Pakistani officials say border guards have detained three Iranian security personnel after they crossed into Pakistan late Sunday while chasing two men. The officials in the Mazah Sar area of southwestern Baluchistan Province said the Iranian guards tried to take the two Pakistani nationals back into Iran. They said both men were wounded in the […]
Pakistan: 3 Iranians Detained After Cross-Border Attack
Posted January 1st, 2012 at 5:35 pm (UTC-5)
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Republican Candidates Campaigning Hard Before Iowa Test
Posted January 1st, 2012 at 4:55 pm (UTC-5)
VIDEO: APTN/ABCN1 feed attached below. Shotlist in asset manager TYPE: CN )) Republican presidential candidates are spending the first day of 2012 campaigning hard for support, two days before the first big test in this year’s presidential election. In one of the most volatile campaigns in decades, new opinion polls show rapidly shifting support for […]
Nigeria Ends Fuel Subsidies
Posted January 1st, 2012 at 3:30 pm (UTC-5)
Nigerian authorities are ending fuel subsidies. The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency announced Sunday that it will stop paying the subsidies to fuel importers effective immediately. The plan is expected to be widely unpopular with Nigerians, whose country is the continent’s top exporter of crude oil. Previous attempts to end the subsidy have prompted strike […]
Arab League Urged to Withdraw Monitors from Syria
Posted January 1st, 2012 at 3:10 pm (UTC-5)
An Arab League advisory body is calling for the immediate withdrawal of league monitors from Syria, saying the unit is failing to prevent the killing of civilians by government forces. Syrian activists say forces loyal to embattled President Bashar al-Assad killed at least nine people Saturday, as leaders of the country’s two largest opposition groups […]
Bahrain Police Fire Tear Gas, Stun Grenades at Protesters
Posted January 1st, 2012 at 1:45 pm (UTC-5)
Witnesses say riot police in Sunni-ruled Bahrain fired tear gas and stun grenades as they clashed Sunday with hundreds of Shi’ite opposition supporters after the funeral for a 15-year-old protester killed a day earlier. Thousands of chanting demonstrators, some carrying Bahraini flags, converged Sunday on the island of Sitra, south of Manama, to mourn the […]
India Opens Stock Market to Foreign Investors
Posted January 1st, 2012 at 1:15 pm (UTC-5)
India says it will open its stock market to individual foreign investors for the first time, in a move aimed at attracting more foreign funds. The government said in a statement Sunday that it will allow qualified foreign investors to directly invest in the market in order to “widen the class of investors, attract more […]
Iran Claims Fuel Rod Production, Missile Test
Posted January 1st, 2012 at 12:50 pm (UTC-5)
Iran says it has successfully tested and produced fuel rods for use in nuclear power plants. It also says it has test-fired a medium-range surface-to-air missile near the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Iranian television said the rods, which contain natural uranium, were made in Iran and inserted into the core of a research nuclear reactor […]
Parts of Nigeria Start New Year Under State of Emergency
Posted January 1st, 2012 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
Tanks and troops are on patrol in parts of northern Nigeria after the president declared a state of emergency in areas hit by a recent spate of attacks by Islamist militants. President Goodluck Jonathan imposed the measure Saturday in 15 locations in the northeastern states of Yobe and Borno, Plateau state in central Nigeria, and […]
Revelers Across Globe Ring in New Year
Posted January 1st, 2012 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
Glittering fireworks lit the night skies from Sydney to New York and capitals across the globe, as tens of millions of revelers welcomed 2012 with star-studded celebrations, prayer, and hopes for a better future. Skies erupted over Moscow’s Red Square, Rio de Janeiro, Hong Kong, London, Paris and Rome. At the Vatican, Pope Benedict urged […]
Iran Test Fires Missile
Posted January 1st, 2012 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
Iran said Sunday it has test fired a medium-range surface-to-air missile near the strategic Strait of Hormuz. State media reports said the missile was equipped with technology to combat radar-evading targets. The test was part of Iran’s 10-day naval exercises, scheduled to end Monday. On Saturday, Iran proposed a new round of talks with the […]
