Tens of thousands of Palestinians from the Fatah faction held a mass rally in Gaza Friday for the first time since the rival Islamic militant group Hamas seized control of the territory in a brief civil war in 2007. The more moderate Fatah rules the West Bank, but as peace talks with Israel have deadlocked, […]
Fatah Holds First Rally in Gaza Since 2007
Posted January 4th, 2013 at 1:35 pm (UTC-5)
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Iraq Car Bomb Kills at Least 20
Posted January 3rd, 2013 at 2:10 pm (UTC-5)
Iraqi authorities say a car bomb has killed at least 20 Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims on their way home from a religious procession in the country’s south. Police said Thursday’s attack at a busy bus station in the town of Musayyib hit the pilgrims as they were returning from Iraq’s shrine city of Karbala, where they […]
Suspected US Drone Strike Kills Top Militant Commander in Pakistan
Posted January 3rd, 2013 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani security officials say recent U.S. drone strikes in tribal regions bordering Afghanistan have killed at least 14 al-Qaida-linked militants, including a top militant commander. Officials say several missiles were fired before dawn on Thursday in South and North Waziristan. They say the deadliest strike was in the South Waziristan village of Angoor Adda, where […]
Authorities Charge Five India Gang Rape Suspects
Posted January 3rd, 2013 at 8:10 am (UTC-5)
Police in India have formally charged five of the suspects in last month’s gang rape of a 23-year-old woman, an attack that left her with such severe injuries she died two weeks later. The men are accused of gang rape, murder and criminal assault. Authorities say they will push for the death penalty if they […]
Syria Air Strike Hits Gas Station, Dozens Killed
Posted January 2nd, 2013 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
Opposition activists in Syria say government warplanes bombed a gasoline station near Damascus Wednesday, reportedly killing dozens of people as they waited for fuel. Activists say the strike occurred in the eastern suburb of Mleiha — an area partly under rebel control. The blast ignited a huge fire which sent black smoke billowing into the […]
S. Korea Dismisses Kim Jong Un’s Call for Reduced Tensions
Posted January 2nd, 2013 at 9:45 am (UTC-5)
South Korea is dismissing a New Year’s Day speech by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that called for reduced tensions with Seoul. Unification Minister Yu Woo-Ik said Wednesday that Mr. Kim’s speech was “bland” and contained no ground-breaking proposals. He said Seoul has good reason to question the young leader’s intentions. Mr. Kim Tuesday […]
South Korea Dismisses Kim Jong Un’s Call for Reduced Tensions
Posted January 2nd, 2013 at 9:35 am (UTC-5)
South Korea has dismissed a New Year’s Day speech by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un calling for reduced tensions with Seoul. Unification Minister Yu Woo-Ik Wednesday called Mr. Kim’s speech “bland,” saying it contained no groundbreaking proposals. He said Seoul has good reason to question the young leader’s intentions. Mr. Kim Tuesday urged an […]
Global Markets Higher As US Congress Averts Financial Crisis
Posted January 2nd, 2013 at 9:15 am (UTC-5)
World markets are opening 2013 on a high note, after the U.S. Congress reached a deal to avert an early 2013 financial crisis that threatened to send the world’s largest economy into recession. Asian stock markets welcomed the development in the first trading of the new year, with Hong Kong jumping 2.9 percent on Wednesday, […]
US Oil Rig Grounded Off Alaska
Posted January 1st, 2013 at 4:25 pm (UTC-5)
A huge Shell Oil drilling rig has run aground in a storm off the rugged coast of the remote U.S. state of Alaska. The U.S. Coast Guard said the Kulluk broke free from the ship handling it in rough seas in the Gulf of Alaska on New Year’s Eve and then was cut loose from […]
60 Crushed to Death in Ivory Coast
Posted January 1st, 2013 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
Officials in Ivory Coast say at least 60 people were crushed to death during a stampede at a New Year’s celebration in Abidjan. At least 50 others were injured in the incident, which took place early Tuesday in the Plateau district, at a stadium where people had gathered to watch fireworks. AIP television in Ivory […]
