January 20, 2014
Suicide Bombing Kills 9 in Pakistan
Officials in northern Pakistan say a suicide bomber has struck a market near the country's military headquarters, killing at least nine people. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack Monday in Rawalpindi, not far from the capital,…
January 20, 2014
Clashes Erupt at Kyiv Rally
A tense standoff between anti-government demonstrators and riot police continued overnight in Kyiv following clashes in the Ukrainian capital. The violence on January 19 came after tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Independence Square in…
January 20, 2014
Obama: Marijuana is not more dangerous than alcohol
President Barack Obama said he doesn't think marijuana is more dangerous than alcohol, "in terms of its impact on the individual consumer." "As has been well documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice, not very…
January 20, 2014
Syria’s Bashar al-Assad: Quitting not up for debate
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is quoted as saying he has no intention of quitting, and the issue is not up for discussion at forthcoming peace talks. "If we wanted to surrender we would have surrendered from the start," Mr Assad told Russian MPs…
January 19, 2014
Egypt’s Morsi Faces New Trial
Ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, already on trial for allegedly inciting violence, also will be tried on charges of insulting the judiciary. Egypt's state-run news agency reported Sunday that just before the military threw him out of power,…
January 19, 2014
Eight Candidates Listed for CAR Interim Presidency
Lawmakers in the Central African Republic have shortlisted eight candidates, including two sons of former presidents, to become interim leader and pull the country out of months of turmoil and factional killings. The members of a transitional…
January 19, 2014
Iraq Forces Assault Militants in Ramadi
Iraqi tribal militias backed by police special forces and helicopter gunships have launched an offensive to push al-Qaida-linked militants from Ramadi, the capital of western Anbar province. Iraqi officials said ground forces retook a police…
January 19, 2014
Twenty Pakistani Soldiers Killed in Bomb Blast
A bombing claimed by the Pakistani Taliban has killed at least 20 Pakistani soldiers and wounded 30 others. The explosion on Sunday ripped through a military convoy as it prepared to leave the town of Bannu to go to the North Waziristan tribal…
January 13, 2014
Protesters move to shut down Bangkok
Opposition protestors in Thailand are gathering in the capital Bangkok to try to shut down the city centre. It is part of their campaign to overthrow the government before snap elections due on 2 February. The government has deployed 18,000 police…
January 13, 2014
Public Remembrance, Private Funeral for Israel’s Ariel Sharon
Israel will hold a state memorial service followed by a private funeral Monday for former prime minister Ariel Sharon. Mr. Sharon died Saturday at age 85. He spent the last eight years of his life in a coma following a massive stroke. His body lay…