Month: February 2011

One of the most prolific killers in US history has pleaded guilty to killing a 49th person. Gary Ridgway is already serving 48 life terms at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. Ridgway, who […] […]

BERLIN, Germany – German police fired tear gas and water cannons to keep apart groups of far-right supporters and thousands of counter-demonstrators trying to hinder their rally in an eastern city yesterday, police said. Hundreds […] […]

Embattled regimes across the Middle East cracked down on swelling anti-government protests as the traditional Muslim day of prayer gave way to violence and bloodshed in Bahrain and Libya. Bahraini police opened fire on protesters […] […]

KABUL, Afghanistan—Stepping up its pressure on corruption in Afghanistan, the United States on Friday sanctioned a major Afghan money-exchange outfit suspected of laundering billions of dollars in drug money. The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned the […] […]

CAIRO—Al-Qaida’s deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, issued the terror network’s first message since the upheaval began in Egypt, saying the country’s rule has long “deviated from Islam” and warning that democracy “can only be non-religious.” The […] […]

PRISTINA, Kosovo—Ethnic Albanian rebels in Kosovo gave detailed testimony in 2003 on an alleged program to kill Serb captives, sell their organs, and bury hundreds of victims to hide evidence of civilian killings, according to […] […]

INSURERS in London are setting up a private fleet of armed patrol boats to stamp out Somali piracy in the Gulf of Aden, but a US military commander has warned there is no naval solution […] […]

LIBYAN security forces killed at least 30 people in a violent crackdown on anti-regime demonstrations during a “Day of Anger” against strongman Muammar Gaddafi, Human Rights Watch reported yesterday. The New York-based group, citing witnesses, […] […]