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TIMBUKTU, MALI — From a dented metal trunk, Abdoul Wahim Abdarahim Tahar pulled out something sure to make a preservationist’s heart race — or break: a leather-bound book written by hand in the 14th century, containing key verses of the prophet Muhammad, and crumbling at the edge of each yellowed page. Read more
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The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA operatives in Afghanistan last week was a Jordanian informant who lured intelligence officers into a trap by promising new information about al-Qaeda’s top leadership, former U.S. government officials said Monday. Read more
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SANAA (Reuters) – Thousands of Yemeni troops are hemming in al Qaeda militants in three provinces, security sources said on Tuesday, and the U.S. embassy in Sanaa reopened after security forces staged a raid just outside the capital. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama plans to unveil reforms on Tuesday aimed at thwarting future attacks like the attempted Christmas Day airliner bombing, as he seeks to limit political fallout from the incident. Read more
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Iceland’s president has refused to sign a controversial bill to repay $5bn (£3.1bn) to the UK and the Netherlands. Read more
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LONDON – European and U.S. stock markets took a breather Tuesday following the best New Year start since 2003 as investors looked ahead to a big week of economic data releases around the world. In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was up 22.24 points, or 0.4 percent, at 5,522.58 while France’s [...]
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Play Video Reuters  – The Yemen dilemma Slideshow:Yemen Play Video Video:Inside Al Qaeda’s Stronghold ABC News Play Video Video:U.S-bound air passengers facing tougher security AP AP – A Yemeni army patrol operates an impromptu checkpoint on the main road leading to the diplomatic quarter … By LEE KEATH, Associated Press Writer Lee Keath, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 12 mins ago SAN’A, [...]
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The French government claimed yesterday that its attempts to define “national identity” had overwhelming public support, despite accusations that it was exploiting xenophobia. Read more
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KABUL (Jan. 4) — A roadside bombing killed four U.S. service members, the first American combat deaths of the year in Afghanistan, while a British soldier died during a foot patrol elsewhere in the volatile south of the country, officials said Monday. A statement from NATO’s International Security Assistance Force said the explosion that killed [...]
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Airports were closed, entire bus services were suspended in some of the UK’s major towns and cities, while motorists became trapped in tailbacks up to 12 miles long. Read more
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The news stories that shaped the first decade of the new millennium, from terrorism to natural and humanitarian disasters. (Note: These are not ranked in order of importance.) Read more
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The news stories that shaped the first decade of the new millennium, from terrorism to natural and humanitarian disasters. (Note: These are not ranked in order of importance.) Read more
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The British prime minister is missing his mojo. That’s the verdict of GQ magazine, which anointed Gordon Brown the worst-dressed man of the year. Sure, his shabby suiting is exaggerated by his lack of charisma and posture deficiencies, but Brown is targeted for putting a bad face on the British man. The Telegraph [...]
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A correspondent who asked to remain anonymous taunted me today with this: “As Churchill among others said, any man who is not a liberal at 30 has no heart; any man who is not a conservative some twenty or thirty years later has no mind.” So I copied him on a column I wrote [...]
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2:23am UK, Tuesday January 05, 2010 James Jordan, Sky News Online President Barack Obama will meet with security chiefs to find out how the failed Christmas Day terror attack on a US [...]
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Marvel’s Adventures imprint could be coming to an end in March, Newsarama reports. According to the website, the publisher’s solicitations for the month list all Marvel Adventures titles as “final issue”. However, the firm remains tight-lipped on whether the line has been cancelled as a whole. Initially established as the Marvel Age imprint in 2003, [...]
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The suicide bomber who killed eight people inside a CIA base in eastern Afghanistan last week was a Jordanian doctor recruited by Jordanian intelligence, a former senior U.S. intelligence official and a foreign government official confirmed Monday. Read more
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WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that internal unrest and a surge in al Qaeda activity in Yemen pose a global threat that is being met by U.S. support for the Yemeni government’s efforts to fight extremists. Read more
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Former KSFO conservative talk radio co-host, provacateur and activist Melanie Morgan resigned from her nationally-syndicated radio show Monday for health reasons. We connected with Morgan Monday. She says… Read more
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As British families broke open boxes of dates this festive season, a sheikh far away in a dusty palm grove gazed into the distance, as if picturing his fruit on Tesco’s tinsel-hung shelves. After 30 years of dictatorship and fighting in Iraq, Sheikh Ali Mijbil (above, photographed by Ayman Oghanna), chubby [...]