Saudi leaders have held the funeral for the late Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz, setting the stage for the kingdom to name a new heir to the throne. World leaders and other mourners packed a mosque in Riyadh on Tuesday to pay their last respects to Crown Prince Sultan. He died in New York, on […]
Infant Girl Rescued As Death Toll Rises From Turkey’s Earthquake
Posted October 25th, 2011 at 11:20 pm (UTC-5)
The death toll from Sunday’s earthquake in southeastern Turkey has risen to 459. At least 1,300 people are injured. The number of casualties from the 7.2 magnitude quake is expected to rise — with hundreds, even thousands, still trapped under the debris and thousands left homeless. Aid workers who continue to search for survivors rescued […]
Survivors Rescued But Death Toll Rises From Turkey’s Earthquake
Posted October 25th, 2011 at 10:55 pm (UTC-5)
The death toll from Sunday’s earthquake in southeastern Turkey has risen to 432. At least 1,300 people are injured. The number of casualties from the 7.2 magnitude quake is expected to rise — with hundreds, even thousands, still trapped under the debris and thousands left homeless. Aid workers who continue to search for survivors rescued […]
Japan Pledges to Begin US Base Relocation in Okinawa by Year-End
Posted October 25th, 2011 at 10:15 pm (UTC-5)
Japanese Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa told his U.S. counterpart, Leon Panetta, Tuesday that Japan will complete by the end of 2011 an environmental assessment on the planned transfer of a key U.S. military base in Okinawa to another location on the island. At a joint news conference in Tokyo, Panetta welcomed Ichikawa’s promise to submit […]
Tunisian Islamists, Liberal Partners in Talks to Form Unity Govt.
Posted October 25th, 2011 at 9:55 pm (UTC-5)
Tunisia’s moderate Islamist party has begun talks to form an interim unity government with a pair of liberal rivals, after preliminary election results showed the Islamists winning more than 40 percent of the vote. Partial tallies released Tuesday support the Ennahdha party’s claim that it has won the most seats in a 217-member assembly. Its […]
Gunfire, Explosions Heard After Yemeni Troops, Rivals Declare Cease-fire
Posted October 25th, 2011 at 9:00 pm (UTC-5)
Yemen’s government and forces loyal to a dissident general declared a cease-fire Tuesday, but residents in the capital later said they heard explosions and gunfire. Officials from both sides confirmed the agreement started at 3:00 p.m. local time . However, people in Sana’a’s Hasaba district heard fighting after that. Several previous truce accords have failed […]
US Dismantles Last of Huge Cold War-Era Nuclear Bombs
Posted October 25th, 2011 at 8:50 pm (UTC-5)
It was the end of an era Tuesday when experts near Amarillo, Texas dismantled the United States’ oldest and biggest nuclear bomb, the B53. Officials say dismantling the bomb involved separating 136 kilograms of high explosives from a uranium “pit” at the heart of the weapon. The Cold War relic, which was put into service […]
Gadhafi Buried at Secret Site in Libyan Desert
Posted October 25th, 2011 at 8:20 pm (UTC-5)
Libya’s ousted leader, Moammar Gadhafi, was buried before dawn Tuesday in a secret desert location five days after he was captured, killed and his slowly decomposing body put on public display in a meat locker in the city of Misrata. Officials from the Misrata military council said Gadhafi, his slain son Mutassim and former defense […]
Vietnam’s President Visits the Philippines
Posted October 25th, 2011 at 8:05 pm (UTC-5)
Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang is due to arrive in the Philippines Wednesday for a three-day visit aimed at expanding relations. Mr. Sang’s visit, his first since he was elected president earlier this year, takes place at a time when the two countries are marking the 35th anniversary of diplomatic ties. Later in the day, […]
Flooding Closes Bangkok Airport
Posted October 25th, 2011 at 7:40 pm (UTC-5)
Floodwaters in Thailand reached Bangkok’s domestic airport Tuesday, halting commercial flights and forcing people who had taken refuge there to head further south for safety. Bangkok’s main international airport, southeast of the city, was not affected. But the Don Muang airport, located near flooded districts in the city’s northern suburbs, has been operating as the […]
