China has installed the country’s first gold vending machine, giving ordinary consumers the opportunity to conveniently safeguard their cash amid rising prices and global financial insecurity. The official People’s Daily newspaper reported Sunday that shoppers in Beijing’s Wangfujing Street shopping district can withdraw gold bars or coins of various values based on market prices. Each […]
China Installs First Gold Vending Machine
Palestinian President Receives Hero’s Welcome in West Bank
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has told thousands of supporters in the West Bank city of Ramallah they are part of a “Palestinian Spring” and that he would resume peace talks only if Israel stopped building settlements in occupied territory. Mr. Abbas received a hero’s welcome Sunday as he returned to the West Bank from New […]
Boeing’s Dreamliner Becomes a Reality for Japanese Airline
The U.S. aircraft maker Boeing has delivered the first of its long-awaited 787 Dreamliner planes to the Japanese airline All Nippon, more than three years behind schedule. All Nippon took delivery of the $200 million high-tech jet Sunday in Boeing’s home city of Seattle . A public ceremony is planned for Monday, and the jet […]
Erdogan: Turkey-Iran Efforts Against Kurdish Rebels to Continue
Turkey’s prime minister says cross-border military operations will continue against Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq, confirming that Ankara is cooperating with Iran against members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party. Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that joint military operations with Iran against PKK rebels will no longer be postponed. Both countries already are sharing […]
13 Militants, 2 Soldiers Killed in Philippines Clash
Authorities in the southern Philippines say 13 suspected Muslim militants and two soldiers were killed Sunday in a clash between members of a little-known rebel group and government troops on Jolo island. A military spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Randolph Cabangbang, said about 50 young gunmen attacked the Marine outpost in Sulu province, triggering a two-hour battle. […]
Libya Finds Mass Grave From 1996 Massacre
Libya’s interim rulers say they have found a mass grave believed to hold the remains of 1,270 inmates killed by Moammar Gadhafi’s security forces in a notorious 1996 massacre at Tripoli’s Abu Salim prison. Investigators found the site, a field scattered with bone fragments, using information obtained from witnesses and former Gadhafi officials. Authorities believe […]
Libya Finds Mass Grave From 1996 Massacre
Libya’s interim rulers say they have found a mass grave believed to hold the remains of 1,270 inmates killed by Moammar Gadhafi’s security forces in a notorious 1996 massacre at Tripoli’s Abu Salim prison. Investigators found the site, a field scattered with bone fragments, near the prison walls, and using information obtained from witnesses and […]
More than 120 Arrested in Ethnic Clashes in Bulgaria
Police in Bulgaria have arrested more than 120 people in a small southern village following several days of ethnic riots. The violence erupted Friday in Katunitsa, after a 19-year old teenager was struck and killed by a mini-bus driver linked to to a local Roma leader. More than 500 angry residents gathered in front of […]
Iran Held Us Because of Nationality, Not Actions
Two American hikers imprisoned two years ago in Iran on charges of espionage say they were held because they are Americans, not because they did anything wrong. Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer, who were arrested with their friend Sarah Shourd while hiking along the Iraq-Iran border in July 2009 — were freed Wednesday after Oman […]
Gunfire Heard from Kabul CIA Compound
Afghan officials say a compound used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in Kabul came under attack late Sunday. The officials said gunfire was heard near the Ariana Hotel, the CIA’s station in the Afghan capital. There was no immediate word on casualties. A U.S. official in Washington confirmed there was an attack on a […]