Gates: US Remains Cautious Over Libyan Rebels
Representatives from the Libyan opposition are in Washington this week to meet senior U.S. officials in a bid to win more foreign assistance to help topple Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. But the...
View ArticleTaliban Revenge Bombing Kills 80 in Pakistan
Pakistan officials say the death toll from the twin suicide bombing of a paramilitary training center in the northwest has risen to 80. Pakistan’s Taliban says it carried out Friday’s attack as...
View ArticleNATO Strikes Gadhafi Compound in Tripoli
NATO bombs hit government buildings in the Libyan capital Tripoli Thursday the same day NATO’s secretary general visited Washington. A Libyan resistance leader, also visiting the U.S. capital, says...
View ArticleCIA Director: Torture Did Not Lead To Osama Bin Laden
John McCain writes: I asked CIA Director Leon Panetta for the facts, and he told me the following: The trail to bin Laden did not begin with a disclosure from Khalid Sheik Mohammed, who was...
View ArticleSyria Braces for More Anti-Regime Protests
Syrian government forces expanded their crackdown on public opposition Thursday uprising, deploying tanks around the historic city of Hama, where the Syrian regime crushed a revolt almost 20 years...
View ArticleGadhafi’s Tripoli Compound Hit After TV Appearance
NATO warplanes have attacked Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s compound in Tripoli, hours after he made his first appearance on Libyan television since last month. Libyan authorities took reporters to...
View ArticleSyrian Activists Say Government Tanks Deploying Around Hama
Syrian activists say government forces expanded their crackdown Thursday on an opposition uprising, deploying tanks around the historic city of Hama, where the Syrian regime crushed a revolt almost 20...
View ArticleOfficials: Bin Laden Urged Followers to Attack US
U.S. officials say Osama bin Laden’s handwritten journal shows the al-Qaida leader urging his followers to focus on targeting the United States in a large-scale attack. Media reports quote the...
View ArticleDozens Wounded as Yemeni Forces Fire on Protesters
Dozens were wounded Thursday as fresh clashes erupted between Yemeni security forces and protesters, a day after at least nine people were killed in anti-government unrest. News organizations quoting...
View ArticleNATO Admits Killing Girl in Afghan Raid
NATO says a combined Afghan and coalition force has killed a young girl and an Afghan policeman during an operation against a Taliban leader in eastern Afghanistan. The incident took place Wednesday...
View ArticleSenegal Quranic School Puts Children First
Quranic schools in Senegal gained much unwanted attention last year with a damning report by Human Rights Watch that said many schools were enslaving their students to beg for money. One Quranic...
View ArticleUN Secretary-General Calls for Libya Cease-Fire
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he spoke to Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi by telephone Tuesday evening and conveyed his concerns about the need to protect the civilian population....
View ArticleEgyptian Islamist Calls for Tolerance of Coptic Christians
Violence between Egypt’s Coptic Christians and conservative Muslims has led to calls for tolerance from some unlikely sources. The allegiance of the men gathered outside a mosque in central Assyut is...
View ArticleObama to Deliver Mideast Policy Address
The White House confirmed Wednesday that President Barack Obama will deliver a speech, possibly before his upcoming European trip, to renew his outreach to the Muslim world and lay out his vision for...
View ArticleActivists: Syrian Tanks, Troops Kill 19 People in South, West
Syrian rights activists say government forces have fired on residential areas in the south and west of the country, killing at least 19 people in a crackdown on protests against President Bashar...
View ArticleBin Laden Journal Discusses Terror Operations
U.S. officials say Osama bin Laden’s journal contains information about future terror plots, and shows the al-Qaida leader was communicating with other terrorists. The officials, who spoke on the...
View ArticleUS Drone Strike in Pakistan Kills 5 Militants
Pakistani officials say a U.S. drone aircraft has fired missiles at a vehicle in the northwest tribal region near the Afghan border, killing at least five suspected militants. The officials said the...
View ArticleRockets Strike Libyan Capital
Explosions rocked the Libyan capital, Tripoli, early Thursday, from what witnesses say were apparent NATO strikes. Libyan government officials say at least four rockets targeted a compound in the...
View ArticleLibyan Rebels Gain Ground in Misrata
Libyan rebels say they gained ground in the besieged port city of Misrata, while United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday urged the Libyan government stop its assault and allow humanitarian...
View ArticleAt Least 2 Dead in Escalating Yemen Clashes
At least two people were killed and at least five others were wounded Wednesday in Yemen as massive rallies continued demanding the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Yemen’s main industrial...
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