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U.S. money ended up in Taliban hands: report
US government funds earmarked ostensibly to promote business in Afghanistan have landed in Taliban hands under a $2.16 billion transportation contract, The Washington Post has reported. Citing the results of a year-long military-led investigation, the newspaper said US and Afghan efforts to address the problem have been slow, and all…
Moody’s downgrades Greek debt rating
Moody’s credit rating agency downgraded Greek debt by three notches on Monday and warned that the eurozone rescue was almost certain to trigger another two-notch cut to default status. Moody’s, taking a similar line to the Fitch agency on Friday, said that once old debt had been replaced with new…
70% in Japan support PM’s nuclear-free future: poll
Seventy percent of the Japanese public supports centre-left Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s policy to make the country nuclear free in future but most people still want him to quit, a poll said Sunday. The weekend survey conducted by Kyodo News agency showed 70.3 percent support Kan’s policy of ending nuclear…
Police face new claims in News of the World scandal
Police faced new allegations Sunday that officers leaked details about terror attack victims and a murdered schoolgirl to journalists at Rupert Murdoch’s felled News of the World tabloid. The claims deepen the scandal surrounding phone-hacking at the paper, which has shaken Murdoch’s global media empire, claimed the jobs of two…
NATO hands model anti-Taliban province to Afghans
NATO troops on Sunday handed control of the Panjshir valley, a fiercely anti-Taliban province, to Afghan forces in the last of a series of security transitions. Panjshir, around 130 kilometres (80 miles) northeast of the capital Kabul, is one of Afghanistan’s most peaceful regions and the seventh area to be…
Focus on Islamists let other extremists go under radar
Security services in Norway and elsewhere in the region had recently shifted their focus to Islamist extremism, letting other forms of terror slip under the radar, experts said. While there had been initial fears that Friday’s twin attacks might have been an act of revenge for Norway’s participation in the…
Israeli protesters call for social justice, revolution
Protests that began in Israel over high housing prices have now escalated into a general demand for social justice, with tens of thousands attending a rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday and hundreds blocking traffic and clashing with the police. Israeli news site Ynet reported on Sunday that those at…
Iran blames U.S., Israel for killing of scientist
TEHRAN (Reuters) – A senior Iranian official on Sunday blamed the United States and Israel for the killing of an Iranian scientist, who the deputy interior minister said was not linked to Iran’s nuclear program as reported by media. Darioush Rezaie, 35, a university lecturer, was shot dead by gunmen…
Canada arrests suspected Pakistani war criminal
MONTREAL — Canada said Saturday it had arrested a suspected Pakistani war criminal, the second such arrest made since the government listed 30 foreigners actively sought on Canadian soil. Arshad Muhammad, 42, was arrested thanks to public tips, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said in a statement. The Toronto Sun…
Venezuela’s Chavez says he is free of cancer
CARACAS — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was back in his country Sunday after undergoing chemotherapy treatment in Cuba, declaring himself free of “malignant cells” and ready to continue his work. The 56-year-old leader underwent an operation in Cuba a month ago for a cancerous tumor in his pelvic area. Chavez,…
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