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Blast targeting Quetta rally kills 43, injures over 100
QUETTA: Forty-three people were killed and more than 100 were injured in a bomb attack targeting a Shia Muslim rally in Quetta on Friday. The bomb appeared to target a rally being held for Al-Quds day, an international annual event held by the Shia community opposing Israel's control of Jerusalem and showing solidarity with Palestinian [...]
Obama signs Executive Order imposing sanctions on N. Korea
WASHINGTON — The US government on Monday slapped sanctions on four people and eight organizations accused of aiding North Korea's government through illicit trade, the Treasury Department said. President Barack Obama issued an order freezing assets and imposing travel bans, as Washington stepped up pressure after the sinking of a South Korean [...]
Two Men on United Flight from Chicago Arrested on ‘Preparation of a Terrorist Attack’ in Amsterdam
Two men taken off a Chicago-to-Amsterdam United Airlines flight in the Netherlands have been charged by Dutch police with "preparation of a terrorist attack," U.S. law enforcement officials tell ABC News. U.S. officials said the two appeared to be travelling with what were termed "mock bombs" in their luggage. "This was almost certainly a [...]
Indian linked to new Al-Qaeda plot held
An Al-Qaeda-linked terror plot was unearthed by Canadian security agencies on Wednesday, with one of the suspects reportedly hailing from India. Under what is curiously called "Operation Samosa,'' the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) arrested two suspects early Wednesday. One of them said to be named Misbahuddin Ahmed who reportedly comes [...]
Taliban disguised as US troops attack Nato bases
Major Patrick Sheba said the Taliban insurgents were "dressed in US military uniforms" Taliban insurgents wearing US military uniforms have attacked two coalition bases in eastern Afghanistan, Nato forces say. Coalition forces repelled both attacks, killing 24 militants, the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) [...]
Israeli Expert: Iran’s a Threat, But Not Reactor
While Iran’s nuclear weapons program poses a grave threat to Israel, the Bushehr reactor isn’t the source of worry, says Yaakov Katz, the Jerusalem Post’s military correspondent. John Bolton, the former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., told Fox Business Network Tuesday that with the Bushehr reaction scheduled to start going on line this [...]
Iran ‘12 months from nuclear weapon’ US warns as Bushehr reactor started
The US sought to reassure Israel that Iran is still a year away from building a nuclear weapon, as Iran's leadership hailed the fueling of its first nuclear power plant on Saturday. Iranian television showed live pictures of Iran's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi and his Russian counterpart watching a fuel rod assembly being prepared for [...]
State Department: Taliban is not a terrorist organization
A new State Department report designating terrorist organizations notably excludes one group: the Taliban. The U.S. has been fighting a war in Afghanistan for almost a decade aimed at “defeating the Taliban,” Taliban members repeatedly have threatened and killed American citizens and lawmakers have increased pressure on State to add the [...]
Last US combat troops leave Iraq
Operations officially end two weeks ahead of Barack Obama's deadline for withdrawal down to 50,000 non-combat soldiers The last US combat troops have left Iraq, seven-and-a-half years after the US-led invasion, and two weeks ahead of President Obama's 31 August deadline for withdrawal from the country. The final troops to leave, 4th Stryker [...]
The US did it: Hugo Chavez says US weapon test caused Haiti earthquake
Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez has once again accused the United States of playing God. But this time it's Haiti's disastrous earthquake that he thinks the U.S. was behind. Spanish newspaper ABC quotes Chavez as saying that the U.S. navy launched a weapon capable of inducing a powerful earthquake off the shore of Haiti. He adds that this time it [...]
