A suicide car bombing killed 26 people outside a presidential palace in southern Yemen Saturday, just hours after longtime vice president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi was sworn in as the country’s new leader. Security officials say the death toll could rise, and at least 20 people were wounded by the explosion in the southern port city […]
Deadly Car Bomb Hits Yemen as New President Sworn In
Posted February 25th, 2012 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
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Negotiators Trying to Settle BP Oil Spill Damages
Posted February 25th, 2012 at 12:05 pm (UTC-5)
Negotiators for the U.S. government and victims of the devastating 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are making a last-minute effort to resolve the massive damage case against the British oil giant. A trial about who is responsible — and to what degree — for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. […]
NATO Pulls Out of Afghan Ministries After Fatal Shootings
Posted February 25th, 2012 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
NATO’s top commander in Afghanistan has recalled all NATO personnel from Afghan ministries after the killing of two U.S. officers in a highly secure command center in the Afghan Interior Ministry. General John Allen released a statement just hours after Saturday’s shooting, saying he is withdrawing staff from the ministries “for obvious force protection reasons.” […]
Deadly Car Bomb Hits Yemen as New President Sworn In
Posted February 25th, 2012 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
A suicide car bombing killed 26 people outside a presidential palace in southern Yemen Saturday, just hours after longtime vice president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi was sworn in as the country’s new leader. Security officials say the death toll could rise, and at least 20 people were wounded by the explosion in the city of al-Mullaka […]
Senegal Facing Fears of Post-Election Unrest
Posted February 25th, 2012 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
Senegal is holding a controversial presidential election on Sunday amid fears the previously stable west African nation is facing further deadly unrest and a potential governmental crisis. Incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade is expected to win a third term despite a change in Senegal’s constitution that limits its leaders to two terms in office. It is […]
Red Cross Continues Rescue Attempt in Syria’s Homs
Posted February 25th, 2012 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
(new video, info 1,3-4) The Red Cross on Saturday made fresh attempts to continue medical evacuations out of the besieged Syrian city of Homs, as the country’s military took its bombardment of the city into a fourth week. A spokesman for the the International Committee of the Red Cross said negotiations have resumed with Syrian […]
Taliban Takes Credit for Killing Two American Officers
Posted February 25th, 2012 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
The Afghan Taliban has claimed responsibility for the shooting deaths of two American military officers in NATO’s International Security Assistance Force. The group released a statement Saturday saying the killings are retaliation for the burning of Qurans by NATO forces. Reports from Kabul say the victims are a U.S. colonel and a major, both shot […]
Deadly Car Bomb Hits Yemen as New President Sworn In
Posted February 25th, 2012 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
A suicide car bombing killed 26 people outside a presidential palace in southern Yemen Saturday, just hours after longtime vice president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi was sworn in as the country’s new leader. Security officials say the death toll could rise, and at least 20 people were wounded by the explosion in southern Hadramawt province, about […]
Two American Officers Dead in Afghanistan Shooting
Posted February 25th, 2012 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
A gunman in Afghanistan has killed two American military officers in NATO’s International Security Assistance Force. Reports from Kabul say the victims are a U.S. colonel and a major, both shot to death in a highly secure command center at the Afghan Interior Ministry. Many Americans on the NATO force work within Afghan ministries as […]
Two Americans Dead in Afghanistan Shooting
Posted February 25th, 2012 at 9:30 am (UTC-5)
A gunman in Afghanistan has killed two American members of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force. NATO said in a statement Saturday that an individual “turned his weapon against” the service members, but did not provide details on who the shooter or the victims were. Sources are telling reporters that the two victims are Americans. Afghan […]
