Iraqi security officials say a car bomb blast outside a police academy in Baghdad has killed at least 18 recruits and officers and wounded more than 26 in the deadliest attack for weeks in the capital. Police say a suicide bomber detonated his car as the recruits exited the compound’s security barriers in northeastern Baghdad […]
Suicide Attack Kills 18 at Iraqi Police Academy
Posted February 19th, 2012 at 8:45 am (UTC-5)
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Suicide Attack in Iraq Kills 15
Posted February 19th, 2012 at 6:50 am (UTC-5)
Iraqi police say a suicide bomber has killed at least 15 people and wounded more than 20 others in an attack on a police academy in Baghdad. Security sources say the bomber blew himself up Sunday at the entrance to the academy. Hospital officials confirmed the casualties. The blast breaks a period of relative calm […]
North Korea Warns of Possible Retaliation for South Korea Exercise
Posted February 19th, 2012 at 6:45 am (UTC-5)
North Korea’s military warned Sunday that it will retaliate if an upcoming South Korean firing drill violates the North’s territorial waters. A notice carried by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency warned residents of five islands near the disputed border in the Yellow Sea to evacuate before 9 AM Monday morning. An announcer on […]
Top US Security Official, Israeli PM to Meet Sunday
Posted February 19th, 2012 at 6:30 am (UTC-5)
A top U.S. security official is due to meet Sunday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, amid rising tensions between Israel and Iran over Tehran’s nuclear program. The White House says National Security Advisor Tom Donilan will hold talks with Mr. Netanyahu in Jerusalem. The meeting comes as the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs […]
Singer Whitney Houston’s Burial Sunday in New Jersey
Posted February 19th, 2012 at 4:00 am (UTC-5)
Grammy award-winning singer Whitney Houston will be buried Sunday in her home state of New Jersey. Authorities say security will be tight in and around the cemetery, in anticipation of fans flocking to the area to pay their final respects. Houston will be buried next to her father, John Russell Houston Jr., at the Fairview […]
North Korea Warns of Possible Retaliation for South Korea Exercise
Posted February 19th, 2012 at 3:45 am (UTC-5)
North Korea’s military warned Sunday that it will retaliate if an upcoming South Korean firing drill violates the North’s territorial waters. A notice carried by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency warned residents of five islands near the sea border in the Yellow Sea to evacuate before the drills start Monday morning. However, South […]
Pakistan Bomb Kills 6 Tribal Militia
Posted February 19th, 2012 at 1:35 am (UTC-5)
Authorities in northwestern Pakistan say a bomb blast has killed at least six members of a pro-government tribal militia. Officials say at least three other people were wounded in the explosion in the restive Khyber tribal district on the Afghan border. Islamist militants in the region frequently attack Pakistani security forces.
