An investigation into U.S. spending in Iraq and Afghanistan finds as much as $60 billion has been lost to waste and fraud. The conclusion is the result of a nearly three-year-long investigation into the use of contractors in the two war zones. The report, by an independent panel and submitted to Congress Wednesday, also warns […]
Report: Up to $60 Billion Wasted in Iraq, Afghanistan
Posted August 31st, 2011 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
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Car Bomb Kills 10 After Eid Prayers in Pakistan
Posted August 31st, 2011 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani police say a suspected suicide car bomber killed 10 people, including women and children, after morning prayers at the start of Eid al-Fitr in southwestern Baluchistan province. Authorities say hundreds of people were leaving a Shi’ite mosque in Quetta when the bomb exploded in a nearby parking lot. Eid al-Fitr is a three-day Muslim […]
Kosovar Admits Killing 2 US Airmen, Wounding 2 Others
Posted August 31st, 2011 at 9:55 am (UTC-5)
A 21-year-old man from Kosovo went on trial in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday and confessed to killing two U.S. Air Force personnel and wounding two others earlier this year. Arid Uka admitted his guilt and apologized on the opening day of his trial, saying he had been influenced by Islamist propaganda. He added that he could […]
North Korea Launches Joint Cruise Venture with China
Posted August 31st, 2011 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
North Korea has joined with Chinese investors to launch a cruise line aimed at carrying foreign tourists to a controversial North Korean seaside resort near its border with South Korea. The inaugural voyage of the cruise vessel, a converted cargo ship, arrived Wednesday at the Mount Kumgang resort carrying 130 Chinese passengers from the North […]
Syrian Activists: Tanks, Troops Raid Hama, Make Arrests
Posted August 31st, 2011 at 9:45 am (UTC-5)
Syrian rights activists and residents say government tanks and troops have entered the central city of Hama, making arrests in a renewed crackdown on the hotbed of opposition to President Bashar al-Assad. The activists and residents say gunfire was heard in Hama on Wednesday, as tanks and military vehicles drove into the city. They say […]
North Korea Launches Joint Cruise Venture with China
Posted August 31st, 2011 at 9:45 am (UTC-5)
North Korea has joined with Chinese investors to launch a cruise line aimed at carrying foreign tourists to a controversial North Korean seaside resort near its border with South Korea. The inaugural voyage of the cruise vessel, a converted cargo ship, arrived Wednesday at the Mount Kumgang resort carrying 130 Chinese passengers from the North […]
Tropical Storm Katia Could Become Hurricane Wednesday
Posted August 31st, 2011 at 9:05 am (UTC-5)
Tropical Storm Katia — the next significant Atlantic storm of the season — could become a hurricane on Wednesday, even as vast clean-up efforts continue in the eastern United States after Hurricane Irene. Katia slowed Wednesday morning as it moved west across the Atlantic Ocean at 33 kilometers per hour. Katia’s top winds already have […]
Nigeria: Al-Qaida-Linked Man Involved in UN Bombing
Posted August 31st, 2011 at 8:40 am (UTC-5)
Nigerian authorities say a man with links to al-Qaida helped orchestrate last week’s bombing of the U.N. headquarters in Abuja that killed 23 people. The Nigerian State Security Service said Wednesday that Mamman Nur, a member of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, masterminded the attack while working “in concert” with two other suspects who […]
Nine Killed, More than 20 Wounded in Chechnya Suicide Attacks
Posted August 31st, 2011 at 8:35 am (UTC-5)
Russian officials say three suicide bombers killed at least nine people Wednesday, including seven policemen, in the Chechen capital Grozny. The first bomber blew himself up when police tried to detain him near the parliament building in central Grozny. Two other suicide bombers set off their explosives near the same place about 20 minutes later, […]
Kosovar Admits Killing 2 US Airmen, Wounding 2 Others
Posted August 31st, 2011 at 8:10 am (UTC-5)
A 21-year old man from Kosovo went on trial in Frankfurt, Germany Wednesday and confessed to killing two U.S. Air Force personnel and wounding two others earlier this year. Arid Uka admitted his guilt and apologized on the opening day of his trial, saying he had been influenced by Islamist propaganda. He added that he […]
