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Suspect killed in Orlando has confessed to 2011 triple murders says FBI
NEW YORK A Chechen acquaintance of dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has confessed to slashing the throats of three people in a 2011 gruesome triple murder, federal law enforcement officials have said. Ibragim Todashev, who made the confession, was killed early Wednesday during a confrontation with the FBI and Massachusetts State Police in Orlando, Florida, a federal law ...
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Obama seeks more transparency in use of drones
WASHINGTON - In a major counter-terrorism speech, President Barack Obama Thursday defended the covert US drone program and stressed that despite the controversies around it, the strikes are legal and save lives. He also said the use of lethal force extends to U.S. citizens as well. This disclosure comes a day after his administration acknowledged publicly for the first time that four US ...
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Taliban car bomb kills 13 in Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan - At least 13 people, including two civilians, were killed in a car bomb targeting a police vehicle in western Pakistani city of Quetta Thursday, police officials said. The bombing also injured at least 20 people in the capital of Baluchistan province, riven by Islamist militancy and a violent separatist insurgency. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the ...
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Kerry begins efforts to restart Israeli and Palestinian peace talks
JERUSALEM - US Secretary of State John Kerry Thursday separately began meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials but appeared doubtful about his success on getting the two warring sides back to peace negotiations. This is Kerry's fourth trip to the Middle East in as many months of his assuming the office of the top US diplomat. He was been trying to revive a peace process that has been ...
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Istanbul hosts meeting of Syrian opposition leaders
ISTANBUL - Syrian opposition leaders Thursday began their three-day meeting in this Turkish capital city to decide on their participation in talks aimed at end the civil war in the country. As the meeting began in Istanbul a prominent Syrian figure in the opposition proposed a transition plan for the country that requires President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power to a senior aide and ...
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Canada threatens to retaliate against change in US meat labeling rules
OTTAWA - Canada has threatened "retaliatory measures" against the United States move changing the so-called country of origin labeling that would track beef and hogs through the meat processing and distribution systems, stating that it is discriminatory, a view shared by the World Trade Organisation. On Thursday, the United States Department of Agriculture issued a final modification to its ...
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After breaches Twitter beefs up security with two-step login
NEW YORK - Aiming to tackle recent high-profile breaches, popular micro-blogging site Twitter is introducing an optional two-step login for users to beef up security. The new system would try to ensure "it's really you" when a user signs in to Twitter, which transmits some 400 million messages a day. The move follows recent attacks into the twitter accounts of news organisations' such as ...
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Irish biotech firm Elan rejects revised Royalty Pharma bid
DUBLIN/ WASHINGTON Ireland-based biotechnology firm Elan Thursday rejected Royalty Pharma's increased $6.4 billion takeover bid, shortly after the U.S. firm cut the acceptance bar for its latest offer to 50 percent plus one share. Royalty raised its hostile cash bid to $12.50 per share on Monday, from $11.25 previously, but made the new offer conditional on Elan shareholders rejecting, at a ...
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Import alert by USFDA hits Wockhardt shares
MUMBAI - Shares of Wockhardt, one of the leading Indian pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, witnessed a sharp fall of 20% to Rs. 1,315 ($23.61) on the Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE) on Thursday after the US FDA published an import alert on one of its three manufacturing facilities near Aurangabad. The import alert, 'detention without physical examination of drugs from firms which have ...
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Ford Motor to shutdown 2 units in Australia
MELBOURNE - Ford Motor Company Wednesday announced plans of closing its local manufacturing operations in Broadmeadows and Geelong in October 2016 thereby forcing 1,200 people out of work. Spelling the end of the iconic Ford Falcon in the country, Ford Australia president Bob Graziano announced that the carmaker would shut its Victorian facilities in October 2016, bringing an end to nearly ...
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IMF warns UK against continuing austerity programme
LONDON - In a critique of the United Kingdom's austerity programme, the International Monetary Fund Wednesday urged the Europe's third largest economy to rebalance the policy to make the transition to a high-investment and more export-oriented economy. "The UK could boost growth by bringing forward measures already included in its fiscal plan, such as spending on infrastructure and job ...
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Two arrested after UK fighter jets escort Pakistani plane
British police arrested two men on a Pakistan International Airlines plane after British fighter jets were scrambled to escort it to a London airport on Friday, officials ...
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Syria agrees to take part in peace talks says Russia
The Syrian government will attend a US and Russian-sponsored peace conference next month, despite President Bashar al-Assad publicly doubting the prospects of success for such a ...
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William Hague Solution to Middle East conflict is slipping away
William Hague has warned the Israelis and Palestinians that the prospect of a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict is slipping away and that if the latest US-sponsored push for renewed talks is not grasped, the region faces a bleak ...
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Exiled cleric who taught accused in U.K. hacking death praises courage
Man hacked to death in London street TRIPOLI, Lebanon - A Syrian-born Islamist cleric who taught one of the attackers accused of hacking to death an off-duty British soldier on a London street praised the attack for its "courage" and said Muslims would see it as a strike on a military target. In an interview in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, where he has lived since being banished from ...
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Prince Charles helicopter makes emergency landing
Britain’s Prince Charles was involved in a mid-air drama on Thursday when his helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing due to a technical issue. The heir to the throne was on his way to the Hay Literary Festival in Powys, Wales with his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, when the pilot had to land after discovering a problem. The royal couple touched down at Denham Aerodrome ...
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Two held after Pakistan flight diverted
>Editor's note: Are you there? Share your photos and videos. London (CNN) -- Police arrested two men Friday on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after a flight from Pakistan to the United Kingdom was diverted to Stansted Airport, outside of London. A UK fighter jet was scrambled to escort the Pakistan International Airlines flight as it was diverted from northwestern England's Manchester ...
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UK fighters escort Pakistan plane to airport two arrests
LONDON (Reuters) - British fighter jets escorted a Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane to Stansted Airport near London on Friday, where police went on board and arrested two men on suspicion of endangering an ...
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IRS Lerner was asked to resign refused GOP Sen.
Insisting that she's "done nothing wrong," Lois Lerner, the IRS official in charge of the division that targeted conservative nonprofit groups for additional scrutiny of their applications for tax-exempt status, invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a congressional ...
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How tornado survivor rescued dog Bowser are faring
Complete coverage: Oklahoma tornado The story of their reunion touched many of our viewers who wanted to help. So how are Garcia and Bowser doing now? Garcia has some bruises, her home and possessions are gone, but she has the thing she wanted most. Garcia told CBS News' Anna Werner, who was there when Bowser was found, "All of the other things you know, one by one they can be ...
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Former POWs reunite after 40 years
In 1973, President Nixon saluted nearly 600 American troops who had been held as prisoners of war in Vietnam. Now, 40 years later, many of those former POW's are reuniting. Ben Tracy ...
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UK arrests two men on Pakistan flight
Two men have been arrested after British fighter jets were launched to divert a civilian plane carrying nearly 300 passengers from Pakistan to England after an incident on board. Britain's Ministry of Defence said on Friday that the Typhoons were launched from RAF Coningsby, in Lincolnshire to investigate an incident involving a civilian aircraft but declined to provide further details. A ...
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One block 2 tornadoes
>Editor's note: John D. Sutter is the human rights columnist for CNN Opinion. Because he is from Oklahoma City, he was dispatched there for this story. Follow him on Twitter -- @jdsutter -- for continued updates about the ...
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Woman who friends thought was dead after her obituary appeared in local newspaper turns up 30 years later to organise reunion
'I went abroad for 30 years but everyone thought I was dead': Woman goes home to organise reunion but everyone thought she had passed away after obituary mix ...
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BREAKING NEWS Typhoon jets escort flight to Pakistan after security alert
An RAF Typhoon jet has been scrambled to investigate an incident involving a civilian aircraft, believed to be carrying 297 passengers, in UK airspace, the Ministry of Defence said ...
Bahamas Digest
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Baha Mar integral to Bahamas long-term tourism plans
The Bahamas is already a major tourist destination in the Caribbean, but the financial crisis has reduced tourist numbers worldwide, creating a situation in which The Bahamas now have to compete globally for tourists. The Baha Mar resort, slated as a first-of-its-kind in the Caribbean hotel complex, may help it to do this.
The building of the Baha Mar resort on Cable Beach in Nassau has been seen by industry leaders across the Bahamas as a major investment in the future of the economy and tourism, which makes up a significant portion of the Bahamas’ GDP. It is a huge resort, costing $2.6 billion (by 2008 estimates), and will occupy an area of over 1000 acres. Read more
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