Vienna - North Korea informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday that it would stop all cooperation with the organization immediately, IAEA spokesman Marc Vidricaire said. IAEA inspectors are present in North Korea to monitor that the country's nuclear installations remain dismantled and turned off.
North Korea has informed the IAEA that it plans to reactivate all nuclear facilities, which include a reactor and a plant to reprocess spent nuclear fuel.
Nairobi - Undaunted Somali pirates have seized a total of four ships - among them two cargo ships - just days after US and French forces killed five pirates in two separate operations to free hostages, officials said Tuesday. The EU Maritime Centre said that the 35,000-ton MV Irene E. M. was taken overnight, but that the Greek vessel's 22 crew members, reportedly entirely Filipino, were unhurt.
Nairobi/Khartoum - Human rights body Amnesty International on Tuesday condemned the hanging of nine Sudanese men convicted of beheading a prominent newspaper editor, saying they may have been innocent. "The execution of the nine men is outrageous," said Tawanda Hondora, Africa Deputy Director at Amnesty International. "They were arbitrarily arrested, tortured and then subjected to an unfair trial."
Brussels - Less than half of Europe's citizens are interested in June's European Parliament elections, and only a third of them currently plan to take part in the ballot, according to an unreleased survey obtained Tuesday by the German Press Agency dpa. The Eurobarometer survey, expected to be published later this week, polled some 27,000 citizens from the 27-member bloc between January and February.
Washington - US President Barack Obama on Monday lifted all restrictions on Cuban Americans travelling and sending money back to their home country as part of a much-anticipated reversal of US policies toward Cuba. In an executive order, Obama will also expand communications links and allow more humanitarian donations to be sent to Cuba in what the White House billed as an effort to encourage a Democratic transition on the Communist island.
Vienna - North Korea informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday that it would stop all cooperation with the organization immediately, IAEA spokesman Marc Vidricaire said. IAEA inspectors are present in North Korea to monitor that the country's nuclear installations remain dismantled and turned off.
Nairobi - Undaunted Somali pirates have seized a total of four ships - among them two cargo ships - just days after US and French forces killed five pirates in two separate operations to free hostages, officials said Tuesday. The EU Maritime Centre said that the 35,000-ton MV Irene E. M. was taken overnight, but that the Greek vessel's 22 crew members, reportedly entirely Filipino, were unhurt.
Nairobi/Khartoum - Human rights body Amnesty International on Tuesday condemned the hanging of nine Sudanese men convicted of beheading a prominent newspaper editor, saying they may have been innocent. "The execution of the nine men is outrageous," said Tawanda Hondora, Africa Deputy Director at Amnesty International. "They were arbitrarily arrested, tortured and then subjected to an unfair trial."
Brussels - Less than half of Europe's citizens are interested in June's European Parliament elections, and only a third of them currently plan to take part in the ballot, according to an unreleased survey obtained Tuesday by the German Press Agency dpa. The Eurobarometer survey, expected to be published later this week, polled some 27,000 citizens from the 27-member bloc between January and February.
Washington - US President Barack Obama on Monday lifted all restrictions on Cuban Americans travelling and sending money back to their home country as part of a much-anticipated reversal of US policies toward Cuba. In an executive order, Obama will also expand communications links and allow more humanitarian donations to be sent to Cuba in what the White House billed as an effort to encourage a Democratic transition on the Communist island.
