A powerful car bomb rocked the Turkish capital, Ankara, Tuesday, killing three people and wounding at least 15. The bomb blew up Tuesday near government buildings and a school, damaging cars and shops in the surrounding area. Turkish officials say the blast appears to have been a terrorist attack. Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin said […]
Turkish Bomb Blast Kills 3, Wounds 15
Posted September 20th, 2011 at 7:30 pm (UTC-5)
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Philippine Military Announces One-day Unilateral Ceasefire
Posted September 20th, 2011 at 6:47 pm (UTC-5)
The Philippine military says it will observe a unilateral one-day ceasefire with communist insurgents Wednesday to mark the U.N.-designated International Day of Peace. Colonel Arnulfo Burgos says the military will suspend offensive operations against the communist-rebel New People’s Army between midnight Tuesday and midnight Wednesday. The New people’s Army is the armed component of the […]
Obama Launches Open Government Partnership
Posted September 20th, 2011 at 6:40 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has told a forum in New York that open societies, economies and governments make the “strongest foundation for human progress.” The U.S. president spoke Tuesday at the United Nations to inaugurate a new international Open Government Partnership. There are eight founding members in the partnership, including Mexico, Indonesia, South Africa, the […]
Gunmen Kill 29 People in SW Pakistan
Posted September 20th, 2011 at 6:25 pm (UTC-5)
Twenty-six people were killed and six wounded when unidentified gunmen opened fire Tuesday on Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims traveling by bus to Iran through southwest Pakistan. Local officials said the attack took place in the Mastung district of Baluchistan province, about 50 kilometers from the provincial capital Quetta. The bus driver told reporters there was no […]
European Debt Inspectors to Return to Greece
Posted September 20th, 2011 at 6:10 pm (UTC-5)
Officials from the European Union and International Monetary Fund will be back in Athens next month to resume inspections of the Greek economy and whether it should get another loan payment. EU, IMF, and European Central Bank officials held a second telephone conference call with Greek leaders Tuesday. An EU statement says good progress was […]
Yemen Cease-Fire Takes Hold Amid Deadly Unrest
Posted September 20th, 2011 at 6:08 pm (UTC-5)
An uneasy calm prevailed in the Yemeni capital late Tuesday after Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi’s negotiated cease-fire halted three days of clashes that have killed more than 70 people and wounded hundreds more. Both government forces and dissident troops vowed to stand by the truce. The dissident troops are loyal to Ali Mohsen […]
Top US Military Officials Say Budget Cuts ‘Tough’ but Doable
Posted September 20th, 2011 at 5:43 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta says it will be “very difficult” to cut more than $450 billion over the next decade from the nation’s defense budget, but he says he also sees it as an opportunity to reshape U.S. armed forces for the future. Panetta told reporters Tuesday that defense spending has nearly doubled […]
Suicide Bomber Kills Former Afghan President
Posted September 20th, 2011 at 5:40 pm (UTC-5)
A suicide bomber on Tuesday killed former Afghan president and head of the country’s High Peace Council Burhanuddin Rabbani, who was spearheading peace efforts with the Taliban. Police said the bomber entered Mr. Rabbani’s house late Tuesday for peace talks, and detonated a bomb hidden in his turban while greeting the former president. In a […]
US Stocks Mixed Tuesday
Posted September 20th, 2011 at 4:55 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. stock indexes closed mixed Tuesday as investors wait for news about Greece and the results of the latest U.S. Federal Reserve meeting. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up nearly 8 points to 11,409 while the Standard & Poors-500 was down 2 points to 1,202. The technology-laden NASDAQ was off 22 points to 2,590. […]
A Timeline of Recent Attacks in the Afghan Capital of Kabul
Posted September 20th, 2011 at 4:41 pm (UTC-5)
September 20, 2011 – A suicide bomber detonates explosives hidden in his turban, killing former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, who was spearheading peace efforts with the Taliban. The blast at his Kabul home also kills four other people and wounds Masoom Stanekzai, one of President Hamid Karzai’s key advisors. September 13-14, 2011 – Taliban insurgents […]
