Mastermind of '98 US embassies bombings killed
2011-06-12 07:16:59
The al-Qaida mastermind behind the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania was killed this week at a security checkpoint in Somalia.
Yemen says military kills 21 al-Qaida members
2011-06-11 21:17:03
Yemen's Defence Ministry said the military had killed 21 al-Qaida "terrorists" on Saturday in the southern Abyan province, whose capital, Zinjibar was seized by Islamist militants last month.
$12m ransom paid, Kuwaiti oil tanker's released
2011-06-11 19:39:55
Somali pirates say they freed a UAE-flagged, Kuwaiti-owned oil tanker after a $12-million ransom was paid.
China gets closer to Latin America
2011-06-13 08:55:58
NEW YORK - Vice-President Xi Jinping's recently concluded three-nation tour of Latin America is likely to further enhance China's relations with the region, experts said.
Pakistan: No US boots on the ground
2011-06-11 17:28:05
CIA Director Leon Panetta told Pakistan's army and intelligence chiefs that he was concerned about a reduction of US troops allowed in the country, but was bluntly told no American boots would be allowed on the ground, Pakistani military officials.
Gates: NATO alliance future could be 'dismal'
Mexicans protest against drug war
2011-06-11 15:09:58
Mexican poet Javier Sicilia attends a news conference at the Autonomous University in Ciudad Juarez June 10, 2011.
Diplomats, businessmen flee Libya
2011-06-11 13:35:11
More and more foreign diplomats and businessmen are fleeing Libya to neighboring Tunisia amid intensified NATO bombardment to expedite defiant leader Muammar Gadhafi's demise.
Gates: NATO alliance future could be 'dim, dismal'
2011-06-11 09:38:11
In a stern rebuke, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned that the future of the NATO military alliance is at risk because of European penny-pinching and distaste for front-line combat.
Turkey offers Gadhafi exit as fighting goes on
2011-06-11 07:43:57
Heavy fighting between pro-Gaddafi troops and rebels broke out in a Libyan city just 160 kilometres east of Tripoli, potentially opening the coastal road to the capital, just as cracks appeared among NATO allies.
New evidence of $40K cash gifts in FIFA scandal
2011-06-11 07:55:40
A Caribbean football official acknowledged on Friday getting $40,000 in cash at a meeting which is being investigated in a FIFA bribery scandal.
Over 2,400 Syrian refugees in Turkey
2011-06-10 08:30:17
The number of refugees who have left the violence-shadowed Syrian town of Jisr al-Shughour to neighboring Turkey has acceded 2,400.
UAE hosts international meeting over Libya
2011-06-10 08:25:00
The Unites Arab Emirates (UAE) hosted the third meeting of the Libya Contact Group on Thursday.