President Mohamed Morsi has called on opposition leaders to start a dialogue and let him know what their political aspirations and vision are. In a statement on Monday, the Egyptian president’s spokesman also affirmed the right of people to demonstrate peacefully. Omer Amer told journalists that Morsi vowed to introduce reforms within the next month.…
At least 10 people have been killed in an attack on a NATO compound in the Afghan capital, Kabul, police say. Kabul provincial police chief Mohammad Ayoub Salangi said the attackers detonated a car bomb at the compound gate on Tuesday morning before attacking guards with small-arms fire. Those killed included the four suicide attackers…
Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden says he remains free to publish more information about the U.S. government’s spying programs. “I remain free and able to publish information that serves the public interest,” the 26-year-old Snowden made the remarks in a letter to Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, Reuters reported on Monday. The NSA leaker…
by Eric Gordy Once a burial ground for partisan heroes of World War II, Lion Cemetery now contains many victims of the siege of Sarajevo. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia decided on Thursday to acquit two Serbian state security officials, Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic. The acquittal is one of a series of dramatic reversals by…