Month: March 2011

ITALIAN Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi claims he will prove in court that Karima el-Mahroug, a Moroccan belly dancer, was not underage when he allegedly paid her for sex at one of his mansions. Berlusconi, 74, […] […]

MUAMMAR Gaddafi says he wants the United Nations or the African Union to look into the unrest rocking Libya and has promised investigators free access. The Libyan leader, making his first such demand since the […] […]

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—Demonstrations won’t be tolerated in Saudi Arabia and its security forces will act against anyone taking part in them, the Interior Ministry said Saturday, a day after about 100 members of the Shiite […] […]

There were minor victories for both pro and anti-Gaddafi forces in Libya last night, suggesting a long a bitter civil war is ahead. Muammar Gaddafi loyalists swept into the opposition-held city closest to Tripoli overnight, […] […]

International pressure on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi increased yesterday as an international court began investigating whether to charge him and his inner circle with crimes against humanity and rebels strengthened their hold on the strategic […] […]

WASHINGTON: The army private suspected of giving classified US documents to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks was stripped of all clothing for two nights to keep him from hurting himself in his military jail cell, a […] […]

LONDON—Queen Elizabeth II will make her first-ever visit to the Republic of Ireland—the first ruling British monarch to go there in a century marked by Ireland’s brutal war of independence from Britain and the grueling […] […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica—Jamaican police have arrested an airport worker for making a hoax bomb threat that temporarily halted air cargo shipments to the United States. A Jamaica Constabulary Force statement says 46-year-old David Bernard is suspected […] […]