Yemeni officials said Sunday a government plane has mistakenly bombed a building in a southern region of the country, killing at least 20 Yemeni soldiers. The Associated Press says the soldiers had taken shelter in the abandoned school building. Details of the deadly incident Saturday are still not clear. The French news agency reports al-Qaida […]
20 Yemen Soldiers Killed in Mistaken Airstrike
Posted October 2nd, 2011 at 6:05 am (UTC-5)
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Zimbabwean President In Singapore for Medical Treatment
Posted October 2nd, 2011 at 5:45 am (UTC-5)
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has taken his seventh trip to Singapore this year for medical treatment. A government spokesman says Mr. Mugabe is getting a check-up following an eye operation earlier this year. The spokesman said the 87-year-old president of Zimbabwe is expected to return home Sunday. Speculations on Mr. Mugabe’s overall health has intensified […]
Thai PM Twitter Account Hacked
Posted October 2nd, 2011 at 5:30 am (UTC-5)
A hacker took over the Twitter account of recently-elected Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Sunday, accusing her government of incompetence and cronyism. In eight posts, the unidentified hacker criticized the Yingluck administration on a variety of subjects, including her response to recent serious flooding and a number of key government policies. The final post said, […]
Gandhi Makes First Public Appearance Since Surgery
Posted October 2nd, 2011 at 5:20 am (UTC-5)
Sonia Gandhi, the head of India’s ruling Congress Party, has made her first public appearance in India since undergoing surgery in the U.S. for an undisclosed illness. She participated Sunday in a birthday memorial in New Delhi for independence hero Mahatma Gandhi. Sonia Gandhi returned to India in early September and resumed work about a […]
Indonesia Arrests Bombing Suspect
Posted October 2nd, 2011 at 5:10 am (UTC-5)
Indonesian authorities said Sunday that they have arrested one of the country’s most wanted Muslim militants, accused of plotting suicide attacks. Police said Beni Asri was captured last week in the town of Solok in West Sumatra province. Asri is suspected of helping plot a suicide bombing in a packed church in the central Java […]
Presidential Candidate Supports US Military Involvement in Mexico Drug War
Posted October 2nd, 2011 at 4:25 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Republican Party presidential candidate Rick Perry says he would get the U.S. military involved in Mexico’s war against drug cartels. Perry, who is governor of the border state of Texas, said Saturday U.S. military involvement would be similar to helping Colombia deal with drug trafficking. The U.S. military’s work in Colombia has been as […]
Philippines Struggles After Two Typhoons
Posted October 2nd, 2011 at 3:00 am (UTC-5)
Rescuers are struggling Sunday to reach communities in northern provinces of the main Philippine island of Luzon, which were hit by two powerful typhoons last week Officials fanned out across flooded towns north of the capital of Manila in small boats and trucks, delivering food and water and pleading with residents who still refused to […]
Family Members Killed as Civilians Flee Libya’s Sirte
Posted October 2nd, 2011 at 1:35 am (UTC-5)
Shelling has killed at least three members of a family, including a child, near the Libyan town of Sirte where civilians are trying to flee heavy fighting between provisional government forces and Moammar Gadhafi’s loyalists. Medical officials say the family’s vehicle was struck Saturday as it was stopped in traffic while driving out of the […]
