World Apr 26 International Criticism Mounts as Syria Cracks Down in Daraa 6:45 p.m. ET | This afternoon, Jeffrey Brown talked with Damascus-based human rights lawyer and advocate Razan Zaitouneh, who said there are security checkpoints throughout the capital and in nearby suburbs and towns. Some communications have been cut, and hundreds…
World Apr 26 Syria Intensifies Crackdown in Daraa, Powerful Storms Kill 7 in Arkansas Witnesses said that a heavy crackdown by Syrian security forces in the southern city of Daraa has left several dead in the streets, part of increasingly intense raids in which security forces have used tanks and live ammunition against…
World Apr 22 U.S. Authorizes Drone Strikes in Libya, McCain Visits Opposition in Benghazi Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., met with rebels and members of the Libyan opposition's governing council in Benghazi on Friday, calling the fighters "heroes." Sen. McCain has been a staunch supporter of U.S. involvement in Libya and had earlier likened…
World Apr 21 Libyan Rebels Make Gains Near Tunisian Border, Two Photographers Killed Libyan rebel fighters carry out a comrade wounded during an effort to dislodge some ensconced government loyalist troops who were firing on them from a building during house-to-house fighting on Tripoli Street in downtown Misrata April 20, 2011. This photo…
World Apr 20 Britain, France, Italy Sending Military Advisers to Libya; Wildfires Hit Texas Italy and France announced they will follow Britain's lead in sending a small team of military advisers to Libya to assist the rebel forces. None of the countries are planning to send ground troops. Libyan Foreign Minister Abdul Ati…
World Apr 19 Syria Vows to End ‘Insurrection’; NATO Struggling to Stop Gadhafi in Misrata (Update: The Syrian government has lifted a 50-year-old state of emergency, according to state television.) The Syrian government warned its citizens against gathering for public demonstrations in a state television broadcast, saying it will crack down on protests. The…
World Apr 18 Attack at Afghan Ministry Kills 2, Libyan Rebels Say Crisis in Misrata Worsening Afghanistan National Army (ANA) soldiers stand guard at the main gate of the Defence Ministry in Kabul on April 18, 2011. A suspected Taliban gunman dressed in army uniform infiltrated the Afghan Defence Ministry and opened fire. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)…
World Apr 15 NATO Leaders Call for Gadhafi’s Departure, Thousands Protest in Syria President Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy wrote a joint op-ed published in the International Herald Tribune and the New York Times saying their three nations "have been united from the start" and said…
World Apr 12 Japan Raises Nuclear Crisis Level, Pakistan Demands Cut in CIA Presence Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency has raised the level of the nuclear crisis at the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant to a seven, matching the level used to describe Chernobyl. Officials said the increase was a description of the…
World Apr 07 Discarded Plastic Bottles Put to New Use in Schools A project to build a school using empty plastic bottles brought together a community in Guatemala. The idea now is spreading to other sites.