MADRID (AP) — Protesters clashed with police at Madrid’s international airport as ground staff and cabin crews for Spain’s Iberia began 15 days of strikes to protest plans to lay off 3,800 staff. The company, which is looking to cut jobs after it reported substantial losses last year, says the stoppages will lead to more […]
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BAGHDAD (AP) — Al-Qaida’s local franchise in Iraq has claimed responsibility for car bombings that killed at least 37 people in mostly Shiite areas of Baghdad. The U.S. SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors militant forums, says the Islamic State of Iraq issued a statement on militant websites saying Sunday’s attacks came in revenge for alleged […]
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister says North Korea’s recent nuclear test shows that “sanctions alone will not stop” Iran’s atomic program. Benjamin Netanyahu told a gathering of international Jewish leaders on Monday that the Western sanctions against Tehran “have to be coupled with a robust, credible, military threat. If they are not, then there […]
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A news website says WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange regards his bid to become an Australian senator as a defense against potential criminal prosecution in the United States and Britain. Assange spoke to The Conversation website at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London where he was granted asylum in June to avoid extradition […]
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TEHRAN,Iran (AP) — A prominent Iranian lawmaker is saying his country will never close the Fordo nuclear site in exchange for an ease in Western sanctions. A Sunday report by the semi-official ISNA news agency quotes Alaeddin Boroujerdi, head of the influential parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy, as saying Fordo is a […]
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BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Libya’s leader has called for unity in the North African nation as the country celebrates the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Addressing thousands of flag-waving Libyans on Sunday, Mohammed el-Megarif urged his countrymen to “join ranks and resolve our differences to build our nation.” He […]
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is defending the actions of Israel’s security forces following a public uproar over the mysterious death of a man who apparently hanged himself while being held secretly in a maximum-security prison. Israel has said little about the case. But Australian media have said the man, identified as […]
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Crowds are gathering in St. Peter’s Square for Pope Benedict XVI’s first Sunday window blessing since his retirement announcement, and the second-to-last before he leaves the papacy. The traditional Sunday appointment normally attracts a few thousand pilgrims and tourists, but city officials expect that this historic occasion may draw up to […]
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian newspaper is reporting that government authorities are confiscating Buddha statues from shops in Tehran to stop the promotion of Buddhism in the country. Sunday’s report by the independent Arman daily quotes Saeed Jaberi Ansari, an official for the protection of Iran’s cultural heritage, as saying that authorities will not […]
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QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — The governor of a province in southwestern Pakistan where 81 people died in a massive bombing says security officials are too scared of retribution from terrorists to do their jobs. Governor Zulfiqar Magsi said Sunday that Saturday’s bombing in the city of Quetta was the result of a failure of the […]
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