Turkish Police Attempt to Clear Protesters

Riot police in Istanbul, Turkey attempted to clear out protesters, on Tuesday afternoon.

They were partially successful, but were unable to completely dislodge all of the protesters.

Backed by armored vehicles and water cannons, the police moved forward firing tear gas.

Protesters responded by throwing rocks and aiming fireworks at the police.

The clashes left unknown numbers injured.

By the end of the evening police and protesters remained squared off, but with the protesters line pushed back a few hundred feet from where they began.

16 Killed in Bombing at the Afghan Supreme Court

Sixteen people were killed and more than forty injured when an explosion rocked the Afghan Supreme Court in Kabul.

A car loaded with explosives was driven into buses full of court staff members.

The Taliban quickly claimed the attacking, bragging about their strike against those who help the West control the country.

Attacks by the Taliban have stepped up lately, and been aimed at targets that are supposed to be secure.

Taliban forces are clearly making the statement that they are unstoppable.

Pakistan Scrambles Fighters Accuses Indian Jets of Violating Airspace

Pakistan accused Indian jets of crossing into it's air space, on Tuesday.

They scrambled fighters of their own, in response, but no confrontation occurred as the Indian planes reentered Indian air space.

Indian authorities said that during a training flight their pilots may have gone closer to the border than they were supposed to.

According to them, their planes never actually crossed the border, but were over it, a technical violation but not an actual one.