Month: April 2011

THE prospect of a Palestinian state will come a step closer tonight after Tony Blair gives his endorsement for the proposal and argues that Palestinians are well positioned to establish their own nation. The Middle […] […]

NEW York police have stepped up the hunt for a suspected serial killer after a human skull and bones, potential ninth and 10th victims, were found in separate locations on Long Island. Police began investigating […] […]

FORMER Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak suffered a heart attack during questioning by prosecutors investigating graft and abuse allegations which prompted his admission to the hospital overnight, state television said. The ex-leader was taken to a […] […]

THE body of a man washed out to sea last month when the tsunami from Japan hit the Northern California coast has been found more than 500 kilometres north in Oregon near the mouth of […] […]

A DRONE missile strike has killed two soldiers by mistake, the first instance US troops have been killed in a “friendly fire” incident involving an unmanned aircraft, officials confirmed. The military has launched a probe […] […]

JAPAN will upgrade the rating of the Fukushima nuclear crisis to the same level as the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, as aftershocks continue to rock the country. News of the re-rating of the nuclear crisis came […] […]

SHE went out of her way to become the first woman in France to be fined for wearing a full Muslim veil in public – even parading outside President Sarkozy’s official residence. But the 31-year-old […] […]

CAIRO—An Egyptian military tribunal convicted a blogger of insulting the army and sentenced him to three years in prison, further raising activists’ fears that the army is against greater freedom of expression and political reform. […] […]

BEIJING—Chinese police on Sunday detained more than 100 people who tried to hold an outdoor prayer service on a pedestrian bridge in Beijing after they were refused permission to open a church. Although it is […] […]

FRANCE has officially banned women from wearing full-face veils in public places, with a controversial new law coming into effect today. Other European countries have drawn up bans on the burqa and the niqab but […] […]