Month: April 2011

LONDON—British police say a man has died after a safety net gave way during a human cannonball performance at a “daredevil” stunt show in southern England. Police in Kent said Monday the show was canceled […] […]

BEIRUT—The crackle of heavy-calibre gunfire erupted at dawn Monday as tanks rolled into the restive Syrian city of Daraa, the flashpoint of the pro-democracy uprising against the regime of President Bashar Assad. At least seven […] […]

AT least 120 people were killed in a two-day crackdown by Syrian security forces against protesters, a group of activists said. The Committee of the Martyrs of the 15 March Revolution issued an updated list […] […]

MISRATAH: Libyan rebel fighters in Misratah appeared on the cusp of a major victory yesterday as they drove fleeing government forces out of the city after nearly two months of fierce battles. The rebel gains […] […]

A TALIBAN suicide bomber who infiltrated Afghanistan’s defence headquarters in Kabul this week had travelled from London, investigators believe. The Times has learnt that Britain’s intelligence services have been passed details of the militant who […] […]

SOMEWHERE IN MEXICO—In the brightly lit and noisy confines of a restaurant in a Sanborns store — a chain of shops-cum-eateries that is all but ubiquitous in Mexico — sits a pretty, animated teen. She […] […]

A California teenager accused of molesting and drowning a 4-year-old neighbour boy and hiding his body in a clothes dryer was convicted of first-degree murder on Friday. A judge also found 15-year-old Raul Castro guilty […] […]

A Florida pastor’s planned demonstration outside a mosque was scuttled Friday after a jury determined the protest would constitute a breach of the peace and he was briefly jailed for refusing to pay what authorities […] […]

Syrian security forces fired bullets and tear gas at tens of thousands of protesters across the country, killing at least 75 people in the bloodiest day of the month long uprising and signalling that the […] […]

US drones fired 10 missiles at a house in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border yesterday, killing at least 25 people, Pakistani intelligence officials said. The strike came a day after Pakistan’s army […] […]