Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari visited India on Sunday and met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi. It was the first visit to India by a Pakistani head of state since 2005. The two leaders discussed topics ranging from terrorism to the disputed Kashmir region. During a joint news conference, Mr. Singh […]
Hope Fades for 135 People Feared Dead in Pakistan Avalanche
Posted April 8th, 2012 at 4:05 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistan continued its search Sunday for the 135 soldiers and civilians buried by a massive avalanche in mountainous Kashmir near the Indian border, as hopes of finding any survivors faded quickly. Military officials said no bodies have been recovered nearly 36 hours after a 20-meter wall of snow crashed into a military complex in the […]
Mike Wallace, Iconic American Journalist, Dies at 93
Posted April 8th, 2012 at 3:50 pm (UTC-5)
Mike Wallace — an entertainer in the early days of television who rose to become one of America’s best known broadcast journalists — has died. He was 93. In a statement Sunday, the CBS network said Wallace died Saturday at an extended care facility in Connecticut after a long illness. Wallace spent nearly 40 years […]
Mali’s President Formally Resigns
Posted April 8th, 2012 at 3:20 pm (UTC-5)
Mali’s President Amadou Toumani Toure, the democratically elected leader toppled in a military coup last month, has formally resigned from his post. An international mediator for West Africa’s ECOWAS bloc said they received a letter of resignation from Mr. Toure on Sunday, adding that they will inform “competent authorities” so that appropriate measures can be […]
South Korea Says Pyongyang Preparing for Third Nuclear Test
Posted April 8th, 2012 at 2:05 pm (UTC-5)
South Korea’s Yonhap news agency says North Korea appears to be preparing for a third nuclear weapons test. The report quotes an unidentified intelligence source as saying satellite images show workers digging a new tunnel at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in the northeast. The North conducted two previous nuclear tests in tunnels at the […]
Mike Wallace, Iconic American Journalist, Dies at 93
Posted April 8th, 2012 at 1:40 pm (UTC-5)
Mike Wallace — an entertainer in the early days of television who rose to become one of America’s best known broadcast journalists — has died. He was 93. In a statement Sunday, the CBS network said Wallace died Saturday at an extended care facility in Connecticut after a long illness. Wallace spent nearly 40 years […]
UN-Backed Peace Deal in Syria Faces New Challenges
Posted April 8th, 2012 at 1:30 pm (UTC-5)
A U.N.-brokered peace deal for Syria appeared in jeopardy Sunday, as the country’s main rebel group refused the government’s demand for “written guarantees” it would stop fighting before any troop pullout. The commander for the rebel Free Syrian Army, Riad al-Asaad, said Sunday that his group was ready to honor the truce set for April […]
Bomb Kills 20 in Nigeria
Posted April 8th, 2012 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
Nigerian officials say a car bombing near a church on Easter Sunday killed at least 20 people in the country’s north. A witness said the bomb went off in a business area near the church in the north Nigerian town of Kaduna. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. The explosion follows warnings by foreign […]
South Korea Says Pyongyang Preparing for Third Nuclear Test
Posted April 8th, 2012 at 9:45 am (UTC-5)
South Korea’s Yonhap news agency says North Korea appears to be preparing for a third nuclear weapons test. The report quotes an unidentified intelligence source as saying satellite images show workers digging a new tunnel at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in the northeast. The North conducted two previous nuclear tests in tunnels at the […]
Afghanistan, US Sign Deal on Night Raids
Posted April 8th, 2012 at 9:05 am (UTC-5)
The Afghan government has reached an agreement with the United States, formally requiring that night raids be Afghan-led and giving local authorities veto power over them. Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak and the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, General John Allen, signed the deal Sunday at a ceremony in Kabul. Night raids have […]
