NATO-led forces in Afghanistan say one of their service members and a civilian contractor have died after a suspected insider attack. The international coalition says the Afghan National Army also suffered casualties in the attack Saturday in eastern Afghanistan. The coalition did not say who carried out the insider attack – a term used to […]
UN Chief Warns Burma’s Tensions Could Spread
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 7:45 pm (UTC-5)
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned that the unrest in Burma’s Rakhine state could hurt the country’s democratic reforms and spill across borders. Mr. Ban raised the subject Saturday during a meeting with Burma’s president, Thein Sein, and the head the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. He told Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, who heads the 57-nation group, […]
Libyans Turn in Arms in Collection Push
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 6:45 pm (UTC-5)
Hundreds of Libyans are turning in their weapons at collection points in the capital, Tripoli, and the eastern city of Benghazi. Several men lined up at Martyrs’ Square in the capital and Liberty Square in Benghazi, weapons and ammunition in hand, in an effort Saturday to help the Libyan army rid the streets of arms […]
US Warns of Threat to Female Missionaries in Egypt
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 5:05 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. embassy in Cairo has issued a warning to U.S. women Christian missionaries of the dangers of terror attacks they face in the mostly Muslim Egypt. In a statement on its website, the embassy says it has credible information suggesting terrorist interest in targeting U.S. female missionaries. It asks U.S. citizens to exercise vigilance […]
Iran Condemns US Decision to Take Exiled Group Off Terror List
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 3:45 pm (UTC-5)
Iran has condemned the U.S. government decision to take an Iranian militant opposition group off its terrorism list. The U.S. State Department said Friday it is delisting the Iranian group Mujahedin-e Khalq and its aliases effective immediately, citing absence of any terrorist activity by the group in the past decade and its public renunciation of […]
Obama, Romney Prepare for Debates
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 3:20 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, are preparing for the next critical phase of the 2012 election season — the presidential debates. The two candidates hold the first of their three debates on Wednesday in Denver, Colorado. On Saturday, President Obama focused his weekly address on one of the first debate’s […]
Georgian Parties Hold Final Pre-Election Rallies
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 3:10 pm (UTC-5)
Supporters of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili and opposition leader Bidzina Ivanishvili have held their final political rallies in preparation for parliamentary elections on Monday. Incoming lawmakers will select the next prime minister, who will be granted some presidential powers after Mr. Saakashvili finishes his term next year. President Saakashvili and his United National Movement drew […]
Libyans Turn in Arms in Collection Push
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 2:15 pm (UTC-5)
Hundreds of Libyans are turning in their weapons at collection points in the capital, Tripoli, and the eastern city of Benghazi. Several men lined up at Marty Square in the capital and Liberty Square in Benghazi, weapons and ammunition in hand, in an effort Saturday to help the Libyan army rid the streets of arms […]
Muslims in Pakistan, Bangladesh Protest Anti-Islam Film
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
Muslims rallied Saturday in Pakistan and Bangladesh to protest an anti-Islam film produced in the United States that has sparked demonstrations across the Islamic world. About 15,000 people massed in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, voicing their allegiance to Islam and the Prophet Muhammed and calling for the expulsion of the U.S. ambassador to the country. […]
Guantanamo Detainee Transferred to Canadian Prison
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 12:45 pm (UTC-5)
The last Westerner detained at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay has been returned to his native Canada. Canada’s public safety minister Vic Toews announced that 26-year-old Omar Khadr was transferred from Guantanamo Bay to a Canadian military base Saturday and was then sent to the Millhaven maximum security prison in Bath, Ontario. Khadr […]
