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Egypt: Police officers acquitted of 2011 killings

YoopyaFeb 22, 2014October 30, 20230

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court acquitted six police officers Saturday on charges of killing 83 protesters during the country’s 2011 revolution, the latest in

Aide: Ukraine’s Tymoshenko released from prison

YoopyaFeb 22, 2014October 30, 20230

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A spokeswoman for Yulia Tymoshenko says the former Ukrainian prime minister and opposition icon has been released from prison. Natasha Lysova

Congo security forces scatter attempted rally by Kabila rival

YoopyaFeb 21, 2014October 30, 20230

(Reuters) – Police in Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday broke up a rally by one of President Joseph Kabila’s main political rivals, a move

Zimbabwe court orders deportation of former congressman

YoopyaFeb 21, 2014October 30, 20230

(Reuters) – A Zimbabwean court dismissed pornography charges against former congressman Mel Reynolds on Friday but ordered his deportation after he pleaded guilty to staying

First ‘orange’ pollution alert as smog rolls into Beijing

YoopyaFeb 21, 2014October 30, 20230

(Reuters) – China’s capital Beijing, under fire to take effective measures against air pollution, raised its four-tiered alert system to orange for the first time

China urges Obama to cancel meeting with Dalai Lama

YoopyaFeb 21, 2014October 30, 20230

(Reuters) – China urged the United States on Friday to scrap plans for President Barack Obama to meet exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama

Beauty queen the latest victim in Venezuela unrest

YoopyaFeb 20, 2014November 1, 20230

(Reuters) – A local beauty queen died of a gunshot wound on Wednesday, the fifth fatality from Venezuela’s political unrest, as imprisoned protest leader Leopoldo

Ukraine truce shattered, death toll tops 50

YoopyaFeb 20, 2014November 1, 20230

(Reuters) – Fresh fighting flared in central Kiev on Thursday, shattering a truce declared by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, as the Russian-backed leader met European

Kiev crowd retakes square from police, possibly two dead

YoopyaFeb 20, 2014November 1, 20230

(Reuters) – Ukrainian protesters seized back Kiev’s Independence Square in fresh clashes with riot police on Thursday that left several injured and possibly two demonstrators

Thai protesters take to Facebook to target businesses linked to PM

YoopyaFeb 20, 2014November 1, 20230

(Reuters) – Protesters campaigning to oust Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra turned to Facebook and other social media to attack businesses linked to her family