A U.S. jury has found a Chicago businessman guilty of terrorism, including participating in a plot to attack a Danish newspaper that published controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The jury Thursday also found Tahawwur Rana guilty of providing material support to the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba. But the jury in Chicago found Rana innocent […]
Chicago Businessman Convicted of Terrorism but Not Mumbai Attacks
Italy Threatens to Take Brazil to ICJ Over Fugitive
Italy has threatened to take Brazil to the International court of Justice after the South American country released from prison a former communist guerrilla wanted by Rome in connection with four murders. Cesare Battisti left a high-security Brazilian prison Thursday, a day after Brazil’s Supreme Court rejected Italy’s request for his extradition and ordered his […]
UN Launches Global Plan to Eliminate Pediatric AIDS
The United Nations is launching a new initiative to significantly reduce the number of children born with HIV around the world by 2015. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday developed nations have successfully eliminated mother-to-child HIV transmissions, by treating women while they are pregnant. He said this proves mother-to-child transmissions can be stopped in the developing […]
Rwandan President to Visit US Diaspora Convention
Rwanda’s government says President Paul Kagame will attend a convention in Chicago on Friday and Saturday for the Rwanda diaspora. A statement from the Rwandan Foreign Ministry says more than 3,000 Rwandans living in North America plan to attend the convention in the United States. It says the gathering will focus on the progress Rwanda […]
Karzai Travels to Pakistan for 2-Day Visit
Afghan President Hamid Karzai travels to Pakistan Friday for a two-day visit aimed at strengthening bilateral ties. A Pakistani Foreign Office said President Asif Ali Zardari invited Mr. Karzai, who is expected to hold talks with Mr. Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. A Foreign Office statement said “Pakistan and Afghanistan enjoy close cordial […]
Yemen Braces for Rival Protests as Saleh Leaves Intensive Care
Yemen is preparing for rival protests Friday after officials said President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been moved out of intensive care at the Saudi military hospital where he is being treated for wounds suffered in last week’s attack on his compound. Saudi and Yemeni officials in Riyadh said Thursday that Mr. Saleh’s condition had stabilized […]
Studies: More Vaccines Could Save Billions of Dollars, Millions of Lives
New research says 6.4 million lives could be saved in the next 10 years by boosting childhood vaccination rates in the poorest countries. The three studies, published Thursday, said this would also save $6.2 billion in treatment costs and a further $145 billion in long-term productivity gains. The studies, published in Thursday’s Health Affairs, examined […]
Azerbaijan, Serbia Plan Infrastructure, Energy Projects
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has concluded a two-day visit to Serbia aimed at boosting political, economic and cultural ties between the two countries. President Aliyev and his Serbian counterpart Boris Tadic announced that a new strategic partnership between the two counties will result in concrete joint projects, such as the construction of highways, energy infrastructure […]
India’s “Picasso” Dies at 95
India’s most eminent artist, Maqbool Fida Husain, sometimes called “the Indian Picasso,” died Thursday in London at the age of 95. Indian President Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and artists and ordinary Indians paid tribute to Husain after news of his death spread across the country. Husain began his career in India as a […]
US Stocks Close Higher
U.S. stock market indexes rose in Thursday’s trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced six-tenths of a percent to end at 12,124. The S&P 500 rose seven-tenths of a percent to close at 1,289 and the NASDAQ composite index gained a third of a percent to finish at 2,685. European stock markets were higher at […]