Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Jerusalem, Israel (AHN) – Nearly half of Israel’s population was left without cellphone service today when one of the country’s three carrier services collapsed. An estimated three million or 44 percent of the country’s population are unable to use their mobile phones. A statement on Cellcom’s website, signed [...]

AHN News Staff Colombo, Sri Lanka (AHN) – In a drive to strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries, Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna arrived in Sri Lanka Thursday for four days of talks with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse about India’s concerns about heightened Chinese activities in the Southeast Asia region. Even as China [...]

In a special Thanksgiving Weekly Address, President Obama expressed gratitude to America’s military men and women and their families, and discussed the steps his administration is taking to help create jobs so that next Thanksgiving, Americans can give thanks for a stronger economy. In addition, President Obama released the following Presidential Proclamation: A beloved American [...]

Ireland has unveiled the harshest budget measures in its history, a four-year plan to slash deficits by e15 billion ($20 billion) so it can receive a massive bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. ||| Ireland has unveiled the harshest budget measures in its history, a four-year plan to slash deficits by [...]

AHN News Staff Basra, Iraq (AHN) – Britain has announced that a majority of 150 of its remaining troops will come home from Iraq by spring next year. According to military spokesman Maj. Gen. Lorimer, Britain is planning to withdraw more than 100 British sailors from Iraq once they finish providing training sessions to the [...]

AHN News Staff Dublin, Ireland (AHN) – Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen on Monday said that he was waiting for the Parliament to pass the significant budget at a time when his country is facing a debt crisis, adding that he doesn’t expect general elections before March of next year. The Irish leader said that [...]

Ireland’s finance minister says he will support a move to ask the international community for tens of billions of euros in loans and guarantees to keep his country’s crisis-hit finances afloat. View full post on All Stories

The Media Line Staff Sudan (TML) – Arieh O’Sullivan The time for decision is fast approaching for the people of southern Sudan, who are going to the polls to decide if the largest country in Africa will be split into two. Voter registration has begun for the long-awaited referendum that aims to end one of [...]

AHN News Staff Dublin, Ireland (AHN) – Representatives from the European Union, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank are due to arrive in Dublin on Wednesday to discuss the Irish financial crisis with its government, which has not yet requested any aid. The EU already believes that Ireland needs some kind of [...]

President Obama yesterday called on Congress to pass the DREAM Act before the 111th Congress adjourns. The DREAM Act would provide young people who came to the United States with their parents a path to U.S. citizenship after attaining a college degree or serving in the military. While the DREAM Act had previously received bipartisan [...]

AHN News Staff New Delhi, India (AHN) – India is going to launch a diplomatic offensive against Pakistan for the latter’s alleged involvement in printing fake Indian currency notes (FICNs) to “overthrow” the Indian economy. The Indian government is soon going to take up the case of FICNs with various financial agencies around the world, [...]