Yemeni troops opened fire Sunday on a large group of anti-government protesters in the capital, Sana’a, killing one person. Sunday’s shooting is the latest violence in Yemen since President Ali Abdullah Saleh unexpectedly returned to the country Friday after a 3-month stay in neighboring Saudi Arabia, recuperating from a June assassination attempt. On Saturday, clashes […]
Kenya’s Makau Breaks World Marathon Record
A Kenyan runner has set a new world marathon record. Patrick Makau won the Berlin Marathon Sunday, running the 42.2 kilometers in 2 hours, 3 minutes, 38 seconds. Makau’s time is 21 seconds better than the previous record, held by Ethiopia’s Haile Gebrselassie, who set that record in Berlin three years ago. Kenyans took the […]
Plane Crashes in Nepal, Kills All 19 Onboard
Aviation officials in Nepal say a plane carrying tourists to view Mount Everest has crashed, killing all 19 people onboard. Authorities say one passenger initially survived the crash Sunday, but died later in a hospital. Tourism officials say the Buddha Air Beechcraft was carrying 10 Indians, 2 Americans, 1 Japanese and 3 Nepali passengers. The […]
Mexico Killing Tied to Internet Anti Drug Posting
Mexican police say killing of a woman journalist whose decapitated body was found near the U.S. border appears to be the work of a violent drug cartel. Police believe the victim, Marisol Marcia Castaneda was killed in retaliation for her anti-drug postings on a social media site. Castaneda was an editor with the Nuevo Laredo […]
10 Killed in Iraq Shrine City
Iraqi police say multiple bomb blasts have killed at least six people and wounded more than a dozen others in the Iraqi shrine city of Karbala, about 80 kilometers south of the capital, Baghdad. Police say a bomb exploded outside the offices where passport and identity cards are issued. Officials say other blasts went off […]
Bullfighting to End in Spain’s Catalonia
Spain’s top bullfighters are gathered in Barcelona for a final day of fights before the blood sport is banned across the northeastern region of Catalonia. Three matadors will each put two bulls to death by the sword in the century-old La Monumental arena in Barcelona. The ban takes effect on January 1, but Sunday’s fights […]
Pakistan PM: US in ‘Disarray’ in Afghanistan
Pakistan’s prime minister says U.S. allegations Pakistan is helping Afghan insurgents are indicative of the “confusion and policy disarray” within the U.S. establishment on the way forward in Afghanistan. Yousuf Raza Gilani said late Saturday Washington’s recent “propaganda blitz” against Pakistan was “most unfortunate,” ignoring the achievements and sacrifices of the Pakistani people. Meanwhile, Pakistan’s […]
Pakistan PM: US in ‘Disarray’ in Afghanistan
Pakistan’s prime minister says U.S. allegations Pakistan is helping Afghan insurgents are indicative of the “confusion and policy disarray” within the U.S. establishment on the way forward in Afghanistan. Yousuf Raza Gilani said late Saturday Washington’s recent “propaganda blitz” against Pakistan was “most unfortunate,” ignoring the achievements and sacrifices of the Pakistani people. Meanwhile, Pakistan’s […]
1 Dead, 20 Injured in Indonesia Church Bombing
Indonesian police say a suicide bomber detonated his explosives outside a Protestant church in Central Java province Sunday, killing himself and injuring several others. Witnesses say the blast outside the Kepunton church in the town of Solo killed the bomber and at least three other people, but police say only the bomber has so far […]
Horn of Africa Summit Nets $200 Million in New Pledges
The United Nations says more than a dozen countries have made $218 million in new pledges toward drought and humanitarian relief in the Horn of Africa. The funding announced Saturday came during a mini summit on the ongoing crisis in the Horn of Africa. Around 13 million people in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Djibouti have […]