Indonesia’s anti-terrorism squad has killed two suspected militants in an armed raid. Officials say a member of the elite Detachment 88 police unit was killed and another militant was arrested in the operation in Solo in central Java. Authorities say the dead militants were in their late teens. They say the men had been linked […]
2 Indonesian Militants Killed by Indonesian Forces
Posted September 1st, 2012 at 6:15 am (UTC-5)
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Twin Suicide Attacks Kill 12 in Afghanistan
Posted September 1st, 2012 at 5:00 am (UTC-5)
Officials in central Afghanistan say two suicide bombers have killed 12 people and wounded more than 50 near a NATO base. A spokesman for the Wardak provincial governor say the attacks took place Saturday morning in the province’s Sayed Abad district. Authorities say the first bombing was carried out by a militant on foot, followed […]
First Angolan Election Results Expected Saturday
Posted September 1st, 2012 at 4:45 am (UTC-5)
Preliminary results of the Angolan elections are expected Saturday. The tally from Friday’s vote is expected to extend the 33-year rule of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and his MPLA party. The MPLA won the last election four years ago with 82 percent of the vote, trouncing its former civil war foe UNITA and other […]
Twin Suicide Attacks Kill 12 in Afghanistan
Posted September 1st, 2012 at 3:30 am (UTC-5)
Officials in central Afghanistan say two suicide bombers have killed 12 people and wounded more than 50 near a NATO base. A spokesman for the Wardak provincial governor say the attacks took place Saturday morning in the province’s Sayed Abad district. Authorities say the first bombing was carried out by a militant on foot, followed […]
4 Killed in Drone Strike in Pakistan
Posted September 1st, 2012 at 2:45 am (UTC-5)
Security officials in northwest Pakistan say a U.S. drone strike has killed at least four militants in the restive tribal region near the Afghan border. Officials say the drones fired at least four missiles Saturday, hitting a house in the Degan area of North Waziristan, a known stronghold of al-Qaida and the Taliban. Authorities say […]
German Producer of Thalidomide Apologizes
Posted September 1st, 2012 at 1:45 am (UTC-5)
A German pharmaceutical company has issued its first apology for the thalidomide tragedy – 50 years after the morning sickness drug given to pregnant women in the 1950s and the early 1960s caused thousands of babies to be born with severe birth defects. Grunenthal chief executive Harald Stock apologized Friday, saying “we have been silent […]
Clinton: Pacific ‘Big Enough’ for US and China
Posted September 1st, 2012 at 12:15 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. secretary of state has called on China to act in “a fair and transparent way” in the South Pacific. Hillary Clinton spoke at the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum Friday in the Cook Islands where she announced $32 million in new U.S. programs for the region on issues ranging from sustainable development, climate change […]
Quake Near Philippines, Tsunami Threat Passes
Posted September 1st, 2012 at 12:05 am (UTC-5)
Thousands of Philippine villagers who fled after an earthquake returned to their homes Saturday after a tsunami alert was lifted. The U.S. Geological Survey says Friday’s magnitude 7.6 quake was centered to the east of the Philippines, about 96 kilometers from the town of Sulangan. Officials say the quake killed one person. It also caused […]
