Hamas held press conference Monday to condemn the peace talks between Palestinians and Israelis.
“We renew our rejection of these futile talks, and consider them purely a means for (Israel) to look good to the international community,” Hamas officials Mahmoud al-Zahar said. “We call on the Palestinian people to unite in confronting the crime that is the peace talks.” Continue reading
Typhoon Utor roared into the Philippines on Monday killing at least two. Officials say at least 44 people have been reported missing.
The storm is reported as the strongest this year; it came ashore in the eastern Aurora province with sustained winds of 109 m.p.h. and gusts over 130 m.p.h. Continue reading
Flash flooding in Afghanistan’s Kabul province has killed 22 people according to local officials.
A weekend of heavy rain caused flooding that swamped a village in the Shakardara district. The area had been a center of activity because of the vineyards and apple orchards where families would celebrate the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday. Continue reading
Five Islamic terrorists in the midst of preparing a rocket attack on Israel were killed by an airstrike near the Egypt/Israeli border.
Egyptian military officials say they do not know who carried out the airstrike and are investigating the incident. However, sources inside the military are telling the BBC that the strike came from Israeli aircraft. Continue reading
Multiple news outlets are reporting that Egyptian police are preparing to move on the protest camps demanding the return of Mohammed Morsi to the Egyptian presidency.
A senior security source told Reuters “state security troops will be deployed around the sit-ins.” The Associated Press said security forces would be besieging the camps within 24 hours. Continue reading
Health officials in China confirm that a woman in southern Guangdong province has been confirmed to have contracted the H7N9 bird flu.
The 51-year-old poultry worker is in critical condition after being admitted to a hospital with high fever. Continue reading
Four adults and two children were killed when Mount Rokatenda suddenly erupted Saturday morning. The eruption blew volcanic rock over a mile into the air.
The volcano covered a beach with hot ash killing the six. Officials had issued a mandatory evacuation order for the area when the volcano began to show activity last year. An almost two mile exclusion zone was routinely ignored by locals who had begun to accept the rumbling of the volcano was just normal and believed no eruption was about to happen. Continue reading
Syrian rebel forces claim a rocket and mortar attack on the motorcade of President Bashar al-Assad as he traveled to pray to mark the start of a major Muslim holiday.
Two Syrian rebel brigades say they struck Assad’s motorcade in the upscale Malki district of the capital. The government denied that any attack was made on or near the President’s motorcade. Continue reading
A federal grand jury had indicted two friends of Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in connection to their attempts to cover up the terror attack.
Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov, both Kazakhstani nationals, were charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstructing justice with the intent to impede the bombing investigation. Continue reading
A homicide bomber targeted a policeman’s funeral in Quetta, Pakistan killing at least 28 people including a senior police officer.
Officials say at least 50 were wounded in the attack so the death toll could rise Continue reading