Ashish Kumar Sen

Obama’s camp calls Libya hit ‘terrorism’

The Obama administration said Wednesday it now thinks the attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya was linked to an affiliate of al Qaeda — an evaluation that comes two weeks after the strike and as the White House has struggled to defend its initial read on the situation.

September 26, 2012

Iranian president hurls insults with less fury

Iran's president complained Wednesday about threats of military action from "uncivilized Zionists" and intimidation by nuclear-armed "hegemonic powers" in his address to the U.N. General Assembly.

September 26, 2012

Afghan president Karzai blasts anti-Islam film

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday said the production of an anti-Islam film and publication of cartoons perceived as insulting to Muslims cannot be justified as freedom of speech or expression, but that they also must not be used as an excuse for violence.

September 25, 2012

Pakistani president fires back at critics over terror fight

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday slammed critics who say his country has not done enough in the fight against terrorists and blamed U.S. drone attacks against suspected terrorists for complicating efforts to win hearts and minds.

September 25, 2012

World leaders clash over Syria

Sharp differences on how to end a raging civil war in Syria surfaced at the United Nations on Tuesday, as an Arab ruler urged total support for Syrian rebels soon after the U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged nations not to arm either side in the conflict.

September 25, 2012

U.N. chief alarmed by ‘war talk,’ Syrian crisis

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday expressed alarm at the "shrill war talk" between Iran and Israel, and urged leaders to cool their rhetoric.

September 25, 2012

U.S. to take Iranian dissident group off terrorist list

The Obama administration intends to take off its list of foreign terrorist groups an Iranian opposition group that was given shelter by Saddam Hussein in Iraq and has renounced violence.

September 21, 2012

Clinton denounces violent anti-film protests in Pakistan

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday denounced deadly protests in Pakistan against an anti-Islam film and said "responsible leaders" must condemn the violence.

September 21, 2012

Suu Kyi calls for release of Russian punk rock band

Myanmar's pro-democracy opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on Thursday called for the release of three female members of a Russian punk rock band jailed for interrupting a ceremony inside a Moscow cathedral to protest President Vladimir Putin.

September 20, 2012

Myanmar reform leader Suu Kyi praised on Hill

President Obama on Wednesday met with Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who earlier was awarded Congress' highest honor at a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda that brought together Senate and House leaders from both sides of the political aisle as well as two former first ladies.

September 19, 2012

Suu Kyi backs lifting of U.S. sanctions on Myanmar

Myanmar's pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Tuesday that she supported the easing of U.S. sanctions on the Southeast Asian nation even though democratic reforms in her country had only cleared the first hurdle.

September 18, 2012

Nobel activist to warn U.S. of too much faith in Myanmar

One of Asia's most prominent democracy advocates will warn the Obama administration and members of Congress on a visit to Washington this week against "reckless optimism" over the chance for real political reform in her native Myanmar.

September 17, 2012

Stevens ‘was one of us’ to his friends in Libya

To most Libyans, J. Christopher Stevens was one of them. The U.S. ambassador had stood by them, as they rose up and toppled Moammar Gadhafi's regime last year. What they cherished most was his unwavering optimism about their future.

September 13, 2012

Libyan officials condemn, apologize for attack on U.S. Consulate

Libyan officials on Wednesday condemned Tuesday’s attack on the U.S. Consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi that resulted in the death of four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador.

September 12, 2012

U.S. ambassador to Libya killed in attack

The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed after armed men stormed the U.S. diplomatic mission in the eastern city of Benghazi on Tuesday.

September 12, 2012

Libyans burn U.S. Consulate in Benghazi; U.S. official killed

A U.S. official was killed and others injured when an armed mob attacked the U.S. Consulate in Libya's eastern port city of Benghazi on Tuesday.

September 11, 2012

Performer says South Sudanese police beat, robbed him

An internationally acclaimed South Sudanese hip-hop artist and peace activist says he was beaten and robbed by police while visiting his homeland to promote peace.

September 11, 2012

Gingrich urges U.S. to seek regime change in Iran through dissidents

A preemptive military strike is unlikely to destroy Iran's suspected nuclear weapons sites, so the United States must embrace a policy of regime change in Tehran that involves aiding opposition groups, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said on Monday.

September 10, 2012

Taliban accuse U.S. of ‘unjust’ war in Afghanistan

The U.S. used the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks as an "illegal pretext" for an "unjust" war on Afghanistan, the Taliban said in a statement on the eve of the 11th anniversary of the attacks.

September 10, 2012

Former Gadhafi spy chief extradited to Libya

Mauritania extradited Moammar Gadhafi's former spy chief back to Libya on Wednesday, prompting calls from an international human rights group that he be tried before the International Criminal Court.

September 5, 2012