Two terrorist bomb attacks in central and northern Afghanistan killed at least 59 people and wounded more than 160 others Tuesday — the holiest day of the Shi’ite Muslim calendar. The worst of the violence struck the capital Kabul, when at least one suicide bomber detonated explosives near the Abul Fazel shrine as Shi’ite worshippers […]
Twin Afghan Blasts Kill 59 on Shi’ite Holy Day
Posted December 6th, 2011 at 5:20 pm (UTC-5)
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Muslim Brotherhood Leader Promises Compromise
Posted December 6th, 2011 at 5:15 pm (UTC-5)
The leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is promising to work together with the ruling military council if his party wins Egypt’s parliamentary elections. Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie made his comments on the private Al-Mehwar television station on Tuesday as Egypt held a second day of runoff elections for the national parliament. As his party […]
Obama Says Foreign Policy, Aid to Promote Gay Rights
Posted December 6th, 2011 at 4:40 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered all U.S. agencies working abroad to ensure that diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the rights of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered persons. In a memorandum issued Tuesday, President Obama directed agencies, such as the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development, to fight the criminalization […]
Obama Says ‘Make or Break’ Time for Middle Class
Posted December 6th, 2011 at 4:35 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has denounced economic inequality in the United States, pressuring Republican lawmakers during a time which he describes as a “make or break moment” for the middle class. Mr. Obama’s speech Tuesday in the Kansas town of Osawatomie was meant to echo a historic address given there by President Theodore Roosevelt some […]
Amnesty Protests Pending Chinese Execution
Posted December 6th, 2011 at 3:55 pm (UTC-5)
Amnesty International is calling China’s decision to execute a Philippine drug smuggler on Thursday a violation of human rights, and says such executions for non-violent offenses are prevalent in other Asian countries as well. Amnesty spokeswoman Catherine Baber spoke Tuesday in Taiwan, as Philippine authorities and family members of the condemned smuggler raced against time […]
Gingrich Leads Polls in Early Voting States
Posted December 6th, 2011 at 3:05 pm (UTC-5)
Former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich is solidifying his lead among Republican contenders in the 2012 race for the White House. Gingrich has pulled ahead of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney in several national opinion polls and in important early voting states. One of those states is Iowa, which holds the first vote […]
Fears of Unrest Loom in DRC With Poll Results Due Soon
Posted December 6th, 2011 at 2:45 pm (UTC-5)
Fears of political unrest are mounting in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where officials are racing to tally presidential election ballots before a midnight deadline. Thousands of soldiers are patrolling streets in the capital, Kinshasa, as well as other cities in anticipation of protests. The U.S. embassy has ordered its employees to remain within Kinshasa’s […]
Twin Afghan Blasts Kill Nearly 60 on Shi’ite Holy Day
Posted December 6th, 2011 at 2:30 pm (UTC-5)
Twin blasts in Afghanistan marred the Shi’ite holy day of Ashura Tuesday, killing nearly 60 people – mostly Shi’ite Muslims – in the central and northern parts of the country. The worst of the violence struck the capital Kabul, when at least one attacker detonated explosives near the Abul Fazel shrine as pilgrims gathered. It […]
Troops Patrol Moscow to Prevent Election Protests
Posted December 6th, 2011 at 2:00 pm (UTC-5)
Russian troops patrolled central Moscow Tuesday in an effort to deter more protests, a day after thousands of demonstrators gathered to denounce an election they say was fraudulent. Thousands of police and Interior Ministry troops were deployed after protesters planned several rallies in Moscow. In Lithuania, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton again raised “serious […]
Clinton Meets With Syrian Opposition
Posted December 6th, 2011 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Syrian opposition leaders on Tuesday as the United States announced its ambassador to Syria will return to the country after leaving his post more than a month ago due to security concerns. Clinton held a meeting in Geneva with seven exiled Syrian dissidents in a gesture of […]
