At least six people have been killed in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, in renewed clashes between pro-government forces and opponents of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Witnesses say that some of the people died Thursday when snipers fired on anti-government protesters. Violence in the capital has been escalating since late last week, when Yemen’s youth-led protest movement […]
Clashes Renew in Yemeni Capital, 6 Killed
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 9:14 am (UTC-5)
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Indian Authorities Reach Quake-Affected Villages
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 9:06 am (UTC-5)
Authorities have reached remote villages in northeast India that have been cut off since Sunday, when a strong earthquake hit the Himalayan region, killing at least 109 people. The epicenter of Sunday’s quake was in the Indian state of Sikkim, but deaths and damage were also reported in West Bengal and Bihar states, Nepal, Bhutan […]
Ahmadinejad to Address U.N. General Assembly
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 9:03 am (UTC-5)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will address the United Nations General Assembly Thursday — a day after Iran released two American hikers it had held for two years on suspicion of spying. Iranian media say President Ahmadinejad’s speech is expected to focus on the themes of global management and fundamental reform of the United Nations. During […]
Global Stock Markets Plunge on Doubts About US Economic Recovery
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 9:01 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, and major European markets were all off more than 4 percent in midday trading. The price of crude […]
Pakistan Arrests Extremist Leader for Inciting Sectarian Violence
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 8:57 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani police say they have placed a prominent Islamist militant under house arrest after accusing him of trying to incite sectarian hatred. Officials say Malik Ishaq, the head of the banned Sunni Muslim extremist group Laskhar-e-Jhangvi, is under house arrest for 10 days in the city of Rahim Yar Khan. Police accuse Ishaq of making […]
British Government Offers Compensation to ‘Bloody Sunday’ Families
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 8:55 am (UTC-5)
Britain’s government says it will compensate the families of protestors killed and wounded during the “Bloody Sunday” massacre of 1972 in Northern Ireland. British soldiers opened fire on Catholic protestors in Londonderry during an unauthorized demonstration against Britain’s detention without trial of Irish Republican Army suspects. Thirteen people were killed and 14 others wounded during […]
EU Divided on Schengen Membership for Romania and Bulgaria
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 8:20 am (UTC-5)
European Union interior ministers were divided Thursday over whether to expand the 25-nation Schengen borderless zone to include EU members Romania and Bulgaria. Bulgaria and Romania hope to become a part of the Schengen zone this year and have support from many EU members. But the Netherlands and Finland have expressed opposition, saying that both […]
EU Divided on Schengen Membership for Romania and Bulgaria
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 8:01 am (UTC-5)
European Union interior ministers were divided Thursday over whether to expand the 25-nation Schengen borderless zone to include EU members Romania and Bulgaria. Bulgaria and Romania hope to become a part of the Schengen zone this year and have support from many EU members. But the Netherlands and Finland have expressed opposition, saying that both […]
Karzai: Rabbani Killer Used Fake Peace Message for Access
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 8:00 am (UTC-5)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the suicide bomber who killed former president Burhannuddin Rabbani used a fake peace message from the Taliban to gain access to the peace broker. Mr. Rabbani, the head of Afghanistan’s High Peace Council, was killed Tuesday at his Kabul home when the attacker detonated explosives in his turban. Mr. Rabbani […]
Riots in Zambia as Country Nervously Awaits Election Results
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 7:56 am (UTC-5)
Riots have broken out in north-central Zambia as opposition supporters protest the slow vote count from Tuesday’s presidential election. Police say demonstrators stoned cars and buildings in the cities of Kitwe and Ndola on Thursday, and set fire to a market in Kitwe. Regional police chief Martin Malama told reporters that police were trying to […]
