27 Apr 2012 - 9:18am
Bandar Seri Begawan, April 27, 2012 (AFP) - Southeast Asian and European foreign ministers meet in Brunei on Friday to chart a "new chapter" in their relations now that democratic reforms are under way in former pariah Myanmar.
Human rights abuses and the harsh suppression of political dissent long made Myanmar a constant thorn in ties...
26 Apr 2012 - 11:16am
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2012 (AFP) - Potential Republican vice presidential candidate Marco Rubio said Wednesday that a unilateral "military solution" from the United States may be needed to stop Iran from acquiring a nuclear bomb.
Rubio, a freshman senator from Florida, said in a sweeping foreign policy speech that it was imperative that the...
25 Apr 2012 - 12:06pm
DAMASCUS, April 25, 2012 (AFP) - International peace envoy Kofi Annan has called for the rapid deployment of 300 ceasefire monitors in Syria, branding violence levels "unacceptable" 12 days into a promised truce.
UN Security Council powers called on the United Nations to speed up the deployment of monitors, but a top UN official said it...
24 Apr 2012 - 2:02pm
WASHINGTON, April 24, 2012 (AFP) - The Pentagon is creating a new intelligence agency that will focus on Iran and China as it begins to pivot away from war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan, the New York Times reported.
The newspaper said late Monday that the new Defense Clandestine Service would make use of existing agents, authorities and...
23 Apr 2012 - 11:11am
WASHINGTON, April 22, 2012 (AFP) - Mitt Romney is in the midst of a bruising, costly campaign to oust Barack Obama from the White House, but one expert has long said the Republican challenger's efforts are for naught: the president's reelection is a sure thing.
"Even if I am being conservative, I don't see how Obama can lose," historian and...
21 Apr 2012 - 3:21pm
UNITED NATIONS, April 21, 2012 (AFP) - The UN Security Council has reached a tentative accord on a resolution to send a 300-strong ceasefire observer force to Syria which could be voted Saturday, diplomats said.
Russia's UN ambassador called for a "unanimous vote" on the text his country took a leading role in drawing up. But US ambassador...
20 Apr 2012 - 3:24pm
OSLO, April 20, 2012 (AFP) - During the first week of his Oslo trial, Anders Behring Breivik came across as polite, eloquent and calm, but especially as a cold-blooded and remorseless killer who sees his massacre as a heroic act he would gladly repeat and amplify.
It is hard to know what to make of this tall, broad-shouldered man, with his...
19 Apr 2012 - 7:20pm
KARACHI: Doctors in Pakistan say they have successfully operated to save the life of a baby born with six legs due to a rare genetic condition, hospital officials said Thursday.
"A team of five experienced doctors have successfully separated the extra legs and limbs from the baby today. He is very much safe and secure," said Jamal Raza, the...
19 Apr 2012 - 12:52pm
Seoul, April 19, 2012 (AFP) - North Korea demanded on Thursday that South Korea apologise for what it called insults during major anniversary festivities, or face a "sacred war".
The North staged mass celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary Sunday of the Day of the Sun, the birthday of deceased founding president Kim Il-Sung.
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18 Apr 2012 - 1:16pm
SINGAPORE: Disruptions paralysed a new multi-billion-dollar line on Singapore's metro on Wednesday, the third straight day of rush-hour delays on the city-state's gleaming train system.The problems as commuters rushed to work lasted two hours and affected eight stations on the new 36-kilometre (22-mile) section of the metro, including stops that...
