Month: February 2011

SAUDI Arabia has warned Barack Obama not to push for swift regime change in Egypt, vowing to bankroll President Hosni Mubarak if the White House cuts aid to Cairo. In a testy telephone call on […] […]

BERLIN—A tell-all book by a former WikiLeaks insider casts founder Julian Assange as an “emperor” who has become just the kind of public figure he is trying to expose. Daniel Domscheit-Berg, the former WikiLeaks spokesman […] […]

KABUL, Afghanistan—A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a district chief’s office in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province Thursday, killing the official and two other people. The bomber was able to enter the office of Chahar […] […]

PROSECUTORS have requested an immediate trial for Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, accused of abuse of power and having sex with a 17-year-old girl nicknamed Ruby the heartstealer. In a statement , the prosecutors said […] […]

THE Muslim Brotherhood indicated yesterday that it would review Egypt’s landmark peace treaty with Israel should it form part of a future government after the fall of President Hosni Mubarak. The comments from the opposition […] […]

THE “war on terror” prison at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is “one of the finest prison systems in the world,” former defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld has said. Rumsfeld, who is promoting […] […]

THE Swedish prosecutor seeking Julian Assange’s extradition on sex assault allegations has been challenged to substantiate her claims against the Australian in a London court. An extradition hearing for the WikiLeaks founder has levelled criticism […] […]

GENEVA—Family members were discouraged Tuesday about the odds of finding two missing Swiss girls alive, after discovering that their Canadian-born father mailed away thousands of euros rather than hire daycare before apparently killing himself. The […] […]