NATO says a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan has killed seven American service members and four Afghans. The coalition said three Afghan soldiers and one Afghan civilian interpreter died when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter went down on Thursday. Afghan authorities say the helicopter crashed in the Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar province. The […]
Afghan Helicopter Crash Kills 7 Americans, 4 Afghans
Posted August 16th, 2012 at 12:45 pm (UTC-5)
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Militants Launch Deadly Assault on Pakistani Airbase
Posted August 16th, 2012 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
Militants armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades attacked a large air force base in northern Pakistan Thursday, setting off a fierce battle that ended with one soldier and nine militants dead. Pakistani officials say the pre-dawn assault at the Kamra base ended after a two-hour shootout that also wounded the base’s commander. One aircraft […]
Thousands Flee Southern India Amid Rumors of Ethnic Violence
Posted August 16th, 2012 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
Thousands of Indians from the country’s northeast have fled the southern city of Bangalore following rumors of impending attacks in retaliation for recent ethnic clashes in their home state. Railway authorities added extra cars to trains heading to Assam state from Bangalore to handle the crush of passengers, many of whom were students and workers. […]
Militants Launch Deadly Assault on Pakistani Airbase
Posted August 16th, 2012 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
Militants armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades attacked a large air force base in northern Pakistan Thursday, setting off a fierce battle that ended with one soldier and nine militants dead. Pakistani officials say the pre-dawn assault at the Kamra base ended after a two-hour shootout that also wounded the base’s commander. One aircraft […]
Ecuador Grants Asylum to Assange
Posted August 16th, 2012 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
Ecuador has granted asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who took refuge in Ecuador’s embassy in London nearly two months ago. Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino announced the decision Thursday in Quito, saying Assange’s personal security was at risk. He also said Assange would not receive a fair trial if he is eventually extradited to […]
China to Protest Japanese Arrests of Pro-China Activists
Posted August 15th, 2012 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
China says it is lodging a formal complaint with Japan after Japanese authorities arrested 14 pro-China activists who landed on an island chain claimed by both countries. Japanese police say the activists arrived on the islands by boat from Hong Kong Wednesday, despite Japan’s heightened security presence in the area. At one point, Japan’s coastguard […]
Burma’s President Tells VOA He Will Open Schools for Rohingya
Posted August 14th, 2012 at 7:50 pm (UTC-5)
Burmese President Thein Sein says his government will open schools to improve the education of minority Rohingya Muslims who accuse the majority Buddhist state of persecuting them. In an exclusive interview with VOA Burmese Service chief Than Lwin Htun, President Thein Sein said education is an important tool to help different communities live in harmony […]
Burma’s President Tells VOA He Will Open Schools for Rohingya
Posted August 14th, 2012 at 3:50 pm (UTC-5)
Burmese President Thein Sein says his government will open schools to improve the education of minority Rohingya Muslims who accuse the majority Buddhist state of persecuting them. In an exclusive interview with VOA Burmese Service chief Than Lwin Htun, President Thein Sein said education is an important tool to help different communities live in harmony […]
Suicide Attackers, Motorcycle Bomb Kill More than 45 in Afghanistan
Posted August 14th, 2012 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
Suicide attackers and remote-controlled bomb have killed at least 45 people in Afghanistan. Afghan authorities say 36 people died in coordinated suicide bombings Tuesday in the usually peaceful city of Zaranj, the capital of Nimroz province in southwestern Afghanistan. More than 70 others were wounded. Officials say most of the casualties are civilians. Security forces […]
Rescue Efforts Continue for Crashed Ugandan Helicopters
Posted August 14th, 2012 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
A Kenyan official says two Ugandan soldiers are confirmed dead from the crash of a Ugandan military helicopter on Mount Kenya late Sunday. Simon Gitau, deputy warden of Mount Kenya National Park, says searchers found the two bodies outside the wreckage of the aircraft, which he said was still burning Tuesday and might contain other […]
