US criticises China over N Korea

US criticises China over N Korea

US criticises China over N Korea

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 10:52 PM PDT

Obama calls Beijing's silence on sinking of South Korean ship "wilful blindness".


Honduran president 'fears new coup'

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 11:08 PM PDT

Coup talk rattles Central American nation one year after Zelaya was ousted as president.


Report: Turkish airspace closed to Israel (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 10:41 PM PDT

A woman walks past a mural of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit outside Prime Minister's Netanyahu residence in Jerusalem. Roars of support and a sea of ribbons marked the start of a march across Israel by Gilad Shalit's family in a campaign to bring back the soldier held in Gaza for four years.(AFP/File/Gali Tibbon)AP - The state-run news agency quotes Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as saying Turkey has closed its airspace to Israel.

Bangladesh says arms on ship from UN mission (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 10:59 PM PDT

The MV Aegean Glory, detained by Indian authorities, is seen anchored off Diamond Harbour in the Bay of Bengal off Kolkata on June 26. Bangladesh's army said Monday that an arms-laden ship bound for Pakistan and detained by Indian authorities last week was returning weapons used during a UN peacekeeping mission.(AFP/File)AFP - Bangladesh's army said Monday that an arms-laden ship bound for Pakistan detained by Indian authorities last week was returning weapons used during a UN peacekeeping mission.

BP Plans Hurricane Upgrades; Jones Act Waiver Would Help

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 10:59 PM PDT

Your Monday morning oil spill roundup.


CIA: Al-Qaeda weakened in Afghanistan

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 10:04 AM PDT

WASHINGTON – Al-Qaeda's leadership is weaker than ever and as few as 50 members of the terror group are in Afghanistan as US forces work to "flush out" mastermind Osama Bin Laden, the CIA director said Sunday.

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Hong Kong police smash football gambling ring (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 10:35 PM PDT

Germany's goalkeeper Manuel Neuer during his squad's World Cup clash with England. Hong Kong police said Monday they have smashed a record 170 million Hong Kong dollar (22 million US dollar) gambling ring that took illegal bets on World Cup football games and horse racing.(AFP/Jewel Samad)AFP - Hong Kong police said Monday they have smashed a record 170 million Hong Kong dollar (22 million US dollar) gambling ring that took illegal bets on World Cup football games and horse racing.

Serb goes on trial for attack on NY student (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 10:07 PM PDT

** FILE ** This is a August 18 2008 file photo showing Miladin Kovacevic,a Serbian student and basketball player wanted by U.S. Kovacevic who fled the United States after a bar brawl that left a fellow American college student Bryan Steinhauer hospitalized for months will go on trial in his native country on Monday June 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic, File)AP - A former college basketball player goes on trial Monday in Serbia for allegedly beating a fellow American student into a coma, two years after jumping bail in the U.S. and triggering a diplomatic conflict between Belgrade and Washington.

NKorea says it must bolster nuclear capability (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 10:55 PM PDT

President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea gives a thumbs up to President Barack Obama as they meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Toronto, Saturday, June 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - North Korea said Monday it must bolster its nuclear capability in a "newly developed way" to cope with what it sees as hostile U.S. policy and military threats amid tensions over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship.

Weeks after violence, Kyrgyzstan constitution OK'd (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 09:38 PM PDT

Ethnic Kyrgyz refugee women cast ballot paper inside a tent in refugee camp outskirts the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, June 27, 2010 during a referendum on a new constitution. The people of violence-wracked Kyrgyzstan voted Sunday on a new constitution that the interim government hopes will legitimize the power it seized after a deadly uprising. The Central Asian nation was on high security alert for the vote, deploying almost 8,000 police officers and an equal number of defense volunteers to keep the peace after ethnic violence that killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)AP - Election officials in Kyrgyzstan say the Central Asian nation's public has overwhelmingly backed a new constitution.

CIA warning on Afghan war as NATO troops killed (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 09:17 PM PDT

US soldiers operating around Kandahar say the toughest job is knowing whom to trust. They find that seeming friends could be enemies, while bombs continue to be laid in their path. Duration: 01:53(AFPTV)AFP - Four Norwegian soldiers were killed by a bomb as the record monthly death toll for NATO forces in Afghanistan continued to rise and the CIA warned the war was turning out tougher than expected.

Diverting A U.S.-China Trade War

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 09:10 PM PDT

Disputes are inevitable, but conflict is not.


CIA chief: Iran could have nukes ready by 2012

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 06:44 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -Iran has enough low-enriched uranium to make two weapons, which it could have prepared and ready for delivery as early as 2012, CIA director Leon Panetta said Sunday.

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CIA chief warns of long road ahead in Afghanistan

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 10:04 AM PDT

WASHINGTON - The war in Afghanistan will be tougher and longer than expected despite strides against Al-Qaeda that have weakened Osama bin Laden's terror network, the CIA chief warned.

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Violence flares on fringe of Toronto talks

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 09:51 AM PDT

TORONTO -Canadian police rounded up 605 people in violent weekend protests against a G20 summit, using tear gas and rubber bullets to break up mobs, authorities said.

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Oil-hit Gulf on edge as Atlantic storm surges

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 09:19 AM PDT

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana -The first major storm of the Atlantic season surged toward the Gulf of Mexico on a path likely to avoid the BP oil spill but leaving coastal residents jittery about its destructive potential.

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Kyrgyz vote wins 90 percent support

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 09:35 PM PDT

BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan has voted to create Central Asia's first parliamentary democracy, partial results showed on Monday, but Russia warned this could allow extremists to seize power following ethnic violence that killed hundreds.

Australia PM Gillard announces cabinet changes

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 08:29 PM PDT

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's new Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced her new cabinet on Monday, with the key Treasury and Resources portfolios unchanged, but leaving former prime minister Kevin Rudd on the backbench.

Dumped Australian PM misses out on cabinet spot (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 10:31 PM PDT

Former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd (top, centre) sits on the backbench the country's parliament in Canberra. Ex-leader Kevin Rudd has been left out of the new prime minister's first cabinet following her spectacular rise to power.(AFP/Pool/File/Alan Porritt)AFP - Australia's new Prime Minister Julia Gillard left dumped ex-leader Kevin Rudd out of her first cabinet Monday as she announced a minor pre-election reshuffle after her spectacular rise to power.

Australia PM Gillard announces cabinet changes (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 08:29 PM PDT

Reuters - Australia's new Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced her new cabinet on Monday, with the key Treasury and Resources portfolios unchanged, but leaving former prime minister Kevin Rudd on the backbench.


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