Pakistani police continue to look for leads into the kidnapping of a U.S. citizen from his residence in the eastern city of Lahore. Development expert Warren Weinstein was snatched by gunmen early Saturday morning after they overpowered guards and broke into his house. No one has claimed responsibility for the abduction. Police have questioned the […]
Pakistan Search for Leads in Case of Kidnapped American
Posted August 14th, 2011 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
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Twin Bombings Kill 5 in Baghdad
Posted August 14th, 2011 at 1:20 pm (UTC-5)
Five Iraqi security force members have been killed in a pair of apparently coordinated bombings in Baghdad. Military officials say a roadside bomb exploded in the northern Adhamiya district of the capital on Sunday and then a second blast hit after security forces rushed to the scene. Officials say the blasts killed two army officers […]
Suicide Bomber Hits Algerian Police Station
Posted August 14th, 2011 at 12:55 pm (UTC-5)
A suicide bomber attacked a police station in eastern Algeria early Sunday, wounding about 30 people. The official Algerian news agency APS reports the attacker tried to ram a pick-up truck into the station entrance in the town of Tizi Ouzou, about 100 kilometers east of the capital, Algiers. The news agency said the blast […]
Libyan Rebels Report Gains Near Tripoli
Posted August 14th, 2011 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
Libyan rebels say they have seized control of parts of the strategic city of Zawiya, a claim the Libyan government denies. Rebels say they pushed farther into western districts of the coastal city on Sunday, despite intense clashes with forces loyal to leader Moammar Gadhafi. Zawiya is near a major highway and is just 50 […]
U.S. Fair Stage Collapses, Killing Five
Posted August 14th, 2011 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
Five people died and more than 40 were injured when a stage collapsed during a severe storm at a state fair in the midwestern U.S. city of Indianapolis. The deadly incident occurred Saturday at the Indiana State Fair just before the country music group Sugarland was about to mount the stage to perform. No one […]
Norwegian Mass Killer Returned to Scene of Crime
Posted August 14th, 2011 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
Norwegian authorities say the 32-year-old gunman who confessed to killing 69 people last month on a lake island has described the killings with “many new details” during a heavily-guarded visit to the crime scene. Prosecutor Paal-Fredrik Hjort, speaking Sunday in Oslo, said gunman Anders Behring Breivik led police on a eight hour route that traced […]
22 Killed in Syria’s Siege on Port City
Posted August 14th, 2011 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
Syrian security forces have stepped up their deadly crackdown on dissent in Latakia, where the military is blasting the port city with gunfire from land and sea. Activists and witnesses say military vessels mounted with machine guns began firing on coastal districts Sunday, a day after tanks rolled into the city. They say at least […]
Judge Adjourns Trial of Egypt’s Former Interior Minister
Posted August 14th, 2011 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
The trial resumed on Sunday for Egypt’s former interior minister and six deputies accused of giving the orders that led to the killings of hundreds of protesters during this year’s anti-government uprising. However, the judge abruptly ended the session after encountering multiple demands from lawyers for the plaintiffs. Former minister Habib al-Adly could face the […]
Afghan Suicide Bombers Attack Governor’s Compound Killing 22
Posted August 14th, 2011 at 11:10 am (UTC-5)
At least 22 people were killed eastern Afghanistan when a group of gunmen and suicide bombers attacked the compound of the provincial governor. Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry says a group of six gunmen and suicide bombers stormed the compound of Parwan Governor Abdul Basir Salangi on Sunday after militants detonated a suicide car bomb at the […]
New U.S. Ambassador to China Urges Broad Cooperation
Posted August 14th, 2011 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
The new U.S. ambassador to China, Gary Locke, is pledging to strengthen bilateral ties, saying China-U.S. cooperation in business, science and academia could lead to solutions to “many of the problems facing the entire world.” Locke spoke Sunday in Beijing, at his first news conference since arriving in the capital last week. Flanked by family […]
