Iraqi officials say security forces have retaken control of a police station in western Iraq where gunmen with bombs had taken several people hostage. The standoff ended with at least seven people dead. The officials say all of the gunmen were killed in the siege in al-Baghdadi, in Anbar province about 200 kilometers west of […]
Security Forces Retake Iraqi Police Station
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 9:00 am (UTC-5)
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Syrian Opposition Launches National Council, Asks World for Help
Posted October 2nd, 2011 at 7:55 pm (UTC-5)
Syria’s main opposition groups have joined to create a broad-based national council aimed at unifying their efforts to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad’s government, which they accuse of pushing the country to the brink of civil war. A prominent secular dissident, Bourhan Ghalioun, announced the Syrian National Council’s formation Sunday in the Turkish city of Istanbul. […]
Yemen Denies Killing 25 Soliders in Friendly Fire Incident
Posted October 2nd, 2011 at 5:50 pm (UTC-5)
Yemeni security officials say at least 25 soldiers were killed late Saturday in an apparent “friendly fire” incident and battle with militants in southern Abyan province, but government and military sources deny the reports. Local officials Sunday said a Yemeni air force plane mistakenly bombed an abandoned school where the soldiers were sheltering near the […]
Dire Conditions in Libya Siege City Hospital
Posted October 2nd, 2011 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
Residents of the besieged Libyan city of Sirte say people wounded in fighting are dying in the main local hospital because of a shortage of fuel, oxygen and other supplies. Hundreds of residents drove out of Sirte on Sunday, fleeing weeks of fighting between provisional government forces surrounding the city and loyalists of deposed Libyan […]
Philippines Hit by Second Typhoon in Week
Posted October 1st, 2011 at 6:05 pm (UTC-5)
Typhoon Nalgae slammed into the main Philippine island of Luzon Saturday, killing at least one person and adding to the suffering caused by an earlier typhoon. Nalgae made landfall on Luzon’s east coast Saturday morning, with sustained winds of 160 kilometers per hour and dangerous gusts of up to 195 kilometers per hour. Thousands of […]
Afghan Officials: Rabbani Killing Planned in Pakistan
Posted October 1st, 2011 at 3:10 pm (UTC-5)
Afghanistan’s intelligence agency says it has given Pakistan evidence that last month’s killing of former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani was planned in Pakistan. A spokesman for the Afghan intelligence service, or NDS, said Saturday the evidence finds the killing of Mr. Rabbini was planned near the Pakistani city of Quetta. The spokesman said the NDS […]
Yemeni Soldiers Killed in Militant Raid
Posted October 1st, 2011 at 2:35 pm (UTC-5)
Yemeni officials say at least three soldiers were killed in a operation to root out suspected al-Qaida militants on Saturday, a day after officials announced the death of a radical cleric linked to the terrorist group. Officials say the soldiers died after clashes erupted during an operation in the volatile city of Zinjibar. Security forces […]
Kidnappers Escape Evade Kenyan Forces, Flee to Somalia
Posted October 1st, 2011 at 1:45 pm (UTC-5)
A gang of militant gunmen who kidnapped a Frenchwoman in Kenyan territory have evaded Kenyan naval forces and escaped to Somalia. Kenyan officials say the militants landed on Kenya’s Manda Island under cover of darkness early Saturday. They stormed the woman’s beach house in a hail of gunfire that terrified neighbors. The militants then carried […]
Top Haqqani Leader Captured in Afghanistan
Posted October 1st, 2011 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
NATO says the senior leader of the al-Qaida- and Taliban-allied Haqqani network has been captured in Afghanistan. The alliance announced Saturday that joint Afghan and coalition security forces captured Haji Mali Khan on Tuesday in Afghanistan’s Paktiya province near the Pakistani border. A NATO statement says Khan managed Haqqani bases and oversaw operations in Afghanistan […]
Hurricane Ophelia Strengthens Near Bermuda
Posted September 30th, 2011 at 8:30 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. weather forecasters say Hurricane Ophelia is strengthening near Bermuda and could bring tropical storm-force winds to the British territory on Saturday. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said in its latest bulletin Friday that Ophelia had intensified to a Category 3 storm with winds of 195 kilometers per hour. The system was located 770 […]
