linked to the country's chemical weapons programme, as anti-government activist groups claim regime warplanes have hit several cities in their continuing campaign. The facilities inspected in the past 10 days have been in...
Libya PM 'freed' after several hours held by militia
The Siasat Daily
The Siasat Daily
October 10: Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was released today several hours after being seized from a Tripoli hotel by former rebel militiamen, the foreign minister said. "He has been freed but we have no details so far on the circumstances of his release," Mohammed Abdelaziz told AFP. The...
Talks between White House and Republicans fail to end US shutdown
The Guardian
The Guardian
No deal emerges but observers note warmer language after Barack Obama and House speaker John Boehner meet John Boehner arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington. Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/AP White House talks with Republicans failed to reach an agreement to end the budget crisis on Thursday evening...
UN votes to boost humanitarian support in CAR
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
The UN Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution calling for more support in the violence-wracked Central African Republic. The resolution adopted on Thursday strongly backs a new African Union peacekeeping force in the country, and demands swift implementation of a political transition...
Libyan PM Ali Zeidan kidnapped by armed men: Media reports
The Times of India
The Times of India
DUBAI: Armed men have kidnapped Libyan Prime Minister Ali...
