Month: June 2010

BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN—Kyrgyz mobs burned Uzbek homes and cafes and slaughtered Uzbek villagers Sunday in the worst ethnic rioting this Central Asian nation has seen in 20 years. More than 75,000 Uzbeks fled across the border […] […]

WORLD powers have been “naive” in imposing new UN sanctions on Iran that will only end up hurting them, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on his return to Tehran from an overseas trip. “The bullying powers […] […]

TEHRAN — Anti-government protesters took to the streets of the Iranian capital Saturday for the first time in four months, commemorating the anniversary of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed election victory a year ago despite the […] […]

BEIJING—The deputy head of China’s food and drug regulator is being investigated and has been dismissed from his post, a state news agency said Sunday, citing an anti-corruption agency. The move comes three years after […] […]