Media reports from Beirut indicate at least eight people are dead and 40 others injured after an explosion ripped through a neighborhood in the Lebanese capital Friday. Reports indicate the blast damaged residential buildings in east Beirut’s mainly Christian district of Achrafieh. Lebanon’s state media reported unspecified casualties. Lebanon has seen a recent increase in […]
Eurozone Leaders Praise Greek Austerity Efforts
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 9:35 am (UTC-5)
Eurozone leaders are praising the efforts of debt-ridden Greece to resolve its financial woes and resume its cost-cutting austerity. Some of the 16 other countries in the euro currency bloc have often attacked Athens for its slow pace in adopting financial reforms, even as the Greek populace has grown increasingly angry at the demands of […]
Doctors: Wounded Pakistani Girl is Improving
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 9:05 am (UTC-5)
British doctors treating a Pakistani girl who was shot by the Taliban say she has been able to stand with help for the first time and is also able to write. But the medical director of Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham where Malala Yousafzai is being treated said Friday she is not yet out of […]
Afghan Blast Kills 19 Wedding Guests
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 8:40 am (UTC-5)
A roadside bomb blast has ripped through a minibus in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 19 people who were on their way to a wedding. Friday’s blast took place in the Dawlat Abad district of Balkh province. Authorities say at least 18 others were wounded. Police say most of the passengers were women and children. […]
Romney, Obama Stump for Votes Following Light-hearted Dinner
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 8:30 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are returning to the campaign trail on Friday, a day after they poked fun at each other during a high-profile charity dinner in New York. Mr. Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan will reach out to voters in Florida, a battleground state in the November […]
India Journalist Accused in Israeli Bombing Gets Bail
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 8:20 am (UTC-5)
India’s top court has granted bail to a journalist arrested in an attack on the car of an Israeli diplomat earlier this year. The Supreme Court on Friday also ordered Syed Mohammad Kazmi to surrender his passport to the court. Kazmi worked for an Iranian news agency. He is the only person arrested in connection […]
Afghan Blast Kills 15 Wedding Guests
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 8:20 am (UTC-5)
A roadside bomb blast has ripped through a minibus in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 15 people who were on their way to a wedding. Friday’s blast took place in the Dawlat Abad district of Balkh province. Authorities say at least 18 others were wounded. Police say most of the passengers were women and children. […]
International Peace Envoy Brahimi Arrives in Damascus
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 7:55 am (UTC-5)
International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi arrived in Damascus Friday for talks with Syrian officials on securing a temporary cease-fire in the 19-month-old conflict between Syrian forces and rebel groups. The U.N.-Arab League envoy is expected to meet Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on Saturday morning. It is not immediately clear whether Brahimi will meet with […]
Leaders Meeting to Coordinate Roadmap for Mali
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 7:15 am (UTC-5)
International leaders meet Friday in Mali’s capital to discuss ways of ousting al-Qaida-linked Islamist groups who control the country’s north. The meeting in Bamako will include representatives from the United Nations, West African bloc ECOWAS, the African Union and the European Union. ECOWAS has proposed deploying a 3,000-strong military force to dislodge the militants but […]
US to Invite Burma to Observe Military Exercises
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 7:00 am (UTC-5)
Thailand says the United States plans to invite Burma to observe a major regional military exercise early next year. Thai Defense Ministry spokesman Colonel Thanathip Sawangsang said on Friday that Burma will be allowed to observe “Cobra Gold,” which annually brings together more than 10,000 troops U.S. and Thai troops and other participants from countries […]
