Casualties are reported after a suicide bomber in Somalia attacked a military base housing African Union soldiers and Somali security forces. Somali officials say a car laden with explosives blew up Saturday outside the military base in the town of Afgoye, about 30 kilometers west of the capital, Mogadishu. Officials are investigating further details of […]
Casualties Reported After Suicide Bombing of Somali Military Base
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
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Dual Blasts Target Iraqi Pilgrims; 26 Dead
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 9:40 am (UTC-5)
Two car bombs in Baghdad scattered body parts and turned vehicles into burned-out shells, killing 26 in the latest in a wave of attacks targeting Shi’ite pilgrims. The blasts struck the city’s Kazimiyah neighborhood Saturday, just a few kilometers from a shrine to revered Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a great-grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. Haider Ghareeb […]
UN Mission to Syria Suspended
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 9:25 am (UTC-5)
Escalating violence is forcing United Nations observers to suspend their mission in Syria “until further notice.” The head of the U.N. observer force announced the decision in a statement Saturday. Major General Robert Mood said observer teams would not go out on patrol or take part in other activities due to the increase in violence […]
Aung San Suu Kyi Delivers Long-delayed Nobel Speech
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 8:15 am (UTC-5)
Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has given her acceptance speech for the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, 21 years after her son accepted the prize for her while she was in detention. In a speech in Oslo Saturday, Aung San Suu Kyi said the award came while she was under house arrest in Burma […]
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Dies
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 7:15 am (UTC-5)
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz al-Saud has died. He was in his late 70’s. State media reports on Saturday say Prince Nayef died while abroad. He recently traveled to Europe for medical treatment. The news reports say he will be buried on Sunday but did not provide additional details about his illness or […]
China Sends Its First Woman Into Space
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
China has launched its most ambitious space mission yet in which its first female astronaut and two male colleagues will attempt to dock with an orbiting space station module. The Shenzhou-9 spacecraft lifted off as scheduled at 6:37 p.m. from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on the edge of the Gobi Desert in China’s northwest. […]
Blast Kills 25 in Pakistan
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 7:00 am (UTC-5)
Officials in northwest Pakistan say a bomb planted in a pickup truck has killed at least 25 people and wounded more than 50 others in the tribal region along the Afghan border. Authorities say the bomb exploded Saturday near a bus stand at a crowded bazaar in Landi Kotal in the Khyber tribal district. Several […]
Iraqi Bombing Kills 8 Pilgrims
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 6:35 am (UTC-5)
Iraqi officials say a car bomb has hit a major Shi’ite pilgrimage in Baghdad, killing at least 9 people and wounding 15. The attack Saturday came on the last day of commemorations for a revered imam. Earlier Saturday, a group that monitors militant web sites said the al-Qaida affiliate in Iraq claimed responsibility for a […]
Al-Qaida Claims Iraq Bombings
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 5:45 am (UTC-5)
A group that monitors militant websites says the al-Qaida affiliate in Iraq has claimed responsibility for a wave of car bombings that killed 72 people and wounded nearly 260 earlier in the week during a Shi’ite Muslim religious commemoration. The U.S.-based SITE Intelligence Group said Saturday the Islamic State of Iraq posted a statement on […]
Blast Kills 13 in Pakistan
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 4:15 am (UTC-5)
Officials in northwest Pakistan say a bomb blast has killed at least 13 people and wounded 35 others in the tribal region along the Afghan border. Authorities say the bomb exploded Saturday near a bus stand at a bazaar in Landi Kotal in the Khyber tribal district. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, […]
