US orders embassy staff to leave Tunis, Khartoum

US orders embassy staff to leave Tunis, Khartoum

US orders embassy staff to leave Tunis, Khartoum

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 11:25 PM PDT

WASHINTON, Sept 16 — The United States ordered non-essential staff to leave its embassies in Tunisia and Sudan yesterday after both diplomatic posts were attacked and Khartoum rejected a US request to send a platoon of Marines to bolster security at its mission there. "Given the security situation in Tunis and Khartoum, the US State Department has ...

Four soldiers killed in ‘insider’ attack in Afghan south

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 11:16 PM PDT

KABUL, Sept 16 — Four soldiers fighting with the NATO-led alliance were killed in an attack believed to involve members of the Afghan police in southern Afghanistan today, the coalition said. The attack came a day after two British soldiers were shot dead by an Afghan policeman while returning from a patrol in southern Helmand province, one of the ...

Roadside bomb kills 14 people in Pakistan near Afghan border

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 11:08 PM PDT

PESHAWAR, Sept 16 — A roadside bomb killed 14 people in northern Pakistan today, police officials said, after it hit a truck carrying villagers to a market place near the border with Afghanistan. Villagers in the Lower Dir area have been supporting government forces in the fight against Taliban insurgents. Among the dead were three women and three ...

Christians fear violent backlash from Syria uprising

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 08:49 PM PDT

DAMASCUS, Sept 16 — In a walled churchyard in the old city of Damascus, a small group of Syrians debate whether the time has come to flee one of Christianity's ancient heartlands. Members of a Christian community which stretches back 2,000 years, they worry that Syria's civil war can have no happy outcome and they face an upheaval that fellow ...

NATO says four soldiers killed in "insider" attack in Afghan south

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 11:19 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Four soldiers fighting with the NATO-led alliance were killed in an attack believed to involve members of the Afghan police in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, the coalition said.

NATO says four soldiers killed in "insider" attack in Afghan south

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 10:40 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Four soldiers fighting with the NATO-led alliance were killed in an attack believed to involve members of the Afghan police in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, the coalition said.

Anti-Japan protests widen, China struggles to rein in anger

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 10:40 PM PDT

BEIJING, China (Reuters) - Torrid protests against Japan broke out in Chinese cities for a second day on Sunday, prompting Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to urge Beijing to protect his country's companies and diplomatic buildings from fresh assaults.

NATO says four troops killed in "insider" attack in Afghan south

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 09:46 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Four soldiers fighting with the NATO-led alliance were killed in an attack believed to involve members of the Afghan police in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, the coalition said.

NATO says four troops killed in "insider" attack in Afghan south

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 09:13 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Four foreign troops fighting with the NATO-led alliance were killed in an "insider" attack suspected to involve members of the Afghan police in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, NATO said.

Roadside bomb kills 14 people in Pakistan near Afghan border

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 09:03 PM PDT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed 14 people in northern Pakistan on Sunday, police officials said, after it hit a truck carrying villagers to a market place near the border with Afghanistan.

Fury over Mohammad video simmers on in Muslim world

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 08:41 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - A wave of furious anti-Western protests against a film mocking the Prophet Mohammad abated on Saturday, but U.S. policy in the Muslim world remained overshadowed by 13 minutes of amateurish video on the Internet.

Anti-Japan protests widen, China struggles to rein in anger

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 08:28 PM PDT

BEIJING/CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Torrid protests against Japan flared in Chinese cities for a second day on Sunday, with the government struggling to find a balance between venting public anger and containing violence that could backfire ahead of a delicate leadership succession.

VIDEO: Obama vows to 'stand fast'

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 09:00 PM PDT

President Barack Obama has vowed to stand fast in the face of widespread anti-American protests across the Muslim world.


Afghan policeman kills two British soldiers

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 08:27 PM PDT

KABUL, Sept 16 —  An Afghan policeman killed two British soldiers from the NATO-led force in southern Afghanistan yesterday before he was himself shot dead, security and coalition officials said. The incident brought to 47 the number of foreign military personnel killed in insider attacks this year. The gunman was returning from a security ...

China struggles to channel anger as anti-Japan protests resume

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 07:45 PM PDT

BEIJING, Sept 16 — A second day of torrid protests against Japan began in Chinese cities today, with the government struggling to find a balance between venting public anger and containing violence that could backfire ahead of a delicate leadership succession. The protests over islands claimed by both countries broke out in Beijing and other ...

Japan finds another gap in its disaster readiness

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 07:11 PM PDT

TOKYO, Sept 16 — When Toshitsugu Fujii became head of a Japanese task force on disaster response at Mount Fuji, he was confronted with a startling oversight. Japan had no plan in place to deal with a disaster in which an earthquake sparks a volcanic eruption at the country's most famous landmark. Fujii said a tremor "greatly increases" the chance ...

Romney hits Obama on looming ‘fiscal cliff’

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 06:34 PM PDT

BELMONT, Sept 16 — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama yesterday of standing by while a looming budgetary calamity unfolds in Washington as he sought to regain his footing after a tough week on the campaign trail. Romney leaped into the debate over the "fiscal cliff", the potential for an end-of-the-year ...

Syria envoy meets Assad, says conflict is global threat

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 06:08 PM PDT

BEIRUT, Sept 16 — International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said after talks with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad yesterday that the escalating conflict in the country posed a global threat. Activists say 27,000 people have been killed in the 18-month-old uprising against Assad. Yesterday, 20 bodies, including a woman's, were found by residents in ...

Irish tabloid breaks ranks to publish topless Kate photos

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 05:44 PM PDT

DUBLIN, Sept 16 — An Irish tabloid newspaper broke ranks with its British and Irish rivals to publish topless pictures of the wife of Prince William yesterday, risking legal action from the royal family and prompting its British co-owner to cut ties with the title. The royal couple have already begun action against the French magazine Closer for ...

Venezuela blasts US criticism over drugs

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 05:26 PM PDT

CARACAS, Sept 16 — Venezuela yesterday rejected as unsubstantiated a new US report that accused President Hugo Chavez's government of failing to fight the drugs trade. Chavez, a socialist seeking re-election next month, is a ferocious critic of Washington, and his nearly 14-year rule has been characterised by frequent bilateral spats and ...

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