A suicide car bombing killed 26 people outside a presidential palace in southern Yemen Saturday, just hours after longtime vice president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi was sworn in as the country’s new leader. Security officials say the death toll could rise, and at least 20 people were wounded by the explosion in the city of al-Mullaka […]
Deadly Car Bomb Hits Yemen as New President Sworn In
Posted February 25th, 2012 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
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Red Cross Continues Rescue Attempt in Syria’s Homs
Posted February 25th, 2012 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
(new video, info 1,3-4) The Red Cross on Saturday made fresh attempts to continue medical evacuations out of the besieged Syrian city of Homs, as the country’s military took its bombardment of the city into a fourth week. A spokesman for the the International Committee of the Red Cross said negotiations have resumed with Syrian […]
Taliban Takes Credit for Killing Two American Officers
Posted February 25th, 2012 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
The Afghan Taliban has claimed responsibility for the shooting deaths of two American military officers in NATO’s International Security Assistance Force. The group released a statement Saturday saying the killings are retaliation for the burning of Qurans by NATO forces. Reports from Kabul say the victims are a U.S. colonel and a major, both shot […]
Deadly Car Bomb Hits Yemen as New President Sworn In
Posted February 25th, 2012 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
A suicide car bombing killed 26 people outside a presidential palace in southern Yemen Saturday, just hours after longtime vice president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi was sworn in as the country’s new leader. Security officials say the death toll could rise, and at least 20 people were wounded by the explosion in southern Hadramawt province, about […]
Two American Officers Dead in Afghanistan Shooting
Posted February 25th, 2012 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
A gunman in Afghanistan has killed two American military officers in NATO’s International Security Assistance Force. Reports from Kabul say the victims are a U.S. colonel and a major, both shot to death in a highly secure command center at the Afghan Interior Ministry. Many Americans on the NATO force work within Afghan ministries as […]
Two Americans Dead in Afghanistan Shooting
Posted February 25th, 2012 at 9:30 am (UTC-5)
A gunman in Afghanistan has killed two American members of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force. NATO said in a statement Saturday that an individual “turned his weapon against” the service members, but did not provide details on who the shooter or the victims were. Sources are telling reporters that the two victims are Americans. Afghan […]
Mandela Hospitalized But ‘No Need to Worry’
Posted February 25th, 2012 at 9:15 am (UTC-5)
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been admitted to a Johannesburg hospital for what is described as “long-standing abdominal complaint.” A spokesman for South Africa’s ruling party, Keith Khosa, says the 93-year-old anti-apartheid icon is in the hospital for a planned checkup and that surgery is not planned. He said “there is no need […]
Deadly Car Bomb Hits Yemen as New President Sworn In
Posted February 25th, 2012 at 8:30 am (UTC-5)
A suicide car bombing has killed 26 people outside a presidential palace in southern Yemen hours after longtime vice president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi was sworn-in as the country’s new leader. Security officials say at least 26 people were killed and at least 20 wounded in Saturday’s bombing, which occurred in southern Hadramawt province, located about […]
Two Dead in Afghanistan Shooting
Posted February 25th, 2012 at 7:50 am (UTC-5)
Afghan officials say gunmen have killed two Westerners inside the Interior Ministry building in Kabul. The shooting took place as violence erupted across Afghanistan Saturday, the fifth straight day of protests over the burning of Qurans. Hundreds of rock-throwing protesters attacked a United Nations compound in northern Afghanistan. Officials say at least three people died […]
Deadly Car Bomb Hits Yemen as New President Sworn In
Posted February 25th, 2012 at 7:20 am (UTC-5)
A suicide car bomber detonated a vehicle outside a presidential palace in southern Yemen, hours after the longtime vice president, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, was officially sworn-in as the country’s new leader. Security officials say at least 21 people were killed and several wounded in Saturday’s bombing, which occurred in southern Hadramawt province, located about 400 […]
