Syrian government forces are continuing to attack rebel-held neighborhoods in the flashpoint city of Homs, despite a near week-old cease-fire brokered by the international community. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad Wednesday resumed heavy shelling in the central city that has been battered by artillery for weeks. […]
Syrian Attacks on Homs Continue, Despite Truce
Posted April 18th, 2012 at 7:10 am (UTC-5)
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Photos Allegedly Show US Soldiers Posing with Insurgent Remains
Posted April 18th, 2012 at 6:35 am (UTC-5)
Photographs allegedly showing U.S. soldiers posing with the remains of suicide bombers is drawing condemnation from the top NATO military commander in Afghanistan. The photos from 2010 and obtained by the Los Angeles Times appear to show members of the United States army posing with the bodies of insurgents who killed themselves in suicide attacks. […]
US Warns of Potential Boko Haram Attack in Nigeria
Posted April 18th, 2012 at 5:45 am (UTC-5)
The United States has warned its citizens in Nigeria that the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram may be planning attacks in the capital, Abuja. The U.S. embassy issued an emergency message saying attacks could target hotels used by Westerners, but that the timing was unknown. The alert said the Nigerian government was aware of the […]
NATO Pledges Commitment to Afghanistan Despite Costs
Posted April 18th, 2012 at 5:45 am (UTC-5)
NATO says it will not abandon Afghanistan to its enemies despite the financial costs. The United States and NATO plan to pull combat troops out of the county by 2014. And in prepared remarks Wednesday, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen warned those seeking to undermine the Afghan government, “you just can’t wait us out,” […]
Syrian Attacks on Homs Continue, Despite Truce
Posted April 18th, 2012 at 5:15 am (UTC-5)
Syrian government forces are continuing to attack rebel-held neighborhoods in the flashpoint city of Homs, violating a week-old cease-fire the international community is reluctant to declare dead despite ongoing violence. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad Wednesday resumed their shelling of Homs, battered by artillery for weeks. […]
China May Relocate 100,000 Residents From Three Gorges Vicinity
Posted April 18th, 2012 at 4:50 am (UTC-5)
China says about 100,000 people living near the Three Gorges Dam may have to be relocated due to the threat of geological disasters near the massive project. Liu Yuan, an official with the Ministry of Land Resources, recently told China National Radio the number of landslides and riverbank collapses has increased 70 percent since the […]
Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi to Make Historic Overseas Trip
Posted April 18th, 2012 at 4:40 am (UTC-5)
The Norwegian foreign ministry says Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will visit Oslo in June, marking the first time she has traveled outside Burma in more than 24 years. Aung San Suu Kyi spent much of the past two decades in detention under Burma’s former oppressive military government, which stepped aside last year. […]
Ex-CIA Chief Surprised Pyongyang Admitted Rocket Failure
Posted April 18th, 2012 at 3:45 am (UTC-5)
Former CIA Director Michael Hayden says North Korea may have had “no choice” but to acknowledge that its attempt at launching a satellite into orbit last Friday was a failure. Hayden says he is among the many analysts who were surprised when North Korea’s state media reported the failure, just hours after the rocket fell […]
UN Security Council Considers Sanctions to Pressure Sudan, South Sudan
Posted April 18th, 2012 at 3:25 am (UTC-5)
The United Nations Security Council says it is committed to making “every effort” to get Sudan and South Sudan to halt conflict and return to negotiations. After a closed briefing Tuesday, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, said the Security Council discussed potential sanctions to pressure the two countries to address a […]
Obama Stresses Treatment in New US Drug Policy
Posted April 18th, 2012 at 3:00 am (UTC-5)
The Obama administration says its new policy to curb illicit drug use will focus more on prevention and treatment, and less on mass arrests and incarceration of drug offenders. The new strategy was announced Tuesday by Gil Kerlikowske, the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. Kerlikowske says the policy will […]
