India, Pakistan seal accord to ease visa restrictions
Report by Annie Banerji, NEW DELHI | Sat Dec 15, 2012 3:15am IST (Reuters) – India and Pakistan sealed an agreement to ease tough visa restrictions for travellers on Friday as the nuclear-armed neighbours More...
Syria rebels say fighting army in Salaheddine
Syrian rebels said they had regained control over parts of a strategic district of Aleppo on Thursday after countering a sustained assault by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces seeking to retake Syria’s More...
Long road ahead in U.S.-Pakistan ties after NATO deal
Pakistan and the United States are set to resume broader talks on security cooperation, militant threats, aid and other issues in the wake of an agreement to reopen supply routes into Afghanistan, Pakistan’s More...
Turkish, Syrian forces seek downed Turkish jet
Report by Jonathon Burch and Erika Solomon (Reuters) – Turkey and Syria said their navies were jointly searching on Saturday for Turkish airmen shot down by Syria over the Mediterranean, while nearby Turkish More...
Australia cannot protect Assange: Julia Gillard
CANBERRA, May 31, 2012 – Australia cannot protect its citizen Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks whistleblower website, from the justice system of other countries, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Thursday. The More...
The Egyptian Election and the Muslim Brotherhood
Column by Stephen Suleyman Schwartz – On May 23-24, the “new Egypt” will hold its first presidential election. Voters will be presented with a daunting list of candidates, currently totaling 12 individuals, More...
Spain: One in four unemployed
Unemployment is up to 24% and sales slumped for the twenty first month running Spain’s unemployment rose to 24.4% in the first quarter – compared with 22.9% in the fourth quarter – and more than half of More...
Pakistan demands US apology for drone strikes
Islamabad, PAKISTAN – A Pakistani parliamentary panel has demanded a stop to US drone strikes inside Pakistan territory and an unconditional apology from the US for a NATO air strike last November that killed More...
45 killed in Homs amid Annan’s two-day visit
Damascus, SYRIA – At least 45 women and children were killed in the Syrian city of Homs, opposition activists said Monday, as the UN-Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan met President Bashar al-Assad to find More...
China has repatriated North Korean refugees: Activists
Seoul, NORTH KOREA – Despite international pressure, China has repatriated all 31 North Korean refugees it arrested last month, activists said Friday, fearing for their safety as Pyongyang is known to treat More...
