Fighters with Libya’s National Transitional Council are claiming control in the town of Sabha, one of the few remaining strongholds for loyalists to Moammar Gadhafi. The NTC said Thursday that its forces have gained control of all districts of the southern town but still face pockets of resistance from snipers. Provisional authority fighters said Wednesday […]
Libya’s NTC Claims Control in Gadhafi Stronghold
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 11:57 am (UTC-5)
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US Military: Pakistan ‘Exports Violence’ to Afghanistan
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 11:54 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. military’s top officer has accused Pakistan of exporting violent extremism to Afghanistan by using militants as a “veritable arm” of its military spy service. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Navy Admiral Mike Mullen, told U.S. senators Thursday that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence uses the al-Qaida-linked Haqqani network to act in Afghanistan […]
Report: Kurdish Militant Group Claims Ankara Bomb Attack
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 11:54 am (UTC-5)
A pro-Kurdish news agency says a Kurdish militant group has claimed responsibility for the car bomb attack in Ankara Tuesday that killed three people and wounded at least 15 others. In an email sent to the Firat news agency Thursday, the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons said it carried out Tuesday’s bombing and threatened more attacks in […]
Possible US Government Shutdown Looming Again
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 11:50 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says lawmakers are at an impasse over how to keep the federal government funded past September 30, when current funding expires. Reid spoke on Capitol Hill Thursday — a day after the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives defeated a bill that would have funded federal government operations past that […]
Romania, Bulgaria Denied Entry Into Europe’s Borderless Zone
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 11:31 am (UTC-5)
European Union interior ministers have denied Romania and Bulgaria entry into Europe’s borderless free-travel zone. Polish Interior Minister Jerzy Miller said Thursday the two EU members were promised a place in the 25-nation Schengen zone, but that promise was broken. He questioned the mutual trust among Schengen member states. Miller spoke after a meeting of […]
9 Killed in Violence in Yemen’s Capital
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 11:29 am (UTC-5)
The death toll from five days of clashes between pro- and anti-government forces in Yemen neared 100 on Thursday after renewed fighting erupted in the capital, Sana’a. Witnesses and medical officials say at least nine people were killed in Thursday’s unrest in the capital. Witnesses say several of those killed were bystanders who were caught […]
NASA Satellite to Fall to Earth Friday
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 11:28 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. space agency NASA says a defunct, school bus-sized satellite is expected to crash to Earth on Friday, but it is uncertain where the debris will land. NASA said Thursday that it has ruled out North America as a crash site for the 5.4-metric ton satellite, which will break up into pieces upon re-entry […]
Pope Begins State Visit to Germany Amid Calls for Church Reform
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
Pope Benedict has warned Germans of the danger of ignoring religion as he began his first state visit to his native country. But he acknowledged the damage caused by the sex abuse scandal that has rocked the Roman Catholic Church. Speaking at a formal welcoming ceremony at President Christian Wullf’s Bellevue palace Thursday, the pope […]
US Military: Pakistan ‘Exports Violence’ to Afghanistan
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 11:13 am (UTC-5)
The top U.S. military official has accused Pakistan of exporting violent extremism to Afghanistan by using militants as an “arm” of its military spy service. The Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen told U.S. senators Thursday that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence uses the al-Qaida-linked Haqqani network to act in Afghanistan against Afghan and coalition forces. […]
Global Markets Plunge on Economic Recovery Doubts
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 11:11 am (UTC-5)
Global stock markets plunged Thursday in reaction to the U.S. central bank’s dim prospects for the world’s largest economy and fears that its latest move to boost the economy will not prove effective. Asian markets dropped sharply, major European markets were all off more than 4 percent in afternoon trading and U.S. stock markets also […]
