A survey finds nearly two-thirds of Americans say U.S.-Chinese relations are good, and that most Americans consider China a competitor instead of an enemy. But the survey, conducted by an independent U.S.-based research group, says the majority of Americans are concerned about China’s growing economic strength. More than 60 percent of respondents said the large […]
Survey: Americans Concerned About China’s Economic Strength
Posted September 18th, 2012 at 2:25 pm (UTC-5)
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Indian Government Ally Withdraws Support Over Economic Reforms
Posted September 18th, 2012 at 1:55 pm (UTC-5)
A key ally of India’s ruling coalition has withdrawn its support from the government to protest recent economic reforms. Trinamool Congress party leader Mamata Banerjee said in Kolkata Tuesday that ministers from her party will resign from India’s Cabinet on Friday. The reforms unveiled by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last week include opening the country’s […]
French Magazine Ordered to Hand Over Topless Pictures
Posted September 18th, 2012 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
A French court has banned the French magazine Closer from publishing any further topless photographs of Britain’s Duchess of Cambridge and ordered it to hand over all digital copies of the images. The court says the magazine faces a fine of $13,000 for every day it delays handing over the images. Last week, the magazine […]
Kurdish Rebels Kill 7 Turkish Soldiers
Posted September 18th, 2012 at 12:55 pm (UTC-5)
Seven Turkish soldiers have been killed and more than 60 others wounded in an attack on a military convoy by suspected Kurdish rebels. Turkish security officials say the convoy was hit by a rocket in Bingol province in southeastern Turkey. Rebels from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, known as the PKK, are active in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority […]
White House Criticizes Romney Remarks in Secretly Recorded Video
Posted September 18th, 2012 at 12:50 pm (UTC-5)
The White House has criticized comments made by U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in a secretly recorded video, in which he denigrated President Barack Obama’s supporters. The video, released Monday by the liberal magazine Mother Jones, shows Mr. Romney dismissing the president’s supporters as Americans who believe they are “victims” entitled to be supported […]
UN Watchdog Renews Pressure on Iran
Posted September 18th, 2012 at 12:10 pm (UTC-5)
The U.N. nuclear agency says Iran must address concerns about its suspected atomic bomb research, as European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili prepared to meet in Istanbul later Tuesday. Ashton says the meeting is “part of continuing efforts to engage with Iran.” A spokesman for the Iranian […]
Suicide Bomber Attacks Foreigners near Kabul
Posted September 18th, 2012 at 12:05 pm (UTC-5)
A suicide bomber has killed at least 12 people in an attack on a mini-bus carrying foreigners near the Afghan capital. Police say nine foreign workers, their Afghan driver, and two other Afghans were killed when the bomber detonated a car full of explosives near the bus Tuesday on the highway to the Kabul airport. […]
Kurdish Rebels Kill 7 Turkish Soldiers
Posted September 18th, 2012 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
Turkish security officials say suspected Kurdish rebels have attacked a military convoy, killing seven soldiers and wounding more than 60. Authorities say the convoy was traveling in Bingol province in southeastern Turkey when it was hit by a rocket Tuesday. Rebels from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, are active in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeast. Fighting […]
Protests Spread Over Anti-Islam Film
Posted September 18th, 2012 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
Protests against an anti-Islam film spread to Thailand, northwestern Pakistan and Indian-controlled Kashmir Tuesday, while an insurgent group in Afghanistan claimed responsibility for a suicide attack it says was in response to the video. The U.S. Embassy in Bangkok closed at midday, ahead of the planned protest, but said it was not aware of any […]
Clinton Welcomes Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi
Posted September 18th, 2012 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has welcomed Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi to Washington at the start of the opposition leader’s first U.S. visit since her 2010 release from house arrest. In brief comments to reporters at the start of their meeting on Tuesday, Clinton said there was a great deal of excitement and […]
