The Philippine military says it has not recovered the bodies of three senior Islamist militants killed Thursday in a U.S.-backed air raid on the remote southern island of Jolo. A military spokesman says troops were still searching the jungle camp near Parang town for the remains of Umbra Jumdail, a leader in the Philippine-based Abu […]
Philippine Troops Search for Bodies of Slain Militant Leaders
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 7:40 am (UTC-5)
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India PM Says Committed to Curbing Corruption
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 7:40 am (UTC-5)
India’s prime minister says his government is committed to curbing corruption. Manmohan Singh said Friday in New Delhi that the government has taken measures to move “substantially forward” in thwarting corruption. The prime minister said he was hopeful lawmakers would soon enact a strong anti-corruption law. The bill was passed by the lower house of […]
Iran Threatens Retaliation for Sanctions or Attack
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 7:20 am (UTC-5)
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned that his country will retaliate against Western-backed oil sanctions and any threat of attack, after U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was cited in media reports as saying he fears Israel could attack Iran in the next few months. A report Thursday in the Washington Post, later backed […]
Wrecked Cruise Ship Salvage May Take Months
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 7:10 am (UTC-5)
The owners of a shipwrecked cruise liner say it may take seven to 10 months to remove the overturned vessel from an Italian coastline. U.S.-based Carnival Corporation says it has contacted 10 firms to submit plans for the job. Carnival plans to make a decision by the end of next month on which company will […]
Hungary’s National Airline Grounded
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
Hungary’s Malev airline has grounded its planes and stopped all operations after running out of cash. Friday’s shutdown comes about a month after the European Commission ordered the airline to repay millions of dollars in government subsidies it received between 2007 and 2010. Malev’s problems caused some of its service providers to lose faith in […]
Rescuers Search for 100 Missing After Papua New Guinea Ferry Disaster
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 5:30 am (UTC-5)
Officials believe more than 100 people still missing after Thursday’s ferry disaster off the coast of Papua New Guinea may be trapped inside the sunken vessel. A spokesman for the Pacific nation’s maritime safety agency says the Rabaul Queen quickly sank after it was hit by three strong waves while traveling between the island of […]
Rights Group Accuses Syria of Torturing Children
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 5:25 am (UTC-5)
A U.S.-based rights group says it has evidence that Syrian forces have captured children as young as age 13 and tortured them during questioning. Human Rights Watch said Friday in a report that it has documented 12 cases of children being tortured in detention centers. It said many more children may have been treated the […]
UN Tribunal Sentences Khmer Rouge Jailer to Life in Prison
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 4:55 am (UTC-5)
The United Nations-backed war crimes tribunal in Cambodia has ordered the Khmer Rouge’s main jailer to spend the rest of his life in prison for crimes it says were “among the worst in recorded human history.” The ruling increased a lower court’s 19-year sentence that had been appealed by prosecutors as too lenient. The president […]
Hungary’s National Airline Grounded
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 4:40 am (UTC-5)
Hungary’s Malev airline has grounded it planes and stopped all operations after running out of cash. Friday’s shutdown comes about a month after the European Commission ordered the airline to repay millions of dollars in government subsides it received between 2007 and 2010. Malev’s problems caused some of its service providers to lose faith in […]
UN: Somalia Famine Over, but Millions Still Need Food Aid
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 4:10 am (UTC-5)
The United Nations has officially declared an end to the famine in Somalia, but warns that nearly a third of the war-torn country’s population is still in need of urgent food aid. The U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization said Friday renewed rain and supplies of fertilizer, seed, and food aid helped the nation improve from […]
