Month: April 2010

The latest round in the battle of the burqa kicks off Thursday in Belgium, which could become the first country in Europe to ban face coverings worn by observant Muslim women. Lawmakers are considering a […] […]

KABUL, Afghanistan — NATO apologized Wednesday for shooting to death four unarmed Afghan civilians this week in Khost Province and acknowledged that it had wrongly described two of the victims as “known insurgents.” The shootings […] […]

BAGHDAD — An Iraqi security force under Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki’s direct command held hundreds of detainees from northern Iraq in an undisclosed prison in Baghdad, torturing dozens of them, until the country’s human […] […]

Trafficking in persons (TIP) has been cause for great concern in recent times. It is known as the irregular movement of persons from one place to the next. This activity, which is not restricted to […] […]

A burnt-out room [right] seen following the 2009 fire at Armadale CONSTABLE Lawrence Burrell, the cop who was blamed for starting the fire that killed seven of 23 girls packed into a small dorm at […] […]

James Muldoon, [right] 30, of Liverpool, one of Britain’s most wanted criminals One of Britain’s most wanted criminals has been arrested by Dutch police in Amsterdam. Armed robber James Muldoon, 30, of Liverpool, was held […] […]

US coast guards are searching the Gulf of Mexico for at least 11 oil workers missing after an explosion and fire on an off-shore drilling platform. The Deepwater Horizon rig was still burning hours after […] […]