The United States is offering a bounty of up to $10 million for the Pakistani man accused of masterminding the deadly 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. The State Department’s “Rewards for Justice” website on late Monday announced the reward for information leading to Hafiz Mohammad Saeed’s capture and conviction. Saeed is the founding member of […]
US Offers $10 Million Bounty for 2008 Mumbai Terror Suspect
Posted April 3rd, 2012 at 7:35 am (UTC-5)
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US, China Experts Warn of Growing Bilateral Distrust
Posted April 3rd, 2012 at 7:15 am (UTC-5)
Two prominent scholars are warning that long-term “strategic” distrust between the United States and China is becoming more serious in spite of rapidly expanding contacts between the two countries. The warning comes in a report this week from Kenneth Lieberthal, the national security director for Asia under former president Bill Clinton, and Wang Jisi, dean […]
US Supreme Court Upholds Jail Strip Searches
Posted April 3rd, 2012 at 6:10 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the Constitution does not exempt detainees from strip searches if authorities lack a reasonable suspicion they are carrying contraband. In a 5-4 decision Monday, the court said corrections officials have a responsibility to ensure jails are not made more dangerous by what new inmates may carry in on their […]
Asia Leaders Call for Quick End to Burma Sanctions
Posted April 3rd, 2012 at 6:10 am (UTC-5)
Southeast Asian leaders are calling for an early lifting of economic sanctions on Burma following historic by-elections in which Aung San Suu Kyi’s pro-democracy movement won a sweeping victory. Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa of Indonesia, last year’s chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, issued the call Tuesday during an ASEAN summit in Phnom […]
North Korea Refusing to Scrap Missile Launch
Posted April 3rd, 2012 at 5:40 am (UTC-5)
North Korea’s nuclear envoy says Pyongyang will still proceed with this month’s scheduled rocket launch, despite lengthy meetings with U.S. officials in Germany this week. Ri Gun arrived in the Chinese capital city Tuesday from Germany, as international tensions increase over the planned launch. Pyongyang says the launch is aimed to place a weather satellite […]
ASEAN Leaders Open Two-Day Summit in Cambodia
Posted April 3rd, 2012 at 4:50 am (UTC-5)
“Within the region, although the development gap among ASEAN members has been noticeably narrow, it is still huge. This requires to double our efforts to promote further growth and improve equitable distribution of the fruits of growth at both the national and the regional among members countries.” The official agenda stresses talks on ASEAN’s goal […]
Gunman Kills 7, Wounds 3 at California Religious School
Posted April 3rd, 2012 at 4:25 am (UTC-5)
Police in Oakland, California say a former student opened fire at a Korean-American Christian college Monday, killing seven people and wounding three others. Authorities said the 43-year-old suspect is a Korean national who surrendered shortly after the shooting. Witnesses say the suspect shot one of his victims at a reception desk at Oikos University before […]
Sudan, South Sudan Talks on Hold Amid Tensions
Posted April 3rd, 2012 at 3:55 am (UTC-5)
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on the leaders of Sudan and South Sudan to meet “as soon as possible” to resolve tensions between the two countries, but a meeting scheduled for Tuesday has been canceled. The two presidents had been due to hold talks in South Sudan’s capital, Juba. A wave of violent military […]
Fiji Surveys Aftermath of Deadly Storms
Posted April 3rd, 2012 at 3:25 am (UTC-5)
At least five people are dead after a week of heavy rains and severe flooding swamped the Pacific island nation of Fiji. As many as 11,000 people in Fiji’s main island of Viti Levu were forced from their homes into evacuation shelters to escape the impact of Tropical Cyclone Daphne as it passed by the […]
US Offers $10 Million Bounty for 2008 Mumbai Terror Suspect
Posted April 3rd, 2012 at 3:15 am (UTC-5)
The United States is offering a bounty of up to $10 million for the Pakistani man accused of masterminding the deadly 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. The State Department’s “Rewards for Justice” website on Tuesday announced the reward for information leading to Hafiz Mohammad Saeed’s capture and conviction. Saeed is the founding member of the […]
