Sunday, December 9, 2012

Pakistan: US drone kills senior al-Qaida leader

Pakistan: US drone kills senior al-Qaida leader

Pakistan: US drone kills senior al-Qaida leader

Posted: 09 Dec 2012 09:01 AM PST

A U.S. drone strike has killed a senior al-Qaida leader in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, Pakistani intelligence officials said, in the latest blow to the Islamic militant network.

Hundreds of fishermen missing in Philippine storm

Posted: 09 Dec 2012 07:49 AM PST

Residents affected by typhoon Bopha beg for aid from passing motorists along a highway at Montevista township, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines Sunday Dec. 9, 2012. The number of missing in the wake of a typhoon that devastated parts of the southern Philippines has jumped to nearly 900 after families and fishing companies reported losing contact with more than 300 fishermen in the South China Sea and Pacific Ocean, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)The number of people missing after a typhoon devastated parts of the southern Philippines jumped to nearly 900 after families and fishing companies reported losing contact with more than 300 fishermen at sea, officials said Sunday.

Military: US service member killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 09 Dec 2012 05:22 AM PST

The U.S. military says one of its service members has been killed in eastern Afghanistan.

Pakistan's largest city rocked by wave of violence

Posted: 09 Dec 2012 04:34 AM PST

Bodies are piling up in Pakistan's largest city as it suffers one of its most violent years in history, and concern is growing that the chaos is giving greater cover for the Taliban to operate and undermining the country's economic epicenter.

US drones kill 3 suspected militants in Pakistan

Posted: 09 Dec 2012 12:17 AM PST

Pakistani intelligence officials say a U.S. drone strike has killed three suspected militants near the Afghan border.

North Korea considers delaying rocket launch

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 10:20 PM PST

FILE - This Dec. 4, 2012 file satellite image taken by GeoEye and annotated and distributed by North Korea Tech and 38 North shows snow covering the Sohae launching station in Tongchang-ri, North Korea, including the path where trailers would be used to move the rocket stages from the assembly building to the launch pad in preparation for a Dec. 10-22 launch. North Korea may postpone the controversial launch of a long-range rocket that had been slated for liftoff as early as Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, North Korean state media said Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/GeoEye via North Korea Tech and 38 North, File) MANDATORY CREDITNorth Korea may postpone the controversial launch of a long-range rocket that had been slated for liftoff as early as this week, state media said Sunday, as international pressure on Pyongyang to cancel the provocative move intensified.

US-led coalition: US doctor rescued from Taliban

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 05:33 PM PST

An American doctor abducted by the Taliban five days ago was rescued Sunday in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led military coalition said.
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