Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said millions of dollars from the “extreme right wing” in the United States helped oust him from government and derailed a peace plan with the Palestinians.
China said Friday that the Chinese activist at the center of a diplomatic storm has the right to apply to study abroad after he told U.S. lawmakers that he wants to leave his homeland for the United States.
“Very busy lately, huh?” Lao Liu greets me one morning on my way to work. “What’s going on with this Chen Guangcheng guy?”
It has been 17 years since France had a president from the left, but that might be about to change.
It has been 17 years since France had a president from the left, but that might be about to change.
Police in Bahrain regularly resort to beating anti-government protesters, despite officials’ pledges to stop such practices, a human rights group said Sunday.
Police in Bahrain regularly resort to beating anti-government protesters, despite officials’ pledges to stop such practices, a human rights group said Sunday.
A prominent Iranian literary translator imprisoned since January on unknown charges has suspended his hunger strike after 28 days, a source close to the family said Thursday.
A prominent Iranian literary translator imprisoned since January on unknown charges has suspended his hunger strike after 28 days, a source close to the family said Thursday.
At least eight people were killed and 20 injured in an apparent suicide car bomb attack and follow-up blast in the capital of Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, according to state-run news agency RIA Novosti.
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