European stock prices are lower in midday trading Thursday. London’s Financial Times index is down seven-tenths of a percent . The CAC-40 in Paris is down 1.1 percent , and the DAX index in Frankfurt is down one percent . In New York, the S&P futures contract is up three points, indicating a higher opening. […]
NATO Says Forces Capture Bin Laden Associate in Afghanistan
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
NATO says Afghan and coalition troops have captured an al-Qaida facilitator who was a former associate of terror leader Osama bin Laden. In a statement Thursday, NATO said the man was captured in the Nahr-e Shahi area of northern Balkh province, but did not give his name. It said the Pakistan-based man planned attacks and […]
NATO Says Forces Capture Bin Laden Associate in Afghanistan
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 6:40 am (UTC-5)
NATO says Afghan and coalition troops have captured an al-Qaida facilitator who was a former associate of terror leader Osama bin Laden. In a statement Thursday, NATO said the man was captured in the Nahr-e Shahi area of northern Balkh province, but did not give his name. It said the Pakistan-based man planned attacks and […]
Flights Suspended as Yemen Fighting Intensifies
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 6:35 am (UTC-5)
Flights have been suspended at the airport in the Yemeni capital as fighting intensifies between government forces and armed tribesmen. Reports said airport operations were halted when the fighting moved close to the airport Thursday. Thousands of armed tribesmen are said to be heading to the capital, Sana’a, to join the fight against government forces. […]
US Senator Visits Rangoon to Meet Aung San Suu Kyi
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 6:30 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Senator John McCain is in Rangoon for a meeting with Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. McCain paid a visit earlier Thursday to the Rangoon headquarters of the Free Funeral Service Society. An opposition spokesman told VOA’s Burmese service the senator was also slated to see representatives of five small ethnic parties. McCain’s […]
Day-long Attack Kills 23 in Northwestern Pakistan
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 5:55 am (UTC-5)
Officials in northwestern Pakistan say militants have killed at least 23 security personnel and three civilians in an attack on a checkpoint that lasted for more than a day. The attack began Wednesday in the town of Shaltalo, when police say about 200 militants crossed the border from Afghanistan’s Kunar province into Pakistan’s Dir tribal […]
Pakistani General Rules Out North Waziristan Offensive
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 5:25 am (UTC-5)
Officials in northwestern Pakistan say militants have killed at least 23 security forces in an attack on a checkpoint that lasted for more than a day. The attack began Wednesday in the town of Shaltalo, when police say about 200 militants crossed the border from Afghanistan’s Kunar province into Pakistan’s Dir tribal area. Officials said […]
Kan Offers Future Resignation as Party Faces Possible Defeat
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 2:40 am (UTC-5)
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan offered to resign in the coming months, speaking hours before a parliamentary vote that failed to bring down his government. Mr. Kan said at a meeting of his Democratic Party of Japan Thursday that he would like to hand over power to a younger generation once the prospects for dealing […]
Tornadoes Strike Northeastern US, Killing Four
Posted June 1st, 2011 at 11:35 pm (UTC-5)
At least two tornadoes ripped through a heavily populated area of the northeastern United States on Wednesday, killing four people and injuring others. The latest in a string of twisters to hit the country in recent weeks struck the western area of the state of Massachusetts, a region where tornadoes are relatively rare. The tornadoes […]
Strong Explosions Rock Tripoli
Posted June 1st, 2011 at 10:20 pm (UTC-5)
At least three suspected NATO air strikes hit targets in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, early Thursday while yet another high-ranking official fled the country and announced his defection from leader Moammar Gadhafi’s embattled government. Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem, one of the most prominent officials to have publicly broken with the Libyan strongman, said in Rome […]
