A defiant Moammar Gadhafi vowed in an audio message aired on Libyan television Friday to defeat NATO after international coalition airstrikes pounded Libya in daylight hours. Shouting and encouraging Libyan people to carry on, Mr. Gadhafi vowed not to quit despite calls from world leaders for him to step down. The messages aired as Libyan […]
Libyan Leader Vows to Defeat NATO as Airstrikes Continue
Posted June 17th, 2011 at 1:25 pm (UTC-5)
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Pakistan Protests Cross-border Attack
Posted June 17th, 2011 at 1:05 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistan is protesting a deadly attack in which militants crossed from Afghanistan and attacked a village in the country’s northwest tribal region. Pakistan’s Foreign Office summoned Afghanistan’s Charge d’Affaires, Majnoon Gulab, on Friday to lodge its “serious concern” over Thursday’s incident in the Bajaur tribal region. Dozens of militants armed with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled […]
Security Council Recommends UN Chief for 2nd Term
Posted June 17th, 2011 at 12:50 pm (UTC-5)
The United Nations Security Council has recommended the re-election of Ban Ki-moon for a second term as U.N. chief. The Security Council officially endorsed Mr. Ban on Friday. Speaking from the capital of Brazil, where he is on a Latin American tour, Mr. Ban said he was “deeply honored” by the vote. The former South […]
US Stocks Rise at Open
Posted June 17th, 2011 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
The major U.S. stock market indexes pushed higher at the start of Friday’s trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose almost seven-tenths of one percent, while the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ both gained about three-quarters of a percent. European stock prices also gained in afternoon trading. London’s Financial Times index was up one-third of […]
Anti-Government Protesters Mass in Syria Despite Crackdown
Posted June 17th, 2011 at 9:40 am (UTC-5)
Thousands of Syrians have poured into streets across the country with renewed calls for the president’s resignation, as the government widens its crackdown on dissent. Witnesses and activists say anti-government rallies got underway on Friday in cities including Homs, Daraa, and Latakia as well as near the capital, Damascus. There are scattered reports of security […]
Zawahri: From a Life of Comfort to Hunted Terrorist
Posted June 17th, 2011 at 12:05 am (UTC-5)
Ayman al-Zawahri, the new leader of the al-Qaida terror network, was born into a life of comfort in Egypt but shaped by life experiences into a feared radical Islamic terrorist. He is a surgeon by training but an ideological firebrand by choice. Now he is replacing Osama bin Laden, who was killed last month by […]
NATO Pounds Tripoli Targets, Pressure Mounts on Gadhafi
Posted June 16th, 2011 at 3:15 pm (UTC-5)
NATO fighter jets pounded targets near Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s Tripoli compound on Thursday while Russia and Italy led new diplomatic efforts to resolve Libya’s crisis. A series of thunderous booms rocked the capital city and a column of smoke could be seen rising from near Mr. Gadhafi’s Bab-al-Aziziya compound early Thursday. It was not […]
Syrian Forces Widen Assault in Northwest
Posted June 16th, 2011 at 2:40 pm (UTC-5)
Syrian rights activists say the country’s security forces are expanding their assault in the northwest region that for days has been under a military crackdown. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday that the Syrian military used dozens of tanks, armored cars, personnel carriers and army trucks to begin an assault on Khan […]
China Denies Blocking Refugees From Burmese Fighting
Posted June 16th, 2011 at 1:15 pm (UTC-5)
China is denying charges that its border guards have turned back thousands of refugees who are fleeing a Burmese government assault on ethnic rebels in northern Burma. The Thailand-based Kachin News Group, which has close ties to the rebels, says more than 10,000 Kachin refugees have fled to the Chinese border over the past three […]
EU Official Expects Euro Zone to Agree on $17 Bn Loan for Greece
Posted June 16th, 2011 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
A senior European Union official says he expects the 17-nation eurozone to provide debt-ridden Greece with another $17 billion to prevent a Greek debt default that could further destabilize global financial markets. EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said Thursday he is “confident” that eurozone finance ministers will agree to disburse the funds at a […]
