At least seven people have been killed in bombings in Grozny, the capital of Russia’s Chechnya region. Officials say a suspect blew himself up when police tried to arrest him in central Grozny. There was a second blast minutes later that officials believe was also caused by a suicide bomber. At least four of those […]
Seven Dead, 16 Wounded in Chechnya Suicide Attacks
Posted August 30th, 2011 at 11:40 pm (UTC-5)
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Sudan Lodges Complaint Against South Sudan At UN
Posted August 30th, 2011 at 9:40 pm (UTC-5)
Sudan has submitted a complaint about South Sudan to the U.N. Security Council, accusing the south of sparking unrest in a border state. A spokesman for Sudan’s foreign ministry said Tuesday that the complaint accuses South Sudan of supporting rebels in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan state. Sudan’s government is battling ethnic Nuba fighters in the state, […]
China Calls for Crackdown on Internet Rumors
Posted August 30th, 2011 at 9:35 pm (UTC-5)
China’s state news agency has called for a crackdown on what it calls the spread of toxic rumors over the Internet. In an article Tuesday, published only in Chinese, Xinhua criticized the increasingly popular social networking sites for spreading rumors like cancer, and urged preventive action. The Xinhua article comes just days after a senior […]
Syrian Forces Kill 7 as Eid Festival Begins
Posted August 30th, 2011 at 8:50 pm (UTC-5)
Activists say Syrian troops have killed at least seven people — including a 13-year-old boy — emerging from mosques on the first day of the Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan. Tuesday’s bloodshed took place at the start of the Eid al-Fitr festival in southern Daraa province, the central city of Homs and the […]
Editor of Venezuelan Weekly Newspaper Surrenders
Posted August 30th, 2011 at 8:35 pm (UTC-5)
The editor of a Venezuelan weekly newspaper has turned himself in to authorities in connection with a controversial photomontage that recently led to the temporary shutdown of the paper. Media reports say Leocenis Garcia, the editor of 6to Poder surrendered Tuesday at a military post in Venezuela’s Zulia state. The move comes one day after […]
WikiLeaks Says Website Cyber-attacked
Posted August 30th, 2011 at 8:35 pm (UTC-5)
The anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks says its website is under attack. The group said on its twitter feed Tuesday its main site was brought down by a cyber-attack, but it provided a link where it said visitors could still search through its trove of leaked U.S. diplomatic cables. In a second message a few minutes later, […]
Chinese Investor Seeks Land in Iceland
Posted August 30th, 2011 at 7:45 pm (UTC-5)
A Chinese tycoon wants to buy a large area in Iceland to build a luxury hotel and environmentally-friendly resort. News reports say real estate investor Huang Nubo has made a preliminary deal to buy about 300 square kilometers of land in the north-east of the Nordic country. But Iceland’s Interior Minister Ogmundur Jonasson told reporters […]
14 Chilean Miners Receive Pension Benefits
Posted August 30th, 2011 at 7:45 pm (UTC-5)
The Chilean government has given special pensions to 14 of the 33 miners who were trapped underground for more than two months last year. The 14 miners were recognized Tuesday during a ceremony that first lady Cecilia Morel attended in the town of Copiapo. Each miner will receive a monthly income of about $530. The […]
Man Arrested for Smuggling Snakes in His Pants
Posted August 30th, 2011 at 7:25 pm (UTC-5)
A man has been has been arrested after trying to smuggle seven exotic snakes and three tortoises onto an airplane in his pants. The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday the animals were discovered while the man passed through a body scan at Miami International Airport last week. The reptiles were hidden in nylon bags […]
UN To Reasses Security Threats After Nigeria Bombing
Posted August 30th, 2011 at 7:20 pm (UTC-5)
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the United Nations will review security threats to its buildings around the world in the wake of last week’s bombing of the U.N. headquarters in Nigeria. Mr. Ban told the U.N. Security Council Tuesday that the international organization will be undertaking a full review of the bombing itself as […]
