North Korea’s official news agency is giving the country’s new ruler a new title. The Korean Central News Agency called Kim Jong Un the “supreme leader of the revolutionary armed forces” in a dispatch late Saturday. The report said the “supreme leader” visited his father’s funeral bier with top military leaders and other top officials […]
North Korea Hails Kim’s Son as ‘Supreme Leader’
Posted December 24th, 2011 at 2:30 pm (UTC-5)
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Yemeni Troops Kill 7 Protesters in Sana’a
Posted December 24th, 2011 at 1:05 pm (UTC-5)
Yemeni government forces in Sana’a have shot and killed at least seven opposition protesters participating in a giant march to the compound of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Witnesses and medics say Yemeni troops opened fire to stop the march by tens of thousands of anti-government activists who reached Sana’a on Saturday, after a four-day […]
North Korea Hails Late Kim’s Son as ‘Supreme Commander’
Posted December 24th, 2011 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
North Korea’s state media on Saturday hailed Kim Jong Un as “supreme commander” of the military, in a sign that the Stalinist nation’s second generational transition of power is going smoothly. It is the first time that one of the North’s official outlets has used the title supreme commander – a post held by his […]
Pakistan Welcomes Renunciation of Any Coup Plans
Posted December 24th, 2011 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is welcoming comments from his military chief ruling out the possibility of a coup. General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said Friday that speculation about a possible military takeover of the civilian government is “misleading.” He said such reports are being used to divert attention from “real issues,” and pledged that […]
North Korea Hails Late Kim’s Son as ‘Supreme Commander’
Posted December 24th, 2011 at 8:10 am (UTC-5)
North Korea’s state media on Saturday hailed Kim Jong Un as “supreme commander” of the military, in a sign that the Stalinist nation’s second generational transition of power is going smoothly. It is the first time that one of the North’s official outlets has used the title supreme commander — a post held by his […]
UN Condemns Syria Bombings
Posted December 24th, 2011 at 8:05 am (UTC-5)
Thousands of Syrians gathered on Saturday for the funeral of the 44 people killed in twin suicide blasts in the capital the day before. Mourners prayed beside caskets draped in Syrian flags inside a Damascus mosque, as crowds gathered outside waving the country’s black, red and white striped flag. Syrian state television reports that two […]
US President Thanks Troops in Holiday Address
Posted December 24th, 2011 at 7:50 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama’s wished Americans a Merry Christmas and happy holidays in his weekly address, while including a special message of thanks to the troops. The president said Saturday “let’s take a moment to give thanks for their service….especially the brave men and women in Afghanistan.” First Lady Michelle Obama joined the president, adding […]
Queen Elizabeth Visits Prince Philip in Hospital
Posted December 24th, 2011 at 7:45 am (UTC-5)
Queen Elizabeth on Saturday visited her husband in a British hospital, where he is recovering after undergoing heart surgery. Buckingham Palace says Prince Philip, had a “good night” in Cambridge’s Papworth Hospital following a procedure Friday for a blocked artery in his heart that is said to have caused him chest pains. Doctors Friday inserted […]
Suicide Bomber Kills 6 Pakistani Troops
Posted December 24th, 2011 at 2:50 am (UTC-5)
A suicide attack has killed at least six Pakistani troops in the country’s northwest. Police say the bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a paramilitary building in the Bannu district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday. At least a dozen members of the paramilitary Frontier Corps were wounded in the blast, which targeted the camp office […]
Report: CIA Suspends Drone Attacks in Pakistan
Posted December 24th, 2011 at 2:25 am (UTC-5)
A prominent U.S. newspaper says the Central Intelligence Agency has suspended drone strikes targeting low-ranking militants in Pakistan in an effort to mend badly frayed relations with the South Asian nation. The Los Angeles Times Friday quoted unnamed U.S. officials who say the CIA’s “undeclared halt” in attacks is aimed at reversing a “sharp erosion […]
