A massive car bomb in Beirut has killed at least eight people and injured about 80 others. The bomb exploded Friday near the office of the Christian Phalange Party headquarters. The group openly disapproves of the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Lebanese hospitals issued an urgent plea for blood donors to help treat the […]
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. […]
Obama, Romney Highlight Debate Performances
Posted October 17th, 2012 at 2:20 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney have hit the campaign trail, fresh off of Tuesday’s presidential debate. Mr. Obama urged supporters in Iowa on Wednesday to vote for him for a second term so that he can finish the progress he said he had made on economic issues. Referring to Tuesday’s debate, […]
Blast at Afghan Base Injures 10
Posted October 17th, 2012 at 5:05 am (UTC-5)
A suicide bomber has blown up his vehicle near a NATO-Afghan army base in eastern Afghanistan, wounding at least 11 Afghan soldiers and several civilians. Paktiya provincial officials said the explosion in the Zurmat district was large, but did not kill anyone. It detonated at the gate of the base, shattering windows and damaging buildings. […]
Obama, Romney Face Off in 2nd Debate
Posted October 16th, 2012 at 9:10 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are facing off in their second debate. The two men are taking questions from an audience of pre-selected undecided voters during a so-called “town hall” event at New York’s Hofstra University. Analysts say Mr. Romney delivered the stronger performance in their first debate earlier this month. […]
Karadzic Tells UN Court He Should Be Rewarded for Trying to Avoid War
Posted October 16th, 2012 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has told the United Nations war crimes tribunal that he should be rewarded for promoting peace rather than charged with genocide for his role in the Bosnian civil war of the 1990s. Looking relaxed and sometimes smiling, Karadzic was speaking Tuesday as he opened his own defense at the […]
Montenegro Ruling Party Wins Election
Posted October 14th, 2012 at 8:50 pm (UTC-5)
Montenegro’s ruling coalition has won the most votes in Sunday’s parliamentary election. An unofficial tally by CEMI, a non-government election monitoring group, shows the center-left Democratic Party of Socialists, led by veteran politician Milo Djukanovic, won 46 percent of the vote. That gives them 39 out of 81 seats in the future parliament with 95 […]
Syria Bans Turkish Airline Overflights
Posted October 13th, 2012 at 9:25 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 […]
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 […]
UN Passes Mali Resolution
Posted October 12th, 2012 at 5:00 pm (UTC-5)
The U.N. Security Council has passed a resolution clearing the way for the deployment of foreign troops to the troubled nation of Mali. The unanimous resolution gives West African nations 45 days to offer details of a plan for military intervention. Mali’s interim government has requested forces to help drive out Islamist militant groups that […]
