Iraq has summoned Turkey’s ambassador to demand an end to Turkish air strikes against Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq. Iraq’s foreign ministry said Thursday that it had launched a formal protest against the strikes, which have killed seven Iraqi civilians. On Tuesday, Turkey said it had killed an estimated 90 to 100 Kurdish rebels […]
Iraq Summons Turkey’s Envoy Over Military Strikes
Posted August 25th, 2011 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
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Putin Orders Improved Oversight at Russian Space Agency
Posted August 25th, 2011 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian space agency to improve its oversight of spacecraft production after an unmanned rocket crashed shortly after launch Wednesday. Thursday’s comments were Mr. Putin’s first public response to the incident. It was the second failed launch for the Russian agency, know as Roscosmos, in less than a […]
US Braces for Hurricane Irene
Posted August 25th, 2011 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
Authorities along the southeastern coast of the United States are evacuating residents and beach visitors, as a powerful hurricane heads toward the area. Forecasters issued a hurricane watch for much of the North Carolina coast Thursday, as Hurricane Irene pounded The Bahamas with winds as high as 185 kilometers per hour. Irene is currently a […]
ICC’s First War Crimes Trial Comes to Close
Posted August 25th, 2011 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
The International Criminal Court is set to conclude its first-ever trial, the case of a Congolese warlord accused of recruiting child soldiers. Thomas Lubanga was the first suspect to be tried by the world’s permanent war crimes tribunal, which was established in 2002. The trial got underway in 2009, three years after Lubanga’s arrest. During […]
Bomb Blast Kills 9 in Northwest Pakistan
Posted August 25th, 2011 at 1:05 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say a bomb explosion at a crowded market in the country’s northwest has killed at least nine people. The blast occurred late Thursday in the town of Risalpur in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. At least 12 people were wounded when the bomb went off as people were shopping for the upcoming Muslim festival of Eid. […]
Apple Computer Chief Steve Jobs Resigns
Posted August 25th, 2011 at 12:40 pm (UTC-5)
The co-founder and chief executive officer of computer firm Apple Incorporated, Steve Jobs, has resigned due to health problems. He helped build Apple into the world’s most valuable technology company after the firm nearly collapsed in the 1990s. Jobs is known as a perfectionist, obsessively focused on making products that are easy to use and […]
Libya’s Gadhafi Urges Supporters to Resist Enemy “Rats”
Posted August 25th, 2011 at 12:35 pm (UTC-5)
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has urged his supporters to rise up and defeat the rebels trying to oust him from power. In a short audio broadcast on Thursday, he described his opponents as “rats” and also denounced foreign countries for their involvement in the conflict. His speech came as fierce gunbattles between Gadhafi loyalists and […]
Sarkozy Talks Euro Debt, Libya with China
Posted August 25th, 2011 at 12:35 pm (UTC-5)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy paid a brief visit to the Chinese capital Thursday, and later said Chinese President Hu Jintao voiced confidence in the European economy and its currency, the euro. Mr. Sarkozy, en route to the South Pacific, later said his talks with the Chinese leader focused in large part on an upcoming summit […]
Roadside Bombs Kill 3 NATO Soldiers in Afghanistan
Posted August 25th, 2011 at 12:35 pm (UTC-5)
NATO says roadside bombs have killed three of its service members in Afghanistan. The soldiers were killed Thursday in two separate attacks in the south. The coalition did not give details. More than 390 international troops have been killed in Afghanistan so far this year. Taliban insurgents are increasingly using improvised explosive devices to target […]
Suspected US Surveillance Drone Crashes in Pakistan
Posted August 25th, 2011 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say a suspected U.S. surveillance drone crashed in southwest Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan Thursday. Security officials say the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crashed in the border town of Chaman in Baluchistan province. Pakistani officials say the aircraft carried cameras and other equipment, but no weapons. They said it most likely came […]
