16 May 2012 - 3:09pm
THE HAGUE: The trial of wartime Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic opened before a UN court Wednesday, where he faces charges for some of the worst atrocities committed in Europe since World War II.
Mladic, 70, faces 11 overall counts for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity which include masterminding the massacre of...
16 May 2012 - 12:38pm
ATHENS: Debt-stricken Greece must prepare for its second elections in less than two months after failing to form a government, exacerbating the eurozone crisis which France and Germany vowed to resolve.
The election, expected on June 17, follows an inconclusive poll on May 6 when a majority of Greeks expressed their opposition to the austerity...
15 May 2012 - 6:08pm
TBILISI: The weekend floods that killed five people in the Georgian capital exposed a side of the city not shown in the slick tourist ads -- the ramshackle slums that are home to the city's poorest.
A mother and her two young children were among those who died after heavy rains sent powerful torrents of water surging through the rundown Ortachala...
15 May 2012 - 4:43pm
ATHENS: Greece tries again Tuesday to form a government, hoping a technocrat solution to disputes over a tough EU-IMF bailout deal will avoid new polls and keep it in the eurozone as time runs down fast.
Leaders from all bar the far-right parties that won seats in inconclusive May 6 polls will meet at 1100 GMT Tuesday to try and get the...
15 May 2012 - 2:30pm
BEIJING: Police here on Tuesday launched a 100-day campaign urging citizens to report on foreigners illegally living or working in the capital, after a British man allegedly tried to rape a woman.
It is unclear whether the crackdown is directly linked to the alleged sexual assault last week, which was purportedly caught on video and posted online...
14 May 2012 - 3:58pm
BRUSSELS: European Union foreign ministers agreed fresh sanctions against Syria on Monday, the 15th round so far to protest the relentless repression of dissidents by President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
An EU statement issued at a meeting of ministers from the 27-nation bloc said they adopted "sanctions against the Syrian regime" but gave...
14 May 2012 - 2:30pm
MONTERREY: Mexican investigators on Monday searched for perpetrators of a heinous drug-war massacre in which 49 people were killed, decapitated, dismembered and left in plastic bags on the side of a rural highway.The mutilated corpses, whose hands had been cut off to prevent fingerprint identification, were discovered close to this northern city,...
12 May 2012 - 1:32pm
YANGON: Myanmar's president has urged the nation's millions-strong diaspora to return, state media reported Saturday, as the country seeks skilled workers to help smooth the passage of reform.
Several million people fled Myanmar's corrupted economy and political repression under army rule, leaving the nation desperately short of...
11 May 2012 - 7:10pm
TRIPOLI: More than a million Libyans have registered to vote in landmark elections due to be held next month in a show of enthusiasm for democracy after decades of dictatorship under Moamer Kadhafi.
Hundreds of candidates have thrown their hats into the ring for the vote for an assembly to draw up a first post-Kadhafi constitution for the...
11 May 2012 - 4:06pm
BERLIN: Germany's foreign minister kept up the pressure on Greece on Friday, saying there could be no more payments of aid unless Athens enacted reforms it has agreed with its international partners.
"We want to help Greece and we will help Greece. But Greece has to want to be helped....
