Police in Oakland, California say a former student allegedly killed seven people and wounded three others at a Korean-American Christian college Monday. Police captured the suspect at a supermarket in the nearby city of Alameda shortly after the shooting. Witnesses say the suspect shot one of his victims at a reception desk at Oikos University […]
Gunman Kills 7, Wounds 3 at California Religious School
Posted April 2nd, 2012 at 9:45 pm (UTC-5)
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NATO: Afghan Insider Attacks Affect Troop Morale
Posted April 2nd, 2012 at 6:25 pm (UTC-5)
NATO said Monday that attacks by Afghan security forces on their Western colleagues, while few in number, have a disproportionately large effect on troop morale. NATO spokesman Brigadier General Carsten Jacobson also disputed Taliban claims of responsibility for most of the attacks by Afghan troops on their NATO counterparts. He said most of the attacks […]
Obama: Drug Violence in Mexico Could Hurt Relations with US
Posted April 2nd, 2012 at 5:40 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama says drug-related violence in Mexico could have what he calls a “deteriorating effect” on U.S.-Mexican relations. Mr. Obama spoke Monday after a White House summit with Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Mexico’s war against drug gangs fighting for turf near the U.S. border was a major […]
Annan Says Syria Agrees to April 10 Deadline for Truce with Opposition
Posted April 2nd, 2012 at 2:20 pm (UTC-5)
International peace envoy Kofi Annan says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has agreed to begin withdrawing forces from opposition protest hubs and complete the pullout by April 10. Mr. Annan announced the agreement on Monday in a briefing to the U.N. Security Council via videoconference from Geneva. Diplomats later quoted Mr. Annan as saying the Syrian […]
West African Leaders Impose Sanctions on Mali
Posted April 2nd, 2012 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
West African countries have imposed sanctions on Mali, where coup leaders are vowing to restore civilian rule but so far remain in power. Leaders from the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, decided Monday to implement the diplomatic and financial sanctions with immediate effect. The heads of state met in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, […]
Burma’s Opposition Party Wins By-Election in Landslide
Posted April 2nd, 2012 at 9:10 am (UTC-5)
Democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi declared a “new era” for Burma Monday, after she and fellow members of her party won a landslide victory in Sunday’s parliamentary by-elections. Burmese state media say partial election results show that the opposition National League for Democracy has so far won at least 40 of the 44 seats […]
Russian Plane Crashes in Siberia, 31 Killed
Posted April 2nd, 2012 at 4:10 am (UTC-5)
Russian emergency officials say at least 31 people were killed when a passenger plane crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff in an oil-producing region of Siberia on Monday. Thirteen survivors were pulled from the wreckage, but one later died. Medical officials told Russian state media at least five people remain in critical condition. […]
South Sudan: Sudan Is Waging War, Thwarting Peace Talks
Posted April 1st, 2012 at 7:35 pm (UTC-5)
South Sudan is accusing Sudan of waging war and thwarting African Union peace talks aimed at stopping rising border clashes. During talks in Addis Ababa Sunday, South Sudan’s chief negotiator Pagan Amum accused Khartoum of conducting air strikes for a seventh straight day. Meanwhile, Sudan accuses South Sudanese army forces of crossing several kilometers into […]
NLD Claims Aung San Suu Kyi Election Win
Posted April 1st, 2012 at 1:30 pm (UTC-5)
Supporters of Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, who spent most of the past two decades under military-ordered house arrest, say she won a seat Sunday in Burma’s lower house of parliament. The Nobel laureate’s National League for Democracy party announced the victory shortly after polls closed in Burma’s by-elections late Sunday, saying she […]
Mali’s Coup Leader: Constitution Has Been Reinstated
Posted April 1st, 2012 at 8:55 am (UTC-5)
Mali’s coup leader says he has reinstated the country’s constitution, a day before harsh economic sanctions were to be imposed if constitutional order was not restored. During a news conference near the capital, Bamoko on Sunday, Captain Amadou Sanogo read a brief statement saying he had restored the state’s previous constitution, which was adopted in […]
