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Syrian Rebels Kill Troops in Tunnel Blast

Posted: 31 May 2014 05:18 PM PDT

Syrian activists say rebels have blown up a tunnel they filled with explosives in the northern city of Aleppo, killing at least 20 pro-government fighters. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the blast took place near the Zahrawi market in Old Aleppo. Syria’s largest rebel alliance, the Islamic Front, claimed responsibility for the […]

Analysts: Obama in Bind Over Sissi Election

Posted: 31 May 2014 05:18 PM PDT

WASHINGTON — The sweeping victory of former Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sissi in the presidential election is part of a continuing diplomatic dilemma for the Obama administration and its Egypt policies, analysts say. Sissi received more than 90 percent of the vote amid allegations of foul play and little independent monitoring of the low […]

Obama: EPA Has Guidelines for Reducing Carbon Pollution

Posted: 31 May 2014 05:07 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama says the Environmental Protection Agency has designed “commonsense guidelines” for reducing dangerous carbon pollution from power plants. The president said in his weekly address Saturday the proposed guidelines would cut down on the “carbon pollution, smog and soot” ‘that threaten the health of the most vulnerable Americans, including children and the […]

Obama Welcomes Release of Captive US Soldier

Posted: 31 May 2014 05:04 PM PDT

A U.S. soldier held captive in Afghanistan for nearly five years has been released to U.S. forces, in a swap for five insurgents from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The release by the Taliban of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was reported in good condition, follows months of negotiations mediated by the […]

Pakistan-Taliban Clash Spills into Afghanistan

Posted: 31 May 2014 05:03 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's military clashes with Taliban militants have spilled over its northwest border into neighboring Afghanistan. The cross-border skirmish has left civilians, militants and military forces dead across the rugged frontier dividing the two countries. Pakistani military sources say its forces repulsed a major militant attack Saturday morning, killing 16 terrorists in the fighting. […]

Sudan: Woman on Death Row to be Freed

Posted: 31 May 2014 05:02 PM PDT

Sudan’s foreign ministry says a Sudanese woman sentenced to hang for identifying herself as a Christian will be freed “within days,” following an international uproar over her conviction for apostasy. Ministry spokesman Abdullah al-Azraq announced the development late Saturday in Khartoum, just days after the woman — 27-year-old Mariam Yahya Ibrahim — gave birth in […]

Ukraine Rebels Killed Near Donetsk Airport

Posted: 31 May 2014 05:01 PM PDT

DONETSK — Ukrainian separatist leader Denis Pushilin said on Saturday six rebels had been killed while trying to collect the bodies of comrades who had died under Ukrainian army fire earlier this week close to Donetsk airport. Ukrainian forces regained control of the airport in the east of the country on Monday, killing at least […]

Mutharika Sworn In as Malawi’s President

Posted: 31 May 2014 05:00 PM PDT

Peter Mutharika has been sworn in as the new president of Malawi. The 74-year-old-leader of the Democratic Progressive Party was sworn in Saturday in the commercial capital, Blantyre. Mutharika said in a brief address that his main task would be uniting Malawians after the protracted wrangling over electoral issues. He invited his competitors to help […]

US Warns China at Asia Security Forum

Posted: 31 May 2014 04:59 PM PDT

BANGKOK — At Asia's largest security forum, China found itself on the defensive with top officials from several countries, including the United States, Japan and Vietnam, calling on Beijing to moderate its behavior amid maritime territorial disputes in the region. China was the target of unusually blunt remarks from the U.S. defense secretary, Chuck Hagel, […]

US Demands Return to Democracy in Thailand

Posted: 31 May 2014 04:58 PM PDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has demanded that coup leaders in Thailand release detainees and immediately hold general elections, after Thai military leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha said a return to civilian rule is probably at least a year away. Speaking at an Asian security conference in Singapore on Saturday, Hagel also called on the junta […]

Pyongyang Sentences S. Korean ‘Spy’ to Life

Posted: 31 May 2014 04:57 PM PDT

North Korean media say a South Korean Christian missionary has been sentenced to life at hard labor after being convicted of several charges, including setting up an underground church and espionage. The official Korean Central News Agency reported Saturday that South Korean Kim Jong-uk admitted his guilt at a trial held on Friday. Pyongyang says […]

US soldier released by Taliban in prisoner swap

Posted: 31 May 2014 03:09 PM PDT

Washington  – A US soldier captured nearly five years ago in Afghanistan was freed Saturday in exchange for five Taliban inmates held at the Guantanamo prison in a dramatic deal brokered by Qatar. US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was in “good” condition after Taliban fighters handed him over to “a few dozen” US special operations […]

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Insurgents determined to derail Afghan run-off: US general

Posted: 31 May 2014 03:02 PM PDT

Bagram Air Base (Afghanistan)- Taliban insurgents will redouble their efforts to disrupt presidential elections in Afghanistan next month after failing to sabotage the first round of voting in April, a senior US general said Saturday. “I think the enemy is going to make a push on run-off day,” said Major General Stephen Townsend, commander of […]

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Pakistan ruling party MP kidnapped: police

Posted: 31 May 2014 02:51 PM PDT

Lahore (Pakistan) – A provincial lawmaker from Pakistan’s ruling party has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom, police said Saturday. Rana Jameel Hassan of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-N party was kidnapped on a motorway near the eastern town of Sargodha early Saturday as he returned from a funeral with his wife, police […]

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Afghanistan’s wheelchair hoop stars make world debut

Posted: 31 May 2014 02:49 PM PDT

Bologna (Italy)  – They have led lives of quiet desperation on the margins of society as victims of never-ending wars and prejudice but Afghanistan’s wheelchair basketball team was in celebratory mood as it made its international debut in Italy. In between a punishing round of matches against Italian teams, members of the national team found […]

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PPP to resist privatization: Saeed Ghani

Posted: 31 May 2014 07:57 AM PDT

KARACHI : Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Saeed Ghani on Saturday said that his party would strongly resist privatization of national institutions including Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). Addressing PPP workers at Karachi Airport on the occasion of referendum in PIA, Saeed Ghani said that PPP would not allow anyone to sell sensitive national institutions to […]

42 cases of forced, early marriages in 4 months

Posted: 31 May 2014 06:41 AM PDT

KARACHI,  At least 42 cases against early and forced marriages were reported media in just 4 month of 2014 across Pakistan, which included 17 cases in January, 10 cases in February, eight cases in March and seven cases in April. This was said by Madadgar National Helpline Founder Zia Ahmed Awan during a press briefing […]

SHC seeks comments on petition against selling of substandard eatables

Posted: 31 May 2014 06:41 AM PDT

  KARACHI,  The Sindh High Court (SHC) has sought comments from chief secretary Sindh, director Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA), secretary health, secretary food, and other officials on a petition against sale of substandard food items and beverages throughout the province. A non-profit organization, United Human Rights Commission Pakistan, moved court seeking directives […]

Indian state seeks federal probe into gang-rape murder of two girls

Posted: 31 May 2014 06:40 AM PDT

New Delhi  – The chief minister of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh requested a federal police investigation Saturday into the brutal gang-rape and murder of two girls, the Press Trust of India reported. State chief minister Akhilesh Yadav recommended the Central Bureau of Investigation probe the crimes against the two cousins, aged 12 and […]

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Roadside bomb kills 14 civilians in eastern Afghanistan

Posted: 31 May 2014 06:39 AM PDT

Ghazni (Afghanistan) – A roadside bomb killed 14 civilians in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, the latest violence in the country as US-led troops prepare to leave after 13 years of war. The victims were travelling in the Giro district of Ghazni province after a wedding ceremony when the bomb ripped through their vehicle, […]

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