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Thursday, 24 February, 2011
SANAA — Thousands of Yemeni anti-regime demonstrators chanted defiantly yesterday after government loyalists shot two of them dead, while eight ruling party MPs resigned over the suppression of protests.
“The people must have the right to demonstrate peacefully,” Abdulaziz Jubari, a leading parliam
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Thursday, 24 February, 2011
AMMAN — Jordan’s opposition said it plans to stage a “day of anger” demonstration with other parties tomorrow to demand reforms, in what they hope will be the largest protest since January.
“Around 10,000 members of the movement as well as supporters of 19 political parties will take part in the ma
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Thursday, 24 February, 2011
CAIRO — About six vehicles were set on fire outside the Interior Ministry in Cairo yesterday, and witnesses said the blazes were caused by disaffected police officers demanding their jobs back.
Officials were not immediately available for comment. A security source earlier said a fire had erupted a
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Wednesday, 23 February, 2011
WELLINGTON — A strong earthquake killed at least 65 people in New Zealand’s second-biggest city of Christchurch yesterday with more casualties expected as rescuers worked into the night to find people trapped inside collapsed buildings.
It was the second quake to hit the city of almost 400,000 peop
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Wednesday, 23 February, 2011
ISMAILIA, Egypt — Two Iranian naval ships passed through Egypt’s Suez Canal into the Mediterranean yesterday heading for Syria, a source at the canal authority said.
The ships entered the canal at 5.45 am (0345 GMT) yesterday and passed into the Mediterranean at 3.30 pm (1330 GMT), the Suez Canal A
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Wednesday, 23 February, 2011
MOSCOW — Russia will seek restrictions on a Nato missile defence system if the Cold War foes cannot agree on an integrated European missile shield, Moscow’s envoy to the Western alliance said yesterday.
Dmitry Rogozin outlined Russia’s position after President Dmitry Medvedev last week made him poi
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Wednesday, 23 February, 2011
BAKU — Azerbaijan’s opposition lawmakers demanded answers from the government yesterday after a soldier killed seven young conscripts in the latest shooting tragedy to hit the ex-Soviet state’s army.
Several lawmakers called for the defence minister to be summoned to parliament to explain the reaso
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Wednesday, 23 February, 2011
BAMAKO — At least 36 people were killed and over 110 others injured in an overnight stampede at a stadium in Mali’s capital, officials said yesterday.
Thousands of people had gathered at the Modibo Keita stadium in Bamako to listen to an Islamic preacher, who was speaking as part of the Muslim fest
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Wednesday, 23 February, 2011
MOSCOW — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s deputy blamed Google Inc in an interview published yesterday for stirring up trouble in the unrest in Egypt before the departure of its leader Hosni Mubarak.
“Look what they have done in Egypt, those highly-placed managers of Google, what manipulations of t
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Wednesday, 23 February, 2011
Athens — Greece’s biggest public and private sector unions are calling on workers to walk off the job in a 24-hour nationwide strike today, piling further pressure on the government as it struggles to battle its budget-deficit crisis.
Government offices, tax, municipality and judicial offices will
