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International
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Tuesday, 11 June, 2013
ISTANBUL — Turkish protesters refused to back down yesterday after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned they would "pay a price" for their unrelenting demonstrations against his government. After attracting record crowds of protesters at the weekend, Istanbul's Taksim Square, the cradle of 11
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Tuesday, 11 June, 2013
KIRKUK — Iraqi police defused bombs planted at two oil wells near the northern city of Kirkuk yesterday, according to security and oil sources, who said exports to the Ceyhan port in Turkey were not affected. The bombs were discovered near two wells producing crude from the Bai Hassan oilfield, whic
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Tuesday, 11 June, 2013
JUBA — South Sudanese President Salva Kiir yesterday said he would refer oil arguments with Sudan to African Union mediators, vowing not to take the country back to war. "The people of South Sudan should remain calm and patient as we work with the African Union to resolve this impasse with Sudan," K
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Tuesday, 11 June, 2013
WASHINGTON — Reeling from the sensational revelation of its secret Internet monitoring programme, Washington stepped up its probe yesterday into the young private contractor who leaked the details. Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old technology expert working for a private firm subcontracted to the US Nat
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Tuesday, 11 June, 2013
BERLIN — Germany battled yesterday against historic floods wreaking death and destruction across central Europe as a dyke burst forcing hundreds from their homes but the Hungarian capital averted devastation. Parts of northern Germany continued to be threatened by the swollen River Elbe where a dyke
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Tuesday, 11 June, 2013
JAKARTA — An Indonesian passenger plane carrying 52 people crash-landed at an eastern airport yesterday, injuring two, officials said, the latest accident to hit the country's fast-growing aviation sector. The MA-60 aircraft, operated by state-owned Merpati Nusantara airlines, was coming in to land
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Tuesday, 11 June, 2013
BEIJING — China is to send its second woman astronaut into orbit on its longest mission yet, space officials said yesterday, as the country works towards building a space station. The Shenzhou-10 will be launched on a Long March rocket at 0938 GMT today, Wu Ping, spokeswoman for China's manned space
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Tuesday, 11 June, 2013
PESHAWAR — Insurgents attacked Nato supply trucks in northwest region with guns and mortars yesterday, setting vehicles ablaze and killing at least six people, officials said. The attack took place in Khyber district, one of seven tribal areas on the Afghan border. Up to 20 armed fighters targeted a
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Monday, 10 June, 2013
GENEVA — A rights group said that it, with backing from Washington, would call on the UN's top rights body to dismiss a top official after he demanded an investigation of the organisation. "UN Watch's draft resolution to remove (Richard) Falk has been published by the United Nations as an official d
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Monday, 10 June, 2013
DAMASCUS — Syrian troops buoyed by victory in Qusayr were preparing yesterday to launch a northern offensive, a security source said, as the conflict came to the streets of Beirut where a demonstrator was killed. At a protest outside the Iranian Embassy, a man was shot and fatally wounded in the fir
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