August 3, 2013
US in worldwide travel alert after ‘al-Qaeda threat’
The US state department has issued a global travel alert because of an unspecified al-Qaeda threat. In a statement, the department said the potential for an attack was particularly strong in the Middle East and North Africa. It comes shortly after…
August 3, 2013
Tunisian Military Launches Air Strikes on Mountain-Based Militants
Tunisian forces launched air strikes and sent in troops Friday to surround suspected Islamist militants in the mountains near the Algerian border.The military carried out the operation in the Chaambi area after fighting broke out Thursday. This is…
August 3, 2013
US Diplomat Says China Becoming More Repressive
A senior U.S. diplomat says human rights in China are deteriorating, accusing Beijing of harassing activists' families and repressing ethnic and religious minorities. Uzra Zeya, acting U.S. assistant secretary of state, said Friday that talks this…
August 3, 2013
Tense Standoff at Protests in Cairo
Tens of thousands of supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi marched through Cairo Friday to demand his reinstatement, even as the interim government threatens to break up their protest camps. State TV reports Egyptian police are…
August 3, 2013
US to Close Embassies August 4
The United States will close a number of its embassies and consulates around the world on Sunday for security reasons. The chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, Ed Royce, told CNN Friday an al-Qaida-linked terror…
July 30, 2013
Verdict Expected in Manning WikiLeaks Trial
The military judge presiding over the court-martial of an Army private charged with leaking U.S. secrets to WikiLeaks will announce her verdict later Tuesday. Oklahoma native Bradley Manning is facing 21 criminal charges, including espionage and…
July 30, 2013
Explosions Kill 12 in Northern Nigeria
Multiple explosions in Nigeria's northern city of Kano have killed at least 12 people.The blasts happened late Monday near a bar in the predominantly Christian Sabon Gari area of the city.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the…
July 30, 2013
Pakistan Lawmakers Vote for New President
Pakistan's lawmakers have begun voting for the country's new president.Mamnoon Hussain, a textile businessman and a close ally of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, is expected to emerge as the winner in Tuesday's election to replace Asif Ali Zardari,…
July 30, 2013
Swiss Train Crash Kills Driver, Injures 26
Two trains have collided head-on in western Switzerland, killing one train's driver and injuring at least 26 passengers.Officials say 46 passengers were on board the trains when the accident happened late Monday in Granges-pres-Marnand.The cause of…
July 30, 2013
Militants Free Jailed Terrorists from Pakistani Prison
Pakistani Taliban militants, some of them disguised in police uniforms, attacked a prison in northwestern Pakistan with machine guns and grenades Monday, freeing more than 240 prisoners, including 25 jailed terrorists.Officials say 12 people,…