The lawyer for a gunman who shot at the U.S. embassy in Bosnia-Herzegovina, wounding a guard, says his client is delirious and acted alone. Mevlid Jasarevic’s lawyer said Sunday that Jasarevic is unaware of what he did. The attorney says he will seek a psychiatric examination for his client. Jasarevic, a practitioner of Wahhabism, a […]
Lawyer: US Embassy Shooter in Bosnia ‘Acted Alone’
Posted October 30th, 2011 at 5:30 pm (UTC-5)
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Israeli Strike on Gaza Ends Brief Truce
Posted October 30th, 2011 at 4:50 pm (UTC-5)
An Israeli airstrike along Gaza’s southern border with Egypt killed a Palestinian militant as he prepared to fire a rocket into Israel Sunday. Sunday’s attack came just hours after Islamic Jihad and other radical Palestinian groups in Gaza had announced they would accept an Egyptian-mediated truce to end days of deadly violence – as long […]
Liberia Election Chief Resigns Amid Opposition Accusations
Posted October 30th, 2011 at 4:40 pm (UTC-5)
The head of Liberia’s election commission has resigned just a week before a planned presidential runoff vote amid accusations he was biased in favor of current President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. James Fromayan said Sunday he was stepping down because he did not want to stand in the way of a successful election. He has previously said […]
Exit Polls: Plevneliev Wins Bulgarian Presidential Run Off
Posted October 30th, 2011 at 4:15 pm (UTC-5)
Exit polls in Bulgaria say conservative ruling party candidate Rosen Plevneliev has won the country’s runoff presidential election. Surveys by several polling organizations give Plevneliev about 54 percent of the vote. Socialist candidate Ivaylo Kalfin has about 46 percent. Both candidates finished on top in last week’s first round, but without enough votes to avoid […]
Kabul Attack Killed 4 Afghans, 13 Westerners
Posted October 30th, 2011 at 3:45 pm (UTC-5)
The multinational toll from a suicide attack on a NATO convoy in Kabul emerged Sunday when officials said the 17 people killed included 10 Americans, two Britons, one Canadian and four Afghan nationals. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the car-bomb blast on Saturday, one of the deadliest attacks in Kabul during a decade of […]
Egypt Postpones Mubarak Trial to December
Posted October 30th, 2011 at 3:40 pm (UTC-5)
An Egyptian court has postponed the trial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak until December 28 to allow another court to determine if new judges should handle the case. Mr. Mubarak is charged with involvement in the killings of more than 800 protesters in an uprising that forced the long-serving president out of office in February. […]
Kenyan Jets Bomb Southern Somalia, 10 Dead
Posted October 30th, 2011 at 3:30 pm (UTC-5)
Suspected Kenyan fighter jets have bombed the southern Somali town of Jilib killing at least 10 people. At least 45 people were also wounded in the attack. Local officials say Sunday’s strike targeted an area where al-Shabab militants were distributing food to internally displaced people. Reports say many of those killed were civilians, including several […]
Kenyan Jets Bomb Southern Somalia, 10 Dead
Posted October 30th, 2011 at 2:55 pm (UTC-5)
Suspected Kenyan fighter jets have bombed the southern Somali town of Jilib killing at least 10 people. At least 45 people were also wounded in the attack. Local officials say Sunday’s strike targeted an area where al-Shabab militants were distributing food to internally displaced people. Reports say many of those killed were civilians, including several […]
Arab League Presses Syrian FM to End Crackdown
Posted October 30th, 2011 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
Arab League representatives have met with Syrian officials in the Qatari capital, Doha, to demand an end to killings of civilians in Syria’s crackdown on an opposition uprising. Al-Arabiya television says Qatar’s foreign minister delivered an Arab League message to his Syrian counterpart urging Syrian security forces to stop firing on unarmed civilians. The network […]
Ex-Kyrgyz PM Holds Early Lead in Presidential Poll
Posted October 30th, 2011 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
The former prime minister of Kyrgyzstan was shown late Sunday with an early lead in the Central Asian nation’s first presidential election since the deadly 2010 uprising that toppled former President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. Kyrgyz election officials issued the partial, unofficial tally showing Almazbek Atambayev leading a field of 16 candidates that included the ousted president’s […]
