Month: January 2011

RABAT, Morocco—Morocco’s government said it has broken up a cell linked to al-Qaida’s North African branch in the disputed Western Sahara, thwarting planned attacks on police and uncovering caches of weapons. Police dismantled a 27-member […] […]

LONDON—Britain’s government should release its secrets sooner, the country’s deputy prime minister said Thursday, proposing reforms to strengthen the U.K.’s relatively new freedom of information law. Nick Clegg said he wanted to cut the time […] […]

JERUSALEM—Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip was meant to push the area’s economy “to the brink of collapse,” according to a U.S. diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks on Wednesday, signaling that Israel was well aware […] […]

A TEENAGER opened fire at a high school in the US state of Nebraska, fatally wounding the assistant principal and forcing panicked students to take cover. The gunman, who had attended the Omaha school for […] […]

ONE of Michael Jackson’s bodyguards tearfully told a Los Angeles court that he saw the singer’s doctor grab a handful of medical vials and hide them in a bag in the minutes after his patient […] […]

BAMAKO, Mali—An assailant hurled an explosive at France’s embassy in Mali’s capital late Wednesday in an attack that wounded two Malian security guards. The blast appeared to be small, however, and caused only minor damage […] […]

HANOI, Vietnam—An American diplomat was attacked by police in central Vietnam, the U.S. Embassy said Thursday. A media report said the human rights officer was roughed up while trying to meet with a prominent dissident. […] […]

KABUL, Afghanistan—Two contractor companies working for the U.S. military in Afghanistan have had their contracting privileges suspended over allegations they failed to pay their Afghan subcontractors, the U.S. Central Command said Wednesday. Coalition forces said […] […]