30 Nov 2011 - 11:30pm
WASHINGTON: Myanmar's iconic opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Wednesday she hoped US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to her country will spur further reform by the military-backed government.
"I hope Clinton's visit will open the way toward a better relationship" with Myanmar, which is also known as Burma, Suu Kyi told...
30 Nov 2011 - 7:26pm
RABAT: Abdelilah Benkirane, Morocco's new Islamist prime minister, is not known for being a measured man. He has difficulty controlling himself, in weighing his words, a fellow leader of the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD), says of the man who called last year for the scrapping of a concert by British pop star Elton John for fear...
30 Nov 2011 - 5:49pm
SINGAPORE: Europe is facing a "true" financial crisis with global implications but confidence in the euro as a single currency remains strong, the head of France's central bank said Wednesday.
"We are now looking at a true financial crisis -- that is broad-based disruption in financial markets," Bank of France governor Christian Noyer told...
30 Nov 2011 - 3:24pm
TEHRAN: Britain was Wednesday evacuating its diplomatic staff from Iran following the storming of its embassy by Iranian protesters the day before, which sparked international condemnation.
The Foreign Office in London confirmed information from EU diplomats in this Iranian capital that the British staff were being withdrawn.
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30 Nov 2011 - 2:28pm
PARIS: After belatedly supporting a wave of democratic revolts in North Africa, Western capitals had little choice but to endorse the victory of Islamist parties, but they remain cautious.
Polls in Tunisia and Morocco were won by Islamists, Islamist influence is stronger in Libya after the fall of Moamer Kadhafi's regime and this week's...
29 Nov 2011 - 5:25pm
BRUSSELS: Eurozone finance ministers meet on Tuesday under intense pressure to stop the debt crisis from shattering the monetary union. The United States, IMF and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development each issued urgent warnings in the hours leading up to the meeting that decisive action is essential to prevent a global...
29 Nov 2011 - 4:15pm
CAIRO: Egypt's first post-revolution election entered its second day on Tuesday amid pride and triumphalism over the high turn-out and the orderly start to the country's complex transition to democracy.
"The birth of the new Egypt," declared the state-owned Al-Akhbar newspaper on Tuesday, hailing the huge turnout, free voting in a secure...
29 Nov 2011 - 2:32pm
YANGON: After decades of military dictatorship and economic malaise, glimmers of hope are finally emerging among Myanmar's long-suffering people of a brighter future for the impoverished nation.
In the most visible sign yet of the pariah state's efforts to return to the international diplomatic fold, Myanmar's new nominally civilian rulers...
29 Nov 2011 - 3:43am
KUWAIT CITY: Tens of thousands of Kuwaitis rallied on Monday, calling for parliament to be dissolved and 24 opposition activists be released, only hours after the cabinet resigned.
Waving Kuwaiti flags and chanting "Dissolve the parliament," the crowds at the opposition-sponsored protest celebrated after the resignation of Prime Minister...
28 Nov 2011 - 12:54pm
MADRID: Grim-faced and flanked by riot cops, two bailiffs arrive on Consuelo Lozano's doorstep in this city to evict the latest victim of Spain's burst property bubble.
Police shove away a crowd of her friends and neighbours, dragging off several by the arms and legs.
"Sons of bitches! Bastards!" yells the 60-strong crowd, pinned...
