Officials in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province Friday declared a three-day mourning period, following deadly bomb blasts in the province capital. Authorities said security forces have been deployed around Quetta where political and religious groups say they will hold protests against the bombings. The victims’ funerals are set to begin Friday. Police say two suicide bomb blasts […]
3 Days of Mourning in Pakistan’s Quetta
Posted January 11th, 2013 at 7:35 am (UTC-5)
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Austrian Neo-Nazi Sentenced to 9 Years
Posted January 11th, 2013 at 6:15 am (UTC-5)
An Austrian court has convicted a well-known member of the far-right to nine years in prison for propagating Nazi ideology online, in violation of the country’s strict anti-Nazi laws. Gottfried Kuessel, who had been arrested in April 2011, was sentenced late Thursday in Vienna. Two convicted accomplices were given lesser sentences — seven years and […]
Obama, Karzai Meet at White House
Posted January 11th, 2013 at 5:00 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai meet Friday at the White House to discuss the future role of the U.S. in Afghanistan, their first meeting since Mr. Obama’s re-election. The two leaders will hold a joint afternoon news conference. Current plans call for the U.S. to withdraw nearly all of its nearly […]
115 Killed in Pakistan Blasts
Posted January 11th, 2013 at 4:35 am (UTC-5)
A leading human rights group says Pakistan’s Shi’ite Muslims are living in a state of siege, after a string of bombings across the country killed 115 people and wounded nearly 250, in one of the nation’s deadliest days in years. Ali Dayan Hasan, the Pakistan director of Human Rights Watch, warned Friday that sectarian violence […]
Erdogan: Kurdish Slayings Stem from Internal Dispute
Posted January 11th, 2013 at 4:30 am (UTC-5)
Turkey’s prime minister says the killings of three Kurdish activists in Paris may have been the result of an internal feud. The bodies of the three women — one of them a founding member of a Kurdish group fighting for greater autonomy in Turkey — were found inside a Kurdish information center in Paris Thursday. […]
U.S., Russia to Discuss Stalemate on Syria
Posted January 11th, 2013 at 2:00 am (UTC-5)
United Nations-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is set to meet Friday in Geneva with U.S. and Russian officials to discuss finding a political solution to the conflict in Syria. The United States is among members of the U.N. Security Council who back a political transition plan for Syria that includes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad […]
One Student Critically Wounded in California High School Shooting
Posted January 11th, 2013 at 12:10 am (UTC-5)
A 16-year-old student armed with a shotgun opened fire in a California classroom Thursday, critically wounding one of his classmates and adding urgency to a national debate over gun violence. Police say a teacher and administrator at the high school in the town of Taft, about 200 kilometers north of Los Angeles, convinced the shooter […]
Deadly Bomb Blasts Kill More Than 110 in Pakistan
Posted January 10th, 2013 at 8:10 pm (UTC-5)
Four separate bombings killed more than 110 people and wounded nearly 250 across Pakistan Thursday, including 92 deaths in Quetta. Police in the capital of Baluchistan province say a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a crowded billiard hall, followed by a second bomber there minutes later. The twin blasts killed 81 people, including police […]
