The U.S. Justice Department has charged four Singaporeans and an Iranian with smuggling American-made radio devices to Iran, where the items allegedly were used to make remote-controlled bombs that have killed U.S. troops in Iraq. In a statement Tuesday, federal prosecutors said Singaporean authorities arrested the four Singapore citizens the previous day in connection with […]
US: Iranian, Singaporeans Smuggled Radio Devices to Iran for Use in Iraq Bombs
US Lawmaker Ties Georgia to Russia WTO Bid
U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner says Russia will have to settle its border dispute with Georgia before Congress will consider Moscow’s bid to join the World Trade Organization. Boehner made the comments Tuesday in a speech before the Heritage Foundation, a conservative research group in Washington. Under WTO rules, any member nation can […]
Gunfire, Explosions Heard After Yemeni Troops, Rivals Declare Cease-fire
Yemen’s government and forces loyal to a dissident general declared a cease-fire Tuesday, but residents in the capital said they later 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 to […]
Official: US Mission Against LRA To Last ‘Months’
A top U.S. military official says the U.S. mission against a violent central African rebel group is likely to last for months, but that it has no specific timetable. President Barack Obama announced this month that he was sending 100 military personnel to help central African governments fight the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army. Defense and […]
UN Condemns US Embargo on Cuba for 20th Year
The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on the United States to lift its embargo of Cuba. It was the general assembly’s 20th condemnation of the embargo. The annual resolution was approved Tuesday with 186 members voting in favor of the measure, 3 abstaining and 2 against — the U.S. and […]
US Says No Participation in Kenya’s Somalia Operation
The United States has denied taking part in Kenya’s operation against al-Shabab militants in southern Somalia. A U.S. State Department release said Tuesday that the U.S. has helped Kenya build its border defense capacity for years, but added, “The United States is not participating in Kenya’s current operation in Somalia.” A Kenyan army spokesman said […]
Official: US Mission Against LRA To Last ‘Months’
A top U.S. military official says the U.S. mission against a violent central African rebel group is likely to last for months but has no specific timetable. President Barack Obama announced this month that he is sending 100 U.S. military personnel to help central African governments fight the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army. Defense and State […]
Survivors Rescued But Death Toll Rises From Turkey’s Earthquake
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. Aid workers who continue to search for survivors rescued a two-week-old baby girl, […]
10th Tibetan Buddhist Self-Immolates in Southwestern China
A leading Tibetan exile group says another Tibetan Buddhist has set himself on fire in southwestern China, in the latest in a string of self-immolations aimed at protesting Chinese rule in the region. The incident, reported Tuesday by the Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy, is the 10th such self-immolation by protesting Buddhists reported […]
Survivors Rescued But Death Toll Rises From Turkey’s Earthquake
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. Aid workers who continue to search for survivors rescued a two-week-old baby girl, […]