SAVAR, Bangladesh — Deep cracks visible in the walls of a Bangladesh garment building had compelled police to order it evacuated a day before it collapsed, officials said Thursday. More than 200 people were killed when the eight-story building splintered into a pile of concrete because factories based there ignored the order and kept more […]
SAVAR, Bangladesh — Deep cracks visible in the walls of a Bangladesh garment building had compelled police to order it evacuated a day before it collapsed, officials said Thursday. More than 200 people were killed when the eight-story building splintered into a pile of concrete because factories based there ignored the order and kept more […]
MADRID — With over 6 million unemployed for the first time ever, Spain’s jobless rate shot up to a record 27.2 percent in the first quarter of 2013, the National Statistics Institute said Thursday, in another grim picture of the recession-wracked country. The agency said the number of people unemployed rose by 237,400 people in […]
MADRID — With over 6 million unemployed for the first time ever, Spain’s jobless rate shot up to a record 27.2 percent in the first quarter of 2013, the National Statistics Institute said Thursday, in another grim picture of the recession-wracked country. The agency said the number of people unemployed rose by 237,400 people in […]
YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s president pardoned 93 prisoners, including at least 59 political detainees, a day after the European Union lifted sanctions against the Southeast Asian nation. The pardon was announced on state television Tuesday amid renewed calls for President Thein Sein’s government to release hundreds more political prisoners still believed to be behind bars. […]
YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s president pardoned 93 prisoners, including at least 59 political detainees, a day after the European Union lifted sanctions against the Southeast Asian nation. The pardon was announced on state television Tuesday amid renewed calls for President Thein Sein’s government to release hundreds more political prisoners still believed to be behind bars. […]
SASI-RI, North Korea — The North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone is a hive of activity — not of fighting, but of farming. Beyond the barbed wire, ruddy-faced North Korean soldiers put down their rifles Wednesday and stood shoulder to shoulder with farmers as they turned their focus to another battle: the spring planting. […]
SASI-RI, North Korea — The North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone is a hive of activity — not of fighting, but of farming. Beyond the barbed wire, ruddy-faced North Korean soldiers put down their rifles Wednesday and stood shoulder to shoulder with farmers as they turned their focus to another battle: the spring planting. […]
Magda Fahsi Hundreds of young Europeans, some of them as young as 15, have joined the Syrian rebels in their fight against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad. They seem to have been recruited mainly by radical groups, prompting worries among national authorities and measures to try to stop them. A survey by the International […]
Magda Fahsi Hundreds of young Europeans, some of them as young as 15, have joined the Syrian rebels in their fight against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad. They seem to have been recruited mainly by radical groups, prompting worries among national authorities and measures to try to stop them. A survey by the International […]
Update from Mint Press News: After more than 277 days on hunger strike, Palestinian detainee Samer Issawi will end his fast after Israeli and Palestinian authorities reached a deal this week that would send Issawi to his home in Jerusalem after he serves an additional eight months. According to Qadura Fares, head of the Palestinian […]
Update from Mint Press News: After more than 277 days on hunger strike, Palestinian detainee Samer Issawi will end his fast after Israeli and Palestinian authorities reached a deal this week that would send Issawi to his home in Jerusalem after he serves an additional eight months. According to Qadura Fares, head of the Palestinian […]
