• Gunman attacks at Quebec separatists' victory speech

    Sep 04

    A gunman killed one and injured another in Montreal, as the separatist government was delivering its victory speech, after it was voted into Quebec, the French-speaking region of Canada, for the first time in nine years.

    As he was taken away by police, the gunman, speaking in French, vowed the English would fight back.

  • India and China to hold joint military exercises ‘at the earliest’

    The Indian Defence Minister AK Anthony announced on Tuesday that joint military exercises with China will resume after a four year gap, after meeting with his Chinese counterpart General Liang Guanglie in Delhi.

    "We have decided that (to restart military exercises)," Mr Anthony told reporters.

  • Rights groups condemn Buddhist Monk protests in Burma
    Buddhist monks in Burma have raised the concerns of human rights groups by protesting for the deportation of the Muslim minority Rohingya, for a third consecutive day.

    Burma saw its largest Buddhist monk led demonstrations since the pro-democracy uprisings in 2007.
  • UK unblocks frozen Rwanda aid
    The UK government announced on Tuesday that it would unblock about half of its £15million aid to Rwanda, following progress on solving a conflict in Congo.

    Along with states such as the US, Sweden and the Netherlands, Britain had suspended support to Rwanda after a June report by the United Nations accused Rwandan officials of supporting armed rebels in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
  • Colombia and Farc rebels agree to talks in Norway
    The Colombian government has confirmed that peace talks with Farc rebels will begin in Oslo in October, in a bid to end  one of Latin America's longest-running armed conflicts.

    Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos made the announcement that both sides had agreed to the talks, which are scheduled to move to Cuba after Norway.
  • British troops to be questioned over war crimes allegations
    Hundreds of British troops are set to be questioned by the Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT) regarding the alleged torture of civilians in Iraq.
  • Massive and blistering' response to Assad's chemical or biowarfare

    France's Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, warned of a "massive and blistering" response if the Assad regime was to cross the "red line" and use of biological or chemical weapons.

    Speaking to RMC radio on Monday, Fabius said, "we are discussing this notably with our American and English partners."

  • Tensions rise in Caucasus as Azeri killer is released

    Armenia has strongly criticised Baku’s decision to pardon Azeri soldier Ramil Safarov for killing an Armenian soldier in Hungary in 2004.

    President Serzh Sarkisian said that Armenia was ready for war if the situation escalated, reported the AFP.

  • Sectarian violence leaves policemen injured in Belfast
    Rioting on Sunday and further violence on Monday has left at least 47 policemen injured in Belfast, as disorder erupted in the city between loyalists and republicans.

    Almost 10 hours of rioting on Sunday saw the police fire water cannons as petrol bombs, fireworks, golf balls and bottles were thrown at police lines, with Chief Superintendent George Clark describing the violence as "savage, appalling and reprehensible".
  • Karadzic bid for retrial rejected
    Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic attempt for a retrial at a UN court has been rejected by judges, who stated the late disclosure of evidence from prosecutors would not prejudice his case.
  • Former Somali PM pays damages for torture
    A court in the US has ordered the ex-Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Ali Samantar to pay $21 million in damages to victims of torture and human rights abuses that took place whilst he was in power.

    An 8 year long court battle ended earlier this week, with a Washington court ruling Samantar must compensate his victims from his time in office during the 1980s.
  • Desmond Tutu calls for prosecution of Blair and Bush

    Archbishop Desmond Tutu has called for Tony Blair and George W Bush to be tried at the International Criminal Court in The Hague over the Iraq war.

  • Congo seeks UN help to neutralise rebels

    Congo has asked the UN peacekeeping force to neutralise a new rebel movement, known as M23 rebels, and a force that helped carry out Rwandas 1994 genocide, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda.

  • Mali rebels execute Algerian diplomat
    Islamist rebels in Northern Mali have claimed to have executed an Algerian diplomat that was kidnapped five months ago, claiming that their demands were not being met.

    The Algerian Foreign Ministry has confirmed that they will be investigating the rebels claim to have killed one of the seven diplomats who were captured by the rebels, after the Algerian consulate in northern Mali, was stormed by the militants in April.
  • Switzerland arrests Guatemalan ex-police chief

    The former police chief of Guatemala has been arrested in Geneva on Friday for murders committed between 2004 and 2007.

    Erwin Sperisen will be questioned over eight murders in prisons in Guatemala.

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