• Human Rights Watch expresses concern over Thailand amnesty bill

    Aug 04

    Human Rights Watch expressed concern over a bill, proposed by the Thai government, which will grant amnesty to soldiers and officials responsible for deaths in the 2010 upheavals.

  • US extends Middle-East embassy closure
    Several US embassies will remain closed over an extended period, after the state department issued a global travel alert warning of an al-Qaeda threat, which will stay in place until the end of August.

    A spokesperson for the department said in a press statement:
  • US offers Iran “willing partnership”

    The White House has offered Iran a “willing partnership” after the inauguration of the new president Hassan Rouhani.

    Jay Carney, the White House spokesperson, said Rouhani's inauguration "presents an opportunity for Iran to act quickly to resolve the international community's deep concerns over Iran's nuclear programme".

  • AU declares Zimbabwean elections free and fair
    The African Union (AU) observer mission monitoring the Zimbabwean elections has declared the process free, fair and credible.

    Head of the mission, former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo, concluded that the will of the Zimbabwean people had been expressed despite minor problems.

    The African Union judgement comes amidst various calls of fraud in the Zimbabwean elections.
  • Zimbabwe opposition supporters "attacked"

    Supporters of the main opposition party in Zimbabwe have claimed to have been attacked after President Mugabe's election victory.

    Zanu-PF supporters are alleged to have attacked members of the MDC, whose leader Morgan Tsvangirai is disputing the results of the election.

  • Telangana sparks protests
    India's decision to create a new state of Telangana has sparked protests in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
  • Controversy over Mugabe victory
    Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's president of over thirty years, has been re-elected on a landslide victory on Saturday.

    While international commentators voiced concern over the fairness of the election, defence minister Emmerson Mnangagwa told AFP:
  • Syrian rebels to face UN investigation

    The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, has called for investigations into atrocities alleged to have been committed by Syrian rebels.

  • Kerry pledges to end Pakistani drone strikes ‘soon’

    The US Secretary of State John Kerry has pledged to end drione strike on militants in Pakistan “very, very soon”, on the last day of his visit to the country.

    "I think the programme will end as we have eliminated most of the threat and continue to eliminate it," Mr Kerry said in a television interview.

  • System Of A Down call for genocide affirmation in the U.S

    The lead singer of the Grammy Award winning rock band, System Of A Down, Serj Tankian, challenged a full capacity crowd, at one of their Hollywood Bowl concerts, to ima

  • Next Israeli-Palestinian talks to take place in Israel
    The next Israeli-Palestinian talks will take place in Israel, during the second week of August, said Israel's chief negotiator on Friday.

    The first set of Palestinian prisoners are expected to be freed by then.

    In a broadcast interview, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni said:
  • US travel alerts al-Qaeda threat
    The US has issued a global travel alert after allegedly receiving an unspecified al-Qaeda threat.

    The state department in a statement said there was particularly strong potential for attacks in the Middle East and North Africa and recommended that US citizens be vigilant while travelling abroad.
  • Tsvangirai calls election as 'null and void'
    The Zimbabwean opposition's Movement for Democratic Change leader, Morgan Tsvangirai slammed Wednesday's election as "null and void" and a "huge farce".

    Alleging polling day irregularities and vote-rigging by Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party, Tsvangirai said that over 1 million voters were not being allowed to vote.

    Speaker to reporters, Tsvangirai said:
    "This has been a huge farce,"
  • Former Gaddafi minister sentenced to death

    A criminal court in Libya sentenced the education minister from Gaddafi’s era, Ahmed Ibrahim, to death today, for murder and inciting violence during the 2011 uprising that ended in the disposition of Gaddafi.

  • UN orders disarmament of Goma

    The United Nations’ intervention force in the Democratic Republic of Congo has given residents in Goma 48 hours to disarm and anyone armed beyond that time will be considered a rebel.

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