Syria says it is banning Turkish civilian flights from its airspace. A Syrian Foreign Ministry statement said the ban was to take effect at midnight Saturday and comes in response to a Turkish move to ban Syrian flights. The Syrian announcement comes three days after Turkey intercepted a Syrian passenger plane traveling from Moscow to […]
Mauritanian President Shot, Wounded By Gunman
Posted October 13th, 2012 at 8:10 pm (UTC-5)
Reports from Mauritania say that President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was shot and lightly wounded Saturday while traveling in a convoy near the capital Nouakchott. Officials say the president was lightly wounded by a bullet and is being treated in a military hospital. They say the shot was accidental and was fired because a security […]
Syria Bans Turkish Airline Overflights
Posted October 13th, 2012 at 7:10 pm (UTC-5)
Syria says it is banning Turkish civilian flights from its airspace. A Syrian Foreign Ministry statement said the ban was to take effect at midnight Saturday and comes in response to a Turkish move to ban Syrian flights. The Syrian announcement comes three days after Turkey intercepted a Syrian passenger plane traveling from Moscow to […]
2 Killed In Israeli Strike On Gaza
Posted October 13th, 2012 at 6:55 pm (UTC-5)
Palestinian officials say an Israeli air strike Saturday killed two men and wounded two other people in Gaza. The officials in Gaza said a senior Salafist leader and another activist were killed in the northern town of Jabaliya. They said that one of the two people wounded in the attack is a teenage boy. Israel’s […]
Tibetan Self-Immolates in Protest Against Chinese Rule
Posted October 13th, 2012 at 1:35 pm (UTC-5)
An ethnic Tibetan man has died after setting himself on fire in a protest against Chinese rule. VOA’s Tibetan service is reporting that Tamdrin Dorjee killed himself near the Tsoe monastery in northwest China’s Gansu province. He is believed to be the grandfather of the seventh Gungthang Rinpoche, one of the most revered religious leaders […]
Turkey Condemns UN for Inaction in Syria
Posted October 13th, 2012 at 9:45 am (UTC-5)
Turkey’s prime minister lashed out against the U.N. Security Council Saturday for inaction in Syria. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in Istanbul it has become “more and more difficult” each day for the U.N. to fulfill its duties due to “unjust, unequal and inactive mechanisms.” “If we leave the issue to the vote of […]
At Least 15 Killed in Pakistan Market Blast
Posted October 13th, 2012 at 9:35 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say at least 15 people have been killed in suicide car bombing in a tribal area in northwestern Pakistan. Authorities say the explosion Saturday apparently targeted a pro-government militia created to fight Taliban militants. Some 30 other people were wounded in the blast in Darra Adam Khel in restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near […]
Obama Lauds Higher US Car Sales
Posted October 13th, 2012 at 7:40 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama says U.S. car sales are higher than they have been in four years. Mr. Obama said in his weekly address Saturday that the high sales were reached because his administration “refused to let Detroit go bankrupt.” He said his administration “bet” on American workers and their ingenuity, and that bet is […]
UN Envoy Aims to Ease Syria-Turkey Tensions
Posted October 13th, 2012 at 7:10 am (UTC-5)
International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi arrived in Istanbul Saturday to discuss the growing tension between Turkey and neighboring Syria over cargo seized from a Syrian passenger plane. Turkey intercepted a Syrian plane Wednesday en route from Moscow to Damascus. Turkey has defended its decision to intercept the plane, saying the aircraft was carrying military equipment […]
Heavy Casualties in Pakistan Market Blast
Posted October 13th, 2012 at 7:00 am (UTC-5)
Officials in northwest Pakistan say a suicide bomber in a market has killed at least 13 people and wounded many others. Authorities say the explosion Saturday in Darra Adam Khel apparently targeted a pro-government militia created to fight Taliban militants. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the suicide attack.
