Month: April 2011

THE resignation of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi would be “an insult for all Libyans”, his daughter Aisha said today, after repeated calls by world leaders for him to step down. “To speak of Gaddafi’s resignation […] […]

Japan’s government has ordered the operator of a tsunami-damaged nuclear plant leaking radiation to pay about US$12,000 to each household forced to evacuate from the area. Tens of thousands of residents unable to return to […] […]

The body of an Italian pro-Palestinian activist abducted a few hours earlier by Islamic extremists has been found hanged in a Gaza City house, the Hamas government said today. The officials said Hamas police stormed […] […]

Japanese police have found 10 dead bodies less than 10 kilometres away from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant. The bodies were found in Namie, a town in the northeastern Japan prefecture that was hit […] […]

MICHAEL Jackson’s doctor was so distracted by his own complicated love live that he failed to pay proper attention to the pop star’s treatment in the hours before he died, according to court documents. Prosecutors […] […]

BARACK Obama has aligned himself with David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy by committing to support military action in Libya until Colonel Gaddafi is gone, in an unprecedented joint article published today in The Times. The […] […]

LONDON—Britain must cut immigration dramatically to ease social strain, Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday, telling supporters the influx of newcomers was putting serious pressure on some communities. Cameron said large-scale immigration had caused “discomfort […] […]

BAGHDAD—An Iraqi army raid last week on Camp Ashraf left 34 Iranian exiles dead, according to a U.N. spokesman who on Thursday offered the first independent death toll for the attack that drew sharp rebukes […] […]

A BRITISH tourist has died in police custody in Dubai, the British Foreign Office said. Lee Brown, 39, reportedly suffered severe beatings after being arrested over a row at a luxury hotel in the emirate. […] […]