Afghan officials say a roadside bomb blast has killed six members of a family, including a mother and her hours-old baby. Police say the family was heading home from the hospital where the mother had given birth when their truck hit the bomb Sunday in eastern Khost province. Meanwhile, three people were killed in southern […]
Afghan Blast Kills Family Including Newborn
Posted November 11th, 2012 at 7:55 am (UTC-5)
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27 Killed in Sri Lankan Prison Riot
Posted November 10th, 2012 at 2:00 am (UTC-5)
Sri Lankan authorities said Saturday they have called in the military to quash a riot in the country’s largest prison that has left at least 27 people dead and 43 wounded. The riot erupted Friday at Welikada prison in Colombo, the capital, when inmates confronted security personnel carrying out searches for drugs and contraband. Prisoners […]
Britain to Stop Aid to India in 2015
Posted November 9th, 2012 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
Britain says it plans to stop all financial aid to India in 2015, marking a major change in ties between an emerging economic power and its former colonial ruler. International Development Minister Justine Greening said Tuesday that now is the time to recognize India’s changing place in the world, and to move to a bilateral […]
Sri Lanka’s Top Justice Denies Impeachment Charges
Posted November 9th, 2012 at 5:10 am (UTC-5)
Sri Lanka’s chief justice has denied all allegations of financial wrongdoing made against her by ruling party members who are trying to have her removed from office. Shirani Bandaranayake’s lawyers said their client can easily refute all the accusations. Lawmakers from President Mahinda Rajapakse’s party had wanted the chief justice to step aside during the […]
Deadly Day in Afghanistan
Posted November 8th, 2012 at 9:30 am (UTC-5)
Three separate attacks in Afghanistan Thursday killed 18 people. In Helmand province, authorities say a roadside bomb killed 10 civilians who were traveling to a wedding celebration. In eastern Laghman province, a government spokesman said five Afghan soldiers died when their convoy hit a land mine. And a suicide bomb attack in Kandahar City killed […]
Karachi Blast Kills 3
Posted November 8th, 2012 at 8:25 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani authorities say a suicide bombing at the gates of a building housing paramilitary forces in Karachi has killed three people and wounded at least 18 others. A spokesman for the force known as the Rangers said the bomber smashed his truck into the gates of the compound but did not enter it. Reports indicate […]
Deadly Day in Afghanistan
Posted November 8th, 2012 at 6:15 am (UTC-5)
Eighteen people have been killed in seperate attacks in Afghanistan. Officials say 10 civilians were killed Thursday in Helmand province as they traveled to a wedding. In eastern Laghman province, a government spokesman said five Afghan soldiers died when their convoy hit a land mine. Another official announced that three policemen were killed in a […]
Deadly Day in Afghanistan
Posted November 8th, 2012 at 5:10 am (UTC-5)
Five Afghan soldiers and three Afghan police officers have died in separate attacks in the country’s south and east. A government spokesman said the five troops died Thursday in eastern Laghman province when their convoy hit a land mine. Another official announced that three policemen were killed in a suicide bomb attack in Kandahar. There […]
Karachi Blast Kills 1
Posted November 8th, 2012 at 3:30 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani authorities say a suicide bomb attack at the gates of a building housing paramilitary forces in Karachi has killed at least one person and wounded at least 21 others. A spokesman for the force, known as the Rangers, said the bomber smashed his truck into the gates of the compound but did not succeed […]
Suicide Bomber Kills 5 in Pakistan Market
Posted November 7th, 2012 at 7:30 am (UTC-5)
A suicide bomber has attacked a senior police officer in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least five people. Police officer Asif Iqbal told reporters Wednesday that the bomber, apparently on foot, lobbed some six or seven kilograms of explosive at the vehicle of senior investigator Hilal Hyder, killing Hyder and several of […]
