October 23, 2013
US Expanding Airport Security Checks
The New York Times reports the U.S. Transportation Security Administration is expanding its screening of airline passengers before they arrive at U.S. airports by searching what the newspaper calls a "wide array of government and private……
October 20, 2013
Pakistan’s PM to Meet Kerry in Washington Sunday
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington Sunday at the start of the highest-level official Pakistani visit to the U.S. in several years. Sharif will meet with President Barack Obama later in…
October 20, 2013
Wealthy Luxembourg Holds Early Elections
Europe's longest-serving leader faces a tough test Sunday as voters in Luxembourg go to the polls. Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, who has been in power since 1995, hopes to keep the job and lead a new government headed by his Christian Social…
October 20, 2013
Al-Shabab Militants Claim Responsibility for Deadly Somalia Bombing
The militant Somali group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing Saturday that killed at least 15 people in western Somalia, near the border with Ethiopia. An al-Shabab statement said the attack targeted a cafe in the city of…
October 20, 2013
UN Aid Chief Pleads For Access to Besieged Syrians
The United Nations' top humanitarian official is urging both sides in the Syrian civil war to allow aid workers access to thousands of civilians trapped in one of several besieged suburbs ringing the capital, Damascus. Valerie Amos on Saturday…
October 20, 2013
Italy’s Berlusconi Faces 2-year Ban from Public Office
An Italian court has ruled that former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, convicted of tax fraud, should be barred from holding public office for two years. However, Saturday's ruling against Berlusconi — a current senator — will have no immediate…
October 20, 2013
Brahimi Pushes for Syria Peace Talks on Egypt Visit
The U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria is in Cairo as part of a regional tour aimed at garnering support for a peace conference in Geneva next month. Lakhdar Brahimi met Saturday with Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy. He is due to hold talks…
October 13, 2013
Kerry Leaves Afghanistan
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry left Afghanistan late Saturday after two days of talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The top U.S. diplomat and the Afghan leader said after their talks they were closer to an agreement on bilateral…
October 13, 2013
Car Bombing Kills 14 in Iraq
Iraqi authorities say a car bomb attack at a market has killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens of others in central Iraq. Police officials said the Saturday night attack took place when a pickup truck exploded at the entrance of a wholesale…
October 13, 2013
Some US Nuclear Commanders Face Investigations
The U.S. military has fired a general and an admiral from key leadership roles in nuclear forces for alleged personal misconduct. The Air Force Friday removed Michael Carey, a two-star general, from his command of the 20th Air Force, which…