World Jul 14 Suicide Bomber Kills 4 at Karzai Service, No Suspects in Mumbai Attacks A suicide bomber in Kandahar, Afghanistan, killed four people Thursday at a memorial service for Ahmed Wali Karzai, the half-brother of President Hamid Karzai. The attacker apparently hid the explosives in his turban, according to witnesses and officials. He…
World Jul 13 3 Explosions Rattle Mumbai, Reports Say 21 Killed, 113 Wounded Authorities in India say three explosions in a busy section of Mumbai have killed at least 23 people and injured an estimated 113 more.
Nation Jul 07 Scandal-Plagued News of the World to Shut Down Sunday An ad for News of The World, a newspaper published by News International Newspapers Ltd and a subsidiary of News Corp., is displayed at a store in Canvey Island, U.K., on Thursday. Photo by Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images. News…
World Jul 07 Top Pakistani Scientist Claims N. Korea Nuclear Ties, China Denies Rumors of Jiang Zemin's Death Abdul Qadeer Khan, the founder of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program, has claimed that the North Korean government paid bribes to officials in Islamabad in exchange for nuclear technology in the late 1990s, according to the Washington Post. Khan said…
World Jul 06 Somali Terror Suspect in U.S. Court, 9 Feared Dead in Afghanistan Plane Crash A Somali man, Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame, appeared in a New York City courtroom, months after he was detained in the Gulf of Aden on suspicion of involvement in terrorist activities. He faces charges of aiding al Qaida -- specifically…
World Jul 05 Bombings in Iraq Kill 35, Lagarde Takes Over at IMF Two bombs in the town of Taji killed at least 35 people on Tuesday, according to Iraqi officials, with dozens more wounded in the latest in a string of attacks coinciding with the debate over whether to ask U.S.
World Jul 01 Strauss-Kahn Released from House Arrest, Prosecutors Look at CIA Detainee Deaths 11:45 a.m. ET | After a court hearing in New York, Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from house arrest, although his travel documents are still being held and the case against him has not been dismissed, with the next hearing…
World Jun 30 Protests Against Vote Continue in Greece, Public Workers Strike in Britain As members of Greece's parliament prepare to vote on a second bill to hasten planned austerity measures, around 300 people were injured and 50 stores were damaged in ongoing protests in Athens over the planned cuts. Police…
World Jun 29 Karzai: Hotel Attack Won't Slow Transfer, BofA to Pay $8.5 Billion Settlement One day after suicide bombers and gunmen stormed the Inter-Continental hotel in Kabul, causing a five-hour standoff involving Afghan security forces and NATO helicopters, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said his country's forces would proceed with a planned transfer…
World Jun 28 Two-Day General Strike Begins in Greece, U.S. Backs Lagarde as IMF Chief Protesters in Athens run away from riot police on Tuesday. Photo by Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images. Protesters in Athens are clashing with police as a 48-hour general strikes kicks off ahead of an expected vote in parliament over controversial austerity…