Norway’s security chief says it appears increasingly likely that the suspect in last week’s attacks that killed 76 people acted alone, saying investigators have found no evidence so far he is linked to other extremists. The director of the Norwegian Police Security Service, Janne Kristiansen, said Thursday investigators have found no signs — before or […]
Norway Says Attacker Worked Alone; EU Concerned About Copycat Attacks
$1 Billion in Iraqi Reparations Released to Kuwait
A United Nations’ commission has approved the release of more than $1 billion in compensation payments for victims of Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait. It is the latest installment in a program of reparations that began in 1994. In a Thursday statement, the U.N. Compensation Commission said the latest payments will be distributed to nine […]
US Stocks Advance in Midday Trading Thursday
U.S. stock indexes moved higher in afternoon trading Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up four-tenths of a percent. The broader S & P 500 index is ahead by six-tenths of a percentage point, while the NASDAQ index is up 1.1 percent. Stocks finished mixed in Europe. London’s Financial Times index advanced three-tenths of […]
US Soldier Arrested Near Fort Hood
Police in the southern state of Texas have arrested a U.S. soldier after finding possible bomb-making material in a motel room near Fort Hood. An FBI spokesman said the soldier, 21-year-old Nasser Jason Abdo, was taken into custody Wednesday in Killeen, Texas, after authorities got a tip about a suspicious individual. The FBI said Thursday […]
US Congress Set To Vote On Debt Issue
The U.S. House of Representatives is to vote Thursday on a plan by Republican House Speaker John Boehner to raise the debt ceiling and cut spending. Boehner’s plan has attracted criticism from the ultra-conservative Tea Party faction of the Republican party, and opposition from Democrats. Conservatives say it cuts too little spending, Democrats complain Boehner’s […]
Somali Pirates Release UAE-Flagged Ship, Crew
Somali pirates have released a United Arab Emirates-flagged oil tanker and its crew just weeks after capturing the vessel in the Indian Ocean. The MT Jubba XX was seized on July 16 while travelling from the UAE to the port of Berbera in the breakaway northern Somali region of Somaliland. It was released Thursday after […]
UN to Discuss Kosovo Tension
The U.N. Security Council will hold closed-door consultations Thursday to discuss tensions between Kosovo and Serbia that resulted in the death of an ethnic-Albanian policeman earlier this week. The situation was quiet Thursday, after NATO troops took control of two customs posts on Kosovo’s northern border with Serbia. Violence erupted after Kosovo’s ethnic-Albanian government sent […]
Referees Stop Burma-Oman World Cup Qualifying Match
Authorities in Burma abandoned a World Cup qualifying match between the home team and Oman Thursday, after angry fans threw rocks and glass bottles at a referee and some of Oman’s players. Oman was leading 1-0 when the violence erupted. The Burmese fans turned unruly when a Japanese referee awarded a penalty kick to Oman. […]
Peru Swears In Humala as President
Ollanta Humala has been sworn in as the new president of Peru, succeeding outgoing President Alan Garcia. Mr. Humala was elected on promises he would more evenly distribute the country’s mining wealth and the profits of the country’s recent economic growth. Thirty percent of Peruvians currently live below the poverty line. A number of South […]
Bangladeshi Bus Collides With Truck, 17 Killed
Bangladeshi police say a bus has crashed head on with a truck in the country’s north, killing at least 17 people and injuring more than 20 others. Police say the accident happened Thursday as the bus was traveling north from the capital, Dhaka, with around 40 passengers. It collided with the truck in Bogra district, […]