Speeding violations in Singapore drop in Q1 of 2012
May 18, 2012 9:49 pm· Leave a Comment
SINGAPORE, May 18 — The number of speeding violations in Singapore in the first quarter of 2012 has fallen, compared to the same period last year, local TV Channel NewsAsia reported Friday.
Moscow hits out at attempts to ‘wreck’ Annan plan for Syria
May 18, 2012 9:49 pm· Leave a Comment
MOSCOW, May 18 — UN envoy Kofi Annan’s plan for Syria is in jeopardy over attempts by certain forces to create violence in the country, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday.
China to boost cooperation with UNDP
May 17, 2012 10:27 pm· Leave a Comment
BEIJING, May 17 — Premier Wen Jiabao said Thursday China will cooperate more closely with the United Nations Development Program.
U.S. ambassador to Israel: Talks preferred, but "ready to strike Iran"
May 17, 2012 10:27 pm· Leave a Comment
JERUSALEM, May 17 — US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro said his nation's military has completed the necessary preparations to launch an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities in the event international sanctions and diplomacy fail, The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday.
Mladic trial indefinitely suspended due to prosecution mistake
May 17, 2012 10:27 pm· Leave a Comment
THE HAGUE, May 17 — The trial against former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic has been indefinitely suspended due to procedural mistakes in the disclosure of evidence, judge Alphons Orie said Thursday.
Russia to block inclusion of Syria, Iran in G-8 declaration
May 17, 2012 10:27 pm· Leave a Comment
MOSCOW, May 17 — Russia will work to exclude Syria and Iran from the declaration of the upcoming Group of Eight summit, the Kremlin said Thursday.
1 killed as explosion jolts Nigeria's oil-rich state: police
May 17, 2012 10:27 pm· Leave a Comment
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria May 17 — One was killed after a powerful explosion rocked an area in oil-rich Nigeria's southeast city of Port Harcourt Thursday, local police chief told Xinhua.
Palestinians to hold municipal elections without Hamas' Gaza
May 17, 2012 10:27 pm· Leave a Comment
RAMALLAH, May 17 — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas decreed local elections in the West Bank, excluding the Gaza Strip, where his rival Hamas movement holds sway, a Palestinian official said Thursday.
Pakistani President to attend NATO summit in Chicago
May 17, 2012 10:27 pm· Leave a Comment
ISLAMABAD, May 17 — Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will attend the 25th NATO Summit in Chicago May 20-21 at the invitation of NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
Hillary invites Cambodia's FM to visit Washington next month
May 17, 2012 10:27 pm· Leave a Comment
PHNOM PENH, May 17 — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday invited Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong to make an official visit to Washington, D.C. on June 12.