Arriving at today’s meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Brussels, UK Foreign Minister William Hague told journalists he has called Colonel Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi, in Libya on Sunday to demand an end to the violence against protestors. Saif al-Islam, a son of Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi, appeared on Libyan state television late last [...]
A parcel bomb exploded in the Swiss embassy here on Thursday, seriously injuring at least one diplomatic employee, the police and embassy officials said. The Swiss Embassy in Rome confirmed in a statement that a package containing a hidden explosive device detonated around noon when an embassy employee opened it, causing injuries to both his [...]
Argentina and Uruguay made an official statement on Monday stating that they are joining Brazil in recognizing Palestine as an independent state with its pre-1967 borders. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas reached out to the South American governments as part of an effort to win United Nations recognition of a Palestinian state. Argentine Foreign Minister Hector [...]
Tariq Aziz, a former top aide to Saddam Hussein, was sentenced to death by an Iraqi court on Tuesday for crimes against members of rival Shiite political parties. The ruling was the latest in a series of criminal cases against Mr. Aziz, 74, who as foreign minister and, later, deputy prime minister became the bespectacled [...]
Australians chose between making a conservative male their fourth prime minister in three years or sticking with their first female leader in tight elections Saturday just two months after she took power. In early counting, the Australian Electoral Commission said the governing center-left Labor Party was trailing the conservative opposition coalition in the popular vote. [...]