UN report says Palestinian Authority ready for statehood

If you're new here, you may like to subscribe to our RSS feed or subscribe to our Newsletter You can follow us on Facebook Here. Thanks for visiting! UNITED NATIONS — The Palestinian Authority is ready to govern a state, a United [...]

Former Egyptian President Mubarak to be questioned over abuse offenses

CAIRO, EGYPT — Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday will stand before authorities to be questioned over financial and power abuse charges in Sinai. According to Al-Ahram newspaper, this will be the first hearing session [...]

Swazi government cracks down on protesters?

MANZINI, SWAZILAND — Police in Swaziland on Tuesday attacked protesters and arrested scores of people ahead of planned protests against King Mswati III. After the majority of the organizers and several journalists trying to cover the [...]

NATO aircraft destroy four Gaddafi tanks near Zintan

TRIPOLI — NATO aircraft on Tuesday destroyed four tanks in western Libya as the alliance continues to reduce the capacity of forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. NATO said it carried out the airstrikes in the vicinity of Zintan, [...]

Ukraine to sell at least 7 energy companies

KIEV, UKRAINE — The Ukrainian government said that at least seven energy companies would be auctioned off this year, in an effort to privatize and improve its energy operations. Ukraine’s energy minister Yury Boiko said national [...]

Two killed in two car bombs in central Iraq

BAGHDAD, IRAQ — Two civilians on Tuesday were killed in two explosions as bomb terror attacks continue in Baghdad, the Aswat al-Iraq news agency reported. In southern Baghdad, a sticky bomb was detonated in al-Mahala 840 region in al-Doura. [...]

China and Brazil to boost trade and investment cooperation

BEIJING, CHINA — The Chinese Government on Tuesday announced that it had signed a joint communique with Brazil to boost trade and investment cooperation between the two countries. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who began her six-day [...]

Japan raises nuclear crisis to maximum level 7

TOKYO — Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency on Tuesday upgraded the severity level in the country’s ongoing nuclear crisis from an international scale level 5 to a level 7, matching 1986′s Chernobyl crisis. According [...]

3 gov’t employees killed in Karachi, Pakistan

KARACHI, PAKISTAN — Three government employees were killed on Tuesday as violence in Karachi, Pakistan continues to rise with five killings in the past 24 hours, officials said. Two Karachi Water and Sewage Board employees and one Fire [...]

Suspect in California synagogue bombing arrested in Ohio

LOS ANGELES — A man wanted for questioning in connection with last week’s explosion outside a Los Angeles-area synagogue was arrested in Ohio on Monday evening, federal officials said. Laura Eimiller, a spokeswoman for the Los [...]