Diplomatic Collision Course’ Leads to Recalls of US, Syrian Ambassadors
Hours after the U.S. State Department announced that U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford had returned to Washington as a result of security threats, the Syrian embassy in Washington said its...
View ArticleUS Cuts Funds to UNESCO After Palestinian Vote
The United States on Monday cut off funding to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, after the body voted to accept a bid for full membership by the...
View ArticleUS cuts off UNESCO funding after vote to admit Palestine
October 31, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis US cuts off UNESCO funding after vote to admit Palestine 31 Oct 2011 The United States said on Monday it had stopped funding UNESCO, the UN cultural agency,...
View ArticleUS Skeptical of Assad Peace Commitments
The United States Thursday expressed deep skepticism that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad intends to fulfill commitments made to the Arab League this week to end the country’s political crisis. U.S....
View Article3 Killed in Syria, Amnesty Takes Effect
At least three people are dead after Syrian forces renewed shelling in the Homs region on Saturday, the same day a weeklong government amnesty program took effect. Activists say there is heavy...
View ArticleUN Says Syria Crackdown Death Toll Tops 3,500
The U.N. human rights office says at least 3,500 people have been killed in the Syrian government’s eight-month crackdown on dissent, while activists say deadly assaults continued in the central city...
View ArticleLibya’s NTC Unveils New Government
Libya’s National Transitional Council has unveiled a new Cabinet that will govern the country until it holds its first elections since the ouster of Moammar Gadhafi. Interim Prime Minister Abdurrahim...
View ArticleVideo Shows US Hostage Alive One Year Ago
Four years ago, American Bob Levinson disappeared mysteriously in Iran. Now, the family of the retired FBI agent has released a video it received in late 2010, showing him to be alive. The video was...
View ArticleCongo Supreme Court Hears Election Challenge
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Supreme Court has begun hearing a lawsuit seeking to annul the presidential election that returned incumbent Joseph Kabila to power. Opposition candidate Vital...
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