Month: June 2011

HOME Secretary Theresa May has accused Britain’s universities of “complacency” in tackling Islamist extremism. May said universities were not taking the issue of radicalisation seriously enough, in an interview with The Daily Telegraph newspaper. Her […] […]

PAKISTAN’S deadly cycle of violent attacks and reprisals was spiralling out of control yesterday with at least 39 people killed in two separate bombings and three drone strikes on suspected militant compounds, all within hours […] […]

BERN, Switzerland—The Swiss government has authorized prosecutors to open criminal proceedings against Libya for allegedly taking two Swiss men hostage following the 2008 arrest in Switzerland of Moammar Gadhafi’s son. Switzerland also accuses “persons unknown” […] […]

OTTAWA, Ontario—A judge ruled Monday that a Canadian man can be extradited to France in connection with a 1980 Paris synagogue bombing that killed four people. The decision by Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Maranger […] […]

BAGHDAD — Five American troops serving as advisers to Iraqi security police in eastern Baghdad were killed Monday when rockets slammed into the compound where they lived. The deaths were the largest single-day loss of […] […]

Credited with sabotaging Iran’s nuclear programme and overseeing a string of high-level assassinations in the Middle East, recently retired Mossad chief Meir Dagan has levelled his sights on a surprising new target – Israel’s top […] […]

Fears are rising that South Africa could face a new wave of xenophobic violence as mock eviction notices are issued to foreign traders in townships around Johannesburg, the scenes of bloody violence in May 2008. […] […]

Ministers, farmers, supermarkets and utility companies will meet this week to assess the worsening dry spell gripping much of southern and eastern England and threatening to become an agricultural and environmental disaster. Britain’s second-driest spring […] […]

CAMPAIGNERS have again warned about the dangers of online game addiction after a teenager in Vietnam allegedly killed a seven-year-old girl for her earrings to feed his video game habit, Sky News reported today. Mong […] […]