Tweet Athens, Greece (DNN) — Lawmakers in Greece voted early Monday to approve another round of austerity measures, sought in return for a new eurozone bailout of the debt-stricken country, while protests raged in the streets. As lawmakers debated, police turned tear gas and stun grenades on demonstrators outside Greece’s Parliament. Several buildings, including a [...]
Tweet Tripoli, Libya (DNN) — One of ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s surviving sons has had his phone cut off and been placed under house arrest in Niger after warning of a revolt against Libya’s new government, authorities in Tripoli said Sunday. Saadi Gadhafi has been in Niger since September, following the collapse of his [...]
Tweet London (DNN) — Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son of Libya’s deposed leader Moammar Gadhafi, could go on trial “within weeks or months,” the country’s interior minister said Sunday. The investigations into the death of Moammar Gadhafi after his capture last year could also be completed soon, Fawzy Abdilal said. Saif al-Islam’s case will be [...]
Tweet Cairo (DNN) — Demonstrators clashed with police outside the Interior Ministry in Cairo on Sunday as anger mounts over a deadly stampede at a soccer match that killed dozens last week. Protesters outside the ministry threw rocks at police, who responded with tear gas. Fires erupted at a nearby shopping center while more than [...]
Tweet Irbil, Iraq (DNN) — Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi has lashed out at Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, predicting that Iraq could soon return to widespread sectarian violence that could require the return of U.S. forces. “Al-Maliki is pushing my country to reach a turning point with deeply sectarian dimension,” the Sunni vice president told [...]
Tweet Kunduz, Afghanistan (DNN) — Police in the northern Afghanistan province of Kunduz are looking for a man they say strangled his wife after she bore him a third child that was not a son. Sher Mohammed, 29, married his 22-year-old wife, Storay, four years ago, police said. The couple had three daughters, the last [...]
Tweet (DNN) — The head of the Papua New Guinea military has been freed from detention by rebel soldiers, the Australian government said Thursday, as an attempted mutiny appeared to unravel. Yaura Sasa, a rebel commander, had earlier claimed that he had seized control of the Papua New Guinea Defense Force, confining its leader, Brig. [...]
Tweet Sao Paulo, Brazil (DNN) — Four people died and 22 remained missing after the collapse of three buildings in the historic center of Rio de Janeiro, Mayor Eduardo Paes said Thursday, according to CNN affiliate TV Record. It was not immediately clear what caused the collapse of a 20-story building and adjacent 10- and [...]
Tweet (DNN) — Flanked by British and French ships, the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier moved through the Strait of Hormuz without incident Sunday despite recent threats from Iran. The U.S. Naval Forces Central Command said in a statement that the Lincoln “completed a regular and routine transit of the strait … to conduct maritime [...]
Tweet Giglio, Italy (DNN) — Two more bodies have been recovered from the wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, Italian officials announced Monday, bringing the number of confirmed victims of the accident to 15. The two women were found on Bridge 4, near the ship’s Internet cafe, said Franco Gabrielli, the official in charge [...]
