Month: June 2011

Kate Middleton allegedly had her bank account hacked by a private detective working for the News of the World, Britain’s Daily Telegraph reports. The Duchess of Cambridge is among a number of high profile people […] […]

CHICAGO—A federal jury convicted a Canadian businessman on Thursday of helping plot an attack against a Danish newspaper that printed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad but cleared him of the most serious charge accusing him […] […]

GUVECCI, TURKEY—Syrian troops encircled a restive northern town on Thursday, an activist said, and more than 1,000 residents fled through a single escape route to Turkey where they camped outside on both sides of the […] […]

LIBYAN leader Muammar Gaddafi, increasingly cornered by a stunning upturn in NATO airstrikes, lashed back with renewed shelling on the outskirts of the western city of Misratah yesterday, killing 10 rebel fighters. The international alliance […] […]

MAYOR Boris Johnson joined police in dawn raids yesterday when Scotland Yard launched a major operation against rising burglary and robbery rates. A suspect at one house in Tottenham, where police smashed open the door […] […]

EUROPE needs an elected president with a democratic mandate to drive sweeping reforms and give the EU leadership standing on the world stage, Tony Blair says. THE former British prime minister warned yesterday that the […] […]

THE career of a US congressman looks finished after an X-rated photo purported to be of his private parts went viral on the internet on the same day it was revealed his wife is expecting […] […]

THOUSANDS of elite Syrian troops were heading to the border last night after Turkey announced it would accept refugees fleeing the violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. One pro-government Syrian newspaper said the army was preparing […] […]

A BRITISH lawmaker was arrested overnight on suspicion of sexual assault. Andrew Bridgen, a member of the Conservative Party, was arrested by police in the early hours before being released on bail, Sky News reported. […] […]

A MAN has been arrested in Spain after curling himself up inside a large suitcase that was placed in an airport bus cargo bay and sneaking out to steal from other people’s luggage, police say. […] […]