Month: June 2011

SYRIAN security forces have shot dead seven anti-regime protesters, including two in Daraa, according to an updated toll provided by human rights activists. Three civilians were killed yesterday in the Qabun district of Damascus, and […] […]

Gaddafi,  FORCES loyal to embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi killed 20 people and wounded more than 80 when they bombarded western Misrata region with shells and rockets yesterday, rebels there told AFP. One told AFP […] […]

MOSCOW—A Kremlin envoy says he plans to take his mediation efforts to Libya’s capital following a trip to a rebel stronghold. Mikhail Margelov said Friday that he will hold talks in Tripoli with senior officials […] […]

MADRID—Spanish police arrested three suspected computer hackers who allegedly belonged to a loose-knit international activist group that has attacked corporate and government websites around the world, authorities said Friday. A National Police statement identified the […] […]

GENEVA—The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross has appealed to Syria to grant the neutral body access to those wounded or detained in clashes with security forces. Jakob Kellenberger, the ICRC president, […] […]

CHOOSING the right formula could stave off infant diabetes, according to a new global study distributed today. The study showed that if a mother transitions from breastfeeding to “highly hydrolyzed formula”, which is broken down […] […]

AT least 12 Pakistani children were killed and two others injured when the bus taking them to school plunged into a canal in Kashmir today, police said. The accident took place near Mirpur town, about […] […]

Gunmen stormed a wedding party in eastern Afghanistan overnight, killing the groom and eight other people in an attack blamed on Taleban-linked insurgents, officials say. The groom was a cousin of the local district chief, […] […]

The bucket list of a 15-year-old English girl who is suffering from terminal cancer has become an internet hit in only three days. Alice Pyne’s blog, which lists the things which she wants to do […] […]

A murder mystery has been solved – 65 years later – with the confession of a 96-year-old woman. The 1946 killing of Felix Gulje, the head of a construction company who was being considered for […] […]