October 27, 2011
Israel transfers Egyptian prisoners towards border for swap
An Israel Prison Service (IPS) convoy carrying 25 Egyptian nationals freed in a prisoner swap to gain the release of an Israeli-American held in Cairo on Thursday noon headed towards Taba crossing point in the southern port city of Eilat. The…
October 27, 2011
UK Border Agency criticised over convict deportations
More than 5,000 foreign criminals who should have been deported remain in the UK, an official report has said. The number who are not deported or cannot be deported at the end of their sentence is increasing, the independent inspector of the UK…
October 26, 2011
Turkey’s Rescue Teams Pressed to Find Quake Survivors
Time is running out for people believed to be still trapped in collapsed buildings after Sunday's deadly earthquake in southeastern Turkey. The number of dead is more than 400, but that is expected to rise after a second night of freezing…
October 26, 2011
Tunisian Islamists, Liberal Partners in Talks to Form Unity Govt.
Tunisia's moderate Islamist party has begun talks to form an interim unity government with a pair of liberal rivals, after preliminary election results showed the Islamists winning more than 40 percent of the vote. Partial tallies released…
October 26, 2011
Gunfire, Explosions Heard After Yemeni Troops, Rivals Declare Cease-fire
Yemen's government and forces loyal to a dissident general declared a cease-fire Tuesday, but residents in the capital later said they heard explosions and gunfire. Officials from both sides confirmed the agreement started at 3:00 p.m. local time…
October 26, 2011
US Dismantles Last of Huge Cold War-Era Nuclear Bombs
It was the end of an era Tuesday when experts near Amarillo, Texas dismantled the United States' oldest and biggest nuclear bomb, the B53. Officials say dismantling the bomb involved separating 136 kilograms of high explosives from a uranium “pit”…
October 26, 2011
Gadhafi Buried at Secret Site in Libyan Desert
Libya’s ousted leader, Moammar Gadhafi, was buried before dawn Tuesday in a secret desert location five days after he was captured, killed and his slowly decomposing body put on public display in a meat locker in the city of Misrata. Officials…
October 23, 2011
Libya’s new rulers declare country liberated
Libya's transitional government has declared national liberation before a jubilant crowd in Benghazi, where the revolt against Muammar Gaddafi began. Tens of thousands of people packed into Freedom Square to hear National Transitional Council…
October 23, 2011
Floods Devastate SE Asia
Thailand authorities are battling to protect the capital, Bangkok, from the flood waters that devastated central provinces, while officials in neighboring Burma said Sunday floods there killed at least 100 people. Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand…
October 23, 2011
Three European aid workers kidnapped in Algeria
Three European aid workers have been kidnapped from a refugee camp in western Algeria. Two Spanish workers and an Italian were seized overnight from the Rabuni camp near Tindouf, their foreign ministries confirmed. The camp houses Sahrawi refugees…