The U.S. embassy in Islamabad denies that any Americans were killed in a deadly blast Monday in northwest Pakistan. Earlier, Pakistani officials said a suicide car bomber had killed two Americans in the explosion in the city of Peshawar, near Pakistan’s semi-autonomous tribal region along the Afghan border. Some reports said two Pakistanis died. There […]
US: No Americans Killed in Pakistan Blast
Posted September 3rd, 2012 at 3:50 am (UTC-5)
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Cambodia Arrests Pirate Bay Co-Founder at Sweden’s Request
Posted September 3rd, 2012 at 3:30 am (UTC-5)
Cambodian authorities have arrested one of the co-founders of the popular file-sharing website The Pirate Bay at the request of Sweden, where he faces a jail sentence for violating copyright laws. A police spokesman says police arrested Gottfrid Svartholm Warg last week at a rented home in the capital, Phnom Penh. The spokesman said Cambodia […]
2 Americans Among 4 People Killed in Pakistan Blast
Posted September 3rd, 2012 at 2:45 am (UTC-5)
Officials in northwest Pakistan say a suicide car bomber has rammed his vehicle into a U.S. government car in Peshawar, killing four people, including two Americans. Several people were wounded in the huge blast. Monday’s explosion happened in an area of Peshawar that is home to several foreign aid organizations and the United Nations. The […]
3 Killed in Pakistan Blast
Posted September 3rd, 2012 at 1:20 am (UTC-5)
Officials in northwest Pakistan say a car bomb near the U.S. consulate in Peshawar has killed at least two people and wounded several others. Monday’s explosion happened in an area of Peshawar that is home to several foreign aid organizations and the United Nations. Officials have not identified the nationalities of the victims. There is […]
Clinton Urging ASEAN Unity on South China Sea Plan
Posted September 3rd, 2012 at 1:00 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton travels to Indonesia Monday, where she will show support for a regional plan to resolve territorial disputes with China over the South China Sea. An official traveling with the secretary says she wants to see unity among the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which has long worked to […]
Founder of the Unification Church Dies at 92
Posted September 2nd, 2012 at 5:50 pm (UTC-5)
Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Unification Church and one of the most prominent Koreans in the world, has died. He was 92. The Unification Church in South Korea said Sunday that its founder succumbed to complications from pneumonia in a church-run hospital east of Seoul. Reverend Moon’s global business empire is worth billions […]
UNICEF: 1,600 Killed in Syria’s Civil War Last Week
Posted September 2nd, 2012 at 5:35 pm (UTC-5)
The U.N. children’s fund UNICEF says Syria’s civil war killed 1,600 people last week, making it the deadliest seven-day period of the 18-month conflict. UNICEF spokesman Patrick McCormick said Sunday the death toll included some children, but he did not elaborate. Syrian opposition activists have been reporting daily death tolls of 100 to 200 people […]
Angolan State Media Declare Dos Santos, MPLA Big Winners
Posted September 2nd, 2012 at 4:15 pm (UTC-5)
Angola’s state run media say the ruling party of President Eduardo dos Santos is the big winner in the country’s national election. The state election commission said with 85 percent of the votes counted Mr. dos Santos’ Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, or MPLA, had almost three quarters of the vote. The leading […]
Founder of the Unification Church Dies at 92
Posted September 2nd, 2012 at 3:50 pm (UTC-5)
Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Unification Church and one of the most prominent Koreans in the world, has died. He was 92. The Unification Church said Sunday its founder succumbed to complications from pneumonia in a church-run hospital east of Seoul. Moon’s global dynasty is possibly still worth billions of dollars, while his […]
Britain’s Ex-PM Blair Rejects Tutu’s Charge On Iraq War
Posted September 2nd, 2012 at 3:40 pm (UTC-5)
Britain’s former Prime Minister Tony Blair has rejected a call by South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu that he and former U.S. President George W. Bush should go on trial for starting the war in Iraq. The outspoken bishop wrote in the British newspaper The Observer that the two leaders acted on a false premise in […]
