A bomb has killed at least nine people in the northwestern Pakistan city of Peshawar. Police say the explosion took place on the outskirts of the city as a van carrying members of the Pakistani air force approached. They say at least 30 people were injured. Officials say it is not clear who is behind […]
South Africa Police Fire Bullets, Tear Gas at Mine Gathering
Posted September 19th, 2012 at 8:40 am (UTC-5)
South African police fired tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse protesters near a mine owned by the world’s top platinum producer. The unrest Wednesday in Rustenburg, at a mine owned by Anglo American Platinum , raised fears that unrest in South Africa’s mining sector is not over. Hours earlier, Lonmin platinum mines […]
Russia Accuses US Aid Agency of Attempting to Influence Politics
Posted September 19th, 2012 at 8:05 am (UTC-5)
Russia is accusing the United States of using its aid agency in Moscow to influence Russian politics. The accusation comes a day after Washington announced it will comply with Moscow’s request that the U.S. Agency for International Development shut down its operations in the country. Russia’s foreign ministry on Wednesday cited concerns about what it […]
Following Mysterious Absence, China’s Xi Appears Healthy, Relaxed
Posted September 19th, 2012 at 6:15 am (UTC-5)
China’s leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping appeared fit and healthy while meeting with visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Wednesday, leaving few clues about his recent two-week absence from public life. The smiling Chinese vice president energetically shook hands with Panetta and posed for photographs in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, in what […]
Russia Accuses US Aid Agency of Attempting to Influence Politics
Posted September 19th, 2012 at 5:30 am (UTC-5)
Russia is accusing the United States of using its aid agency in Moscow to influence Russian politics. The accusations come a day after Washington announced plans to end the U.S. Agency for International Development’s operations in the country at Moscow’s request. Russia’s foreign ministry on Wednesday cited concerns about what it said were the USAID’s […]
Obama Criticizes Romney Over Views of ’47 Percent’ of Voters
Posted September 19th, 2012 at 12:50 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama says whoever occupies the White House represents the entire country — a rebuttal of his Republican challenger’s recent characterization that nearly half of U.S. voters are “victims” dependent on the government. Appearing on television’s popular “Late Show with David Letterman” Tuesday, President Obama made his first public response to a secretly […]
US to Close USAID Missions in Russia
Posted September 18th, 2012 at 5:40 pm (UTC-5)
The United States has announced plans to end the U.S. Agency for International Development’s operations in Russia, at Moscow’s request. A State Department spokeswoman, Victoria Nuland, told reporters Tuesday that Russia sent a letter last week saying it does not need U.S. help any more. The aid agency has worked in Russia since the Soviet […]
White House Criticizes Romney Remarks in Secretly Recorded Video
Posted September 18th, 2012 at 12:50 pm (UTC-5)
The White House has criticized comments made by U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in a secretly recorded video, in which he denigrated President Barack Obama’s supporters. The video, released Monday by the liberal magazine Mother Jones, shows Mr. Romney dismissing the president’s supporters as Americans who believe they are “victims” entitled to be supported […]
Japan: Chinese Ships Enter Territorial Waters
Posted September 18th, 2012 at 9:55 am (UTC-5)
Japan’s Coast Guard says at least two Chinese government vessels have entered territorial waters near Japanese-controlled islands, as a dispute escalates on the sensitive anniversary of Japan’s invasion of China. The vessels are among 11 Chinese ships spotted Tuesday near the East China Sea islands, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. Japanese […]
Video of Romney Dismissing Obama Supporters Surfaces
Posted September 18th, 2012 at 9:30 am (UTC-5)
A secretly recorded video released Monday shows U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney dismissing supporters of President Barack Obama as Americans who believe they are “victims” entitled to be supported by the federal government. The video on the website of the liberal magazine Mother Jones shows Mr. Romney speaking to donors at a private fundraising […]
