Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says an alleged plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States was fabricated by Washington to cause a rift between Tehran and Saudi Arabia, and to divert attention from U.S. economic problems. In an interview on Al-Jazeera television late Monday, Mr. Ahmadinejad said the U.S. will achieve nothing by […]
Iran’s Ahmadinejad Rejects U.S. Plot Allegations
Posted October 17th, 2011 at 5:50 pm (UTC-5)
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Obama Begins Southern Tour to Urge Passge of Jobs Legislation
Posted October 17th, 2011 at 5:35 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama Monday began a campaign-style bus tour of two southern states to promote his economic policies and put pressure on Republicans in Congress to pass at least part of his $447 billion jobs bill The president is spending three days in North Carolina and Virginia, states that he won in 2008 and […]
Record Support for Olympic Truce Resolution
Posted October 17th, 2011 at 5:30 pm (UTC-5)
Britain says a United Nations resolution calling for a global truce for the 2012 London Summer games has the largest number of co-sponsors in U.N. history. All 193 U.N. members have signed on to the resolution. British Foreign Office undersecretary Harry Bellingham calls it an astonishing level of agreement which shows that long-term peace and […]
Tibetan Nun Self-Immolates in Anti-China Protest
Posted October 17th, 2011 at 4:40 pm (UTC-5)
A Tibetan Buddhist nun has set herself on fire in southwestern China to protest Chinese policies in the region. The Tibetan exile network, known as Free Tibet, reported that the nun, 20-year-old Tenzin Wangmo, died Monday after lighting herself on fire in Sichuan province near the border with Tibet. The London-based group said she was […]
Serbs Plan to Resist NATO Attempt to Tear Down Kosovo Barricades
Posted October 17th, 2011 at 4:30 pm (UTC-5)
NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo are now giving ethnic Serbs until Tuesday to take down roadblocks near northern border crossings or they say the troops will do it themselves. Commander Erhard Drews originally had given the Serbs a Monday deadline, but extended it 24 hours. The barricades are stopping NATO convoys from getting through to supply […]
US Stocks Slide In Monday’s Trading
Posted October 17th, 2011 at 4:15 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. stocks fell in Monday’s trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 2.1 percent to close at 11,398. The S&P 500 slid 1.9 percent to end at 1,201. The NASDAQ fell 2 percent to finish at 2,615. European stocks also were lower at the close. London’s Financial Times 100 index slid a half-percent to finish […]
Russia’s Putin Discusses Presidential Run in Nationally Televised Interview
Posted October 17th, 2011 at 4:10 pm (UTC-5)
Russian Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin has appeared in a nationally televised interview to explain why he is trying for a controversial third term as the country’s president. In the interview, broadcast Monday on Russia’s three main TV networks, Putin made a rare admission of the public’s discontent with the current situation in […]
Suicide Attack Targets North Afghanistan Intel Chief
Posted October 17th, 2011 at 4:10 pm (UTC-5)
A suicide bomber targeted the convoy of a northern Afghanistan provincial intelligence chief early Monday, killing a young boy and wounding at least four others, including the official. Local police said the attacker blew himself up as Sayed Ahmad Sadat, the chief of National Directorate of Security in Faryab province, was on his way to […]
Cameroon Opposition Calls For Protests if Vote Stands
Posted October 17th, 2011 at 4:00 pm (UTC-5)
Seven opposition candidates in Cameroon say if results from the recent presidential election are not thrown out, they will call on their supporters to begin protesting in the streets. The candidates said Monday that because of irregularities and fraud during the vote, there can be no legitimate winner. They called for a new election to […]
Peace Conference Urges Basque Group ETA to Renounce Violence
Posted October 17th, 2011 at 3:50 pm (UTC-5)
Former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan and other international negotiators have urged the Basque separatist group ETA to make a declaration renouncing violence in its four-decade-long struggle for independence. Delegates at Monday’s conference in the Basque city of San Sebastian recommended that ETA make a definitive public resolution to lay down arms and cease all […]
