Officials say a car bomb has ripped through a bus terminal in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 12 people. The blast Thursday in Peshawar wounded 30 others and destroyed several vehicles. The city is located near Pakistan’s tribal regions, which are a stronghold of Taliban- and al-Qaida-linked militants. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the […]
Bus Station Bombing Kills 12 in NW Pakistan
China’s State Oil Company in Talks for Uganda Refinery
Chinese state media say one of the country’s largest national oil companies is in negotiations to invest in Uganda’s first ever oil refinery. The China Daily said Thursday that the state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) plans to invest in the project, which will be located in the Lake Albert basin in Western Uganda. […]
Attacks Kill 22 in Baghdad
Iraqi officials say a string of attacks in the capital, Baghdad, has killed at least 22 people. The worst of the violence Thursday was a bombing in the city’s mainly Shi’ite Karradah district, which killed nine people and wounded 24 others. Officials said there were at least two other explosions in Baghdad, with attacks reported […]
World Leaders Focus on Somalia’s Future at London Conference
World leaders are gathering in London Thursday for a conference aimed at coming up with a coordinated response to decades of instability in Somalia. Representatives of 40 countries will attend the conference, including U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Leaders at the one-day conference will try to pull together […]
Police Release Strauss-Kahn After Questioning in Prostitution Probe
French police have released former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn after two days of questioning about a prostitution ring. On Wednesday, Strauss-Kahn was quickly driven away in a sedan with dark tinted windows from the police station in the northern city of Lille. Police say Strauss-Kahn’s name came up during their probe into a […]