April 9, 2012
Shooting, Bombing Kill Dozens in Northern Nigeria
Police in northeastern Nigeria say suspected members of the radical Islamist group Boko Haram shot dead a 6-year-old girl and wounded two infants Sunday, after a suicide car bombing earlier in the day killed at least 36 people. A Yobe state…
April 9, 2012
Turkey: Gunfire From Syria Wounds Three
Turkish officials say Syrian forces fired across the border at a refugee camp, wounding a Turkish translator and at least two Syrian refugees, in the first such incident since Turkey began sheltering thousands of refugees last year. Monday's…
April 9, 2012
Foreign Press Shown North Korean Rocket
North Korean space officials took the rare step Sunday of allowing foreign journalists to see a rocket, that, despite the objections of the United States and South Korea, is being prepared for launch this week. The rocket viewing came as South…
April 8, 2012
Pakistan President Zardari visits India for talks
The President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, is due to travel to India in the first visit there by a Pakistani head of state for seven years. Mr Zardari will meet Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, before travelling to an important Muslim…
April 8, 2012
Mali’s Interim President Returns to Mali
Mali's interim president arrived in Bamako to take office after military coup leaders agreed to hand power to a civilian government in a deal with neighboring countries announced Saturday. Former speaker of parliament Dioncounda Traore will serve…
April 8, 2012
135 People Feared Dead in Pakistani Avalanche
Up to 135 people, mostly Pakistani soldiers, are feared dead after a massive avalanche engulfed a high-altitude military complex in mountainous Kashmir near the Indian border early Saturday. In a statement late Saturday, Pakistan's military said…
April 8, 2012
Malawi’s New President Calls for Peace, Unity
Malawi's new president, Joyce Banda, has called for peace and unity as the nation mourns for her predecessor Bingu wa Mutharika, who died suddenly on Thursday. Ms. Banda spoke on Saturday after being sworn in in the capital, Lilongwe, as Malawi's…
April 8, 2012
More than 100 Dead in Syria Ahead of Peace Deadline
At least 100 people were reported killed across Syria Saturday, as government forces pounded opposition strongholds three days ahead of a deadline to halt all military action. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a group that tracks the…
April 4, 2012
France arrests Islamist suspects in fresh raids
Police in France have conducted new raids on Islamist suspects in the wake of the multiple…
April 4, 2012
Al-Qaeda ‘could target UK youths’
British youths from African communities could become radicalised as al-Qaeda looks to Africa to build its strength, the Rusi think tank has suggested. It says such a development would pose new challenges for UK and other Western intelligence…