HONG KONG — "Three community workers discovered suspicious individuals and knives in the home of a local resident" and were taken hostage, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
JERUSALEM — Brigadier-General Itai Brun, head of research at the Israeli army's intelligence division, said victims showed signs of poisoning by the deadly nerve gas sarin, including contraction of the pupils and foaming at the mouth. France and the UK have also presented evidence to the United Nations of chemical weapons use in Syria. US President Barack Obama once said such developments would be a "game changer."
The total is the highest number of victims found in one day since the war began in March 2011, according to opposition group Local Coordination Committees in Syria (LCC) spokeswoman Rafif Jouejati.
QALAT, Afghanistan — US troops who are in a position to respond to attacks on Afghan forces say their current posture is laissez faire — Black Hawks will not, for example, be delivering US troops into battle on behalf of Afghan forces. Under very limited circumstances Afghan units may request assistance from American attack or medevac helicopters, otherwise, the Afghan forces are on their own this summer.
Bahraini protesters use a trolley to carry bricks during clashes with riot police following a protest against the Formula One Grand Prix on April 19, 2013 in the village of Sanabis, west of Manama. (Mohammed Al-Shaikh/AFP/Getty Images)
On Friday April 19, thousands of Bahraini protesters were subdued by state violence when they assembled to demonstrate against the Formula One Grand Prix being held in Manama.
Pro-reform protesters from the February 14 Revolution Youth Coalition marched on the capital’s Pearl Roundabout. Clashes broke out when state security forces “fired tear gas and shotguns to disperse the protesters before they neared the area,” reported Al Jazeera English. Demonstrators responded by chucking petrol bombs and stones at police officers, chanting, “Your race is a crime” and “No, no to the blood formula.”
Member of Parliament David Mayo told BBC News that the hospital in the village of Lorema was attacked by soldiers and that fighting continued into Friday. One doctor, one patient and four nurses were killed.
BOSTON — In Boston, questions abound. A manhunt is underway for the remaining live suspect in the marathon bombings that occurred earlier this week. Halfway around the world, there may be some answers.
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