Afghan officials say a bomb has exploded in a busy market in southern Afghanistan, killing at least seven people. Tuesday’s attack in the Dihrawud district of Uruzgan province took place as people were shopping in preparation to break their fast for the holy month of Ramadan. Authorities say the bomb was planted on a motorcycle. […]
Bomb Explodes in Busy Southern Afghan Market
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 2:35 pm (UTC-5)
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Guinea’s President Pardons Opposition Activists Arrested in April
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 2:30 pm (UTC-5)
Guinean President Alpha Conde has pardoned about 40 opposition members whom authorities arrested in April on suspicion of disturbing public order. In a statement late Monday, Mr. Conde said he pardoned opposition activists who were jailed for violence and vandalism as they celebrated the return of opposition leader Cellou Diallo to the capital Conakry on […]
Obama Calls on US Lawmakers to Focus on American People
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 2:25 pm (UTC-5)
President Barack Obama has accused some members of Congress of focusing on next year’s elections, instead of passing legislation to help the American people. The president spoke at a rural economic forum in the state of Iowa Tuesday on the second day of a three-day bus tour of the U.S. midwest. In an apparent reference […]
Palestinian President to Submit Statehood Proposal to UN Chief
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 2:25 pm (UTC-5)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says an application for Palestinian statehood will be submitted to the U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon in September. Mr. Abbas made the announcement in Sarajevo Tuesday as he completed a trip to Bosnia-Herzegovina, where he pressed government officials to support a Palestinian bid for statehood. He then traveled to Lebanon, where he […]
Details of Australian Bomb Hoax Emerge
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 2:25 pm (UTC-5)
Court documents in the United States are giving new details on an alleged extortion plot that targeted the teen daughter of an Australian businessman. The documents, released Tuesday by a court in the eastern U.S. state of Kentucky, allege 50-year-old Paul “Doug” Peters entered the Sydney, Australia home of 18-year-old Madeleine Pulver earlier this month […]
Death Toll Mounts From Syrian Crackdown
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 2:10 pm (UTC-5)
Syrian security forces are using heavy machine gun fire in the port city of Latakia, where President Bashar al-Assad’s government has been cracking down on opposition demonstrators the past four days. Activists and residents say at least five people were killed Tuesday in Latakia. They say security forces have killed at least 35 people in […]
Sri Lanka Signs $500 Million Port Deal with China
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 2:00 pm (UTC-5)
Sri Lanka’s government has signed a $500 million deal with China to build a new container terminal at the country’s main port in the capital, Colombo. Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry says the deal is the country’s largest private-sector foreign investment. The port will be upgraded in two phases with the first part being completed by […]
Suspected US Drone Strike Kills 4 in Pakistan
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 1:40 pm (UTC-5)
A suspected U.S. drone strike has killed four people in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal region. Pakistani officials and local media say that two missiles from an un-manned American aircraft struck a compound and a vehicle parked outside it early Tuesday in the town of Miran Shah. Officials say at least four suspected militants were killed […]
Germany, France Call for Common Eurozone Economic Government
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 1:35 pm (UTC-5)
The leaders of Germany and France are calling for a common economic government for the 17 nations that employ the euro currency and said all the countries should approve laws by the middle of next year requiring mandatory balanced budgets. After meeting in Paris Tuesday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he and German Chancellor Angela […]
Clinton Calls for “Active Political Process” in Afghanistan
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 1:25 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s announcement that he will not run for re-election means there must be an “active political process” to elect a successor. Clinton made the comment Tuesday at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. She said the U.S. wants the Afghan government to be Afghan-led […]
