Pakistani officials say unidentified gunmen in central and northwestern parts of the country have set fire to at least seven tankers carrying fuel for foreign troops in neighboring Afghanistan. The officials say that late Monday, an explosion at a terminal at the Torkham border crossing in the northwest destroyed at least three tankers. Minutes later, […]
Tropical Storm Gert Misses Bermuda
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 6:35 pm (UTC-5)
Authorities in Bermuda have discontinued all storm warnings as Tropical Storm Gert turns away from the island, heading over open waters where it poses no further threat to land. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said in its latest bulletin Monday that Gert was 220 kilometers east-northeast of Bermuda, moving to the northeast with […]
Newspaper: Russian Agents Foil Plot to Blow Up High Speed Passenger Train
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 6:30 pm (UTC-5)
A Russian newspaper says federal agents foiled a plot by alleged militants from the North Caucasus to blow up a high-speed passenger train between Moscow and St. Petersburg. Kommersant Monday printed details of the plot outlined by the Federal Security Service for President Dmitry Medvedev last month. Kommersant says a group of insurgents, led by […]
US Welcomes Burma’s Allowing Aung San Suu Kyi to Travel
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 6:05 pm (UTC-5)
The United States has welcomed the move by Burmese authorities to allow opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to travel inside the country and address her supporters. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters Monday that the United States is encouraged by Aung San Suu Kyi’s recent talks with the Burmese government and her new […]
Somali Terror Suspect Appears in US Court
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 5:45 pm (UTC-5)
A Somali man extradited from the Netherlands this week appeared in U.S. federal court Monday on charges of supporting al-Shabab terrorists. The court in Minneapolis, Minnesota indicted Mahamud Said Omar in 2009 for allegedly backing a foreign terrorist group and conspiring to kill, kidnap and injure people overseas. The indictment alleges that Omar gave money […]
4 Killed in Attack on Military Depot in Afghanistan
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 5:20 pm (UTC-5)
Afghan militants have attacked a supply depot outside the main international military base in southern Kandahar province, killing four security guards. Kandahar provincial spokesman Zalmai Ayubi said insurgents armed with explosives Monday stormed the compound operated by Netherlands-based Supreme Group, which supplies fuel to the military. Earlier in the day, militants attacked a district government […]
Barenboim Leads Korean Border Concert
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 4:45 pm (UTC-5)
Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim has held a concert in South Korea, near the tense border with North Korea. Barenboim led his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra of Israeli and Arab musicians Monday in a performance of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, aimed at promoting peace on the Korean peninsula. A South Korean choir accompanied the choral fourth movement of […]
Indian PM Vows Strict Action Against Graft
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 4:45 pm (UTC-5)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday his government will take the “strictest possible action” to counter widespread corruption in the country. In a speech in New Delhi marking the 64th anniversary of India’s independence from Britain, Mr. Singh said there is “no magic wand” to solve the issue. He said the government was fighting […]
Israel Approves 277 Apartment Units In West Bank
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 4:30 pm (UTC-5)
Israel has approved the construction of 277 new housing units in a Jewish settlement located deep in the occupied West Bank. Israel’s Defense Ministry said Monday that Defense Minister Ehud Barak approved the new housing in the Ariel settlement. It said Israel would reserve at least 100 of those units for Israelis evacuated from Gaza […]
US Releases Documents on Bay of Pigs Invasion
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 4:20 pm (UTC-5)
Newly declassified documents show that a CIA field operative accidentally fired on friendly pilots during the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961. The documents were released Monday by George Washington University’s National Security Archive. According to the papers, the operative fired rifles and machine guns on B-26 aircraft the CIA had supplied […]
