NATO troops have killed an Afghan soldier who tried to gun down coalition service members at a military base in eastern Afghanistan. A NATO spokesman says no coalition troops were killed in the attack Thursday in Laghman province, but declined to say if any were wounded. The shooting is the second apparent attack by Afghan […]
Afghan Soldier Killed After Firing on NATO Troops
Posted August 9th, 2012 at 6:15 am (UTC-5)
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Syrian Activists: Military Shells Aleppo as Clashes Continue
Posted August 9th, 2012 at 5:45 am (UTC-5)
Syrian activists say clashes between government forces and rebels are continuing in Aleppo, as the military presses on with an assault on opposition-held areas of the country’s largest city. The Local Coordination Committees and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported fighting Thursday in several districts of Aleppo. The Syrian military launched a two-pronged attack […]
Egyptian Police, Armed Men Clash in Sinai
Posted August 9th, 2012 at 4:55 am (UTC-5)
Egyptian police have clashed with armed men in the Sinai peninsula, a day after military airstrikes killed 20 suspected militants in the area. State television said the fighting resumed Thursday outside a police station in El-Arish, about 50 kilometers from the border with Israel and the Gaza Strip. There were no immediate reports of casualties. […]
Gu Kailai Trial Ends Without Verdict
Posted August 9th, 2012 at 4:50 am (UTC-5)
The high-profile murder trial of the wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai has ended after just one day. A court official in the eastern city of Hefei said Thursday a verdict has not been delivered in the case. He said the defendant, Gu Kailai, did not object to the charges and is in “good […]
Clinton Urged to Press Nigerian Leader to Address Violence
Posted August 9th, 2012 at 3:45 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is making a brief visit to Nigeria Thursday for meetings with President Goodluck Jonathan and other leaders. She is traveling to the capital, Abuja, amid calls to urge Mr. Jonathan to address rising sectarian violence in Nigeria. Northern Nigeria is mostly Muslim. The south is mainly Christian. U.S.-based Human […]
Chinese State Media Quiet as Gu Kailai Trial Begins
Posted August 9th, 2012 at 3:35 am (UTC-5)
China’s most sensational criminal trial in recent memory got underway Thursday, as the wife of disgraced politician Bo Xilai appeared before a court charged with the murder of a British businessman. But you would not know it from looking at the communist country’s state-controlled media. Despite the opening of the trial, which has major implications […]
US Sprinter Felix Wins Women’s 200-Meter Gold in London Olympics
Posted August 9th, 2012 at 2:40 am (UTC-5)
U.S. sprinter Allyson Felix’s victory in the women’s 200-meter race Wednesday at the 2012 London Olympics was the highlight of a huge night for the American track-and-field team. Felix finally won gold after consecutive second place finishes in the 2004 and 2008 Games. Her time of 21.88 seconds beat Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who was seeking […]
Japan Marks 67th Anniversary of Nagasaki Atomic Bombing
Posted August 9th, 2012 at 2:40 am (UTC-5)
Japanese officials are calling for a move away from nuclear power as the nation marks the 67th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city of Nagasaki. Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue urged the Japanese government Thursday to set new policy to achieve a society free of radiation fears. Speaking at a memorial service held […]
Fresh Rains Drench Flooded Philippines
Posted August 9th, 2012 at 2:10 am (UTC-5)
More rains have drenched the already flooded Philippine capital, Manila, sending rescuers in boats to retrieve residents stranded by high water. Some of the residents who evacuated Thursday after heavy overnight rains had returned to their homes only hours earlier. Riverside areas like Manila’s Marikina district have been particularly hit hard by the floods, which […]
US Begins Cleanup of Agent Orange in Vietnam
Posted August 9th, 2012 at 1:35 am (UTC-5)
The United States has begun cleaning up the contamination left from the herbicide Agent Orange sprayed by U.S. forces during the U.S.-Vietnam War, nearly four decades after the conflict ended. Vietnamese and U.S. officials launched a project Thursday to clean up deposits of the toxic chemical dioxin at a former U.S. airbase in Danang where […]
