Month: June 2011

BRITAIN’S foreign secretary says Iran has conducted covert tests of ballistic missiles alongside a 10-day program of public military manoeuvres. William Hague told the House of Commons today that there had been secret experiments with […] […]

FRANCE began parachuting weapons to resupply Libyan rebels in the mountains south of the capital, Tripoli, last month, a French military spokesman confirmed yesterday. Citing secret government focuments, Le Figaro newspaper reported earlier that the […] […]

THE NATO-led bombing campaign against Muammar Gaddafi has destroyed half his military capacity, a British minister said yesterday as he gave details of a plan to stop Libya slipping into the same void as Iraq […] […]

OTTAWA—The youthful royal newlyweds might be the best hope to revitalize the monarchy with some fresh-faced glamour and enthusiasm, but a new survey suggests younger Canadians are largely indifferent to the upcoming visit. More than […] […]

The United States Embassy has responded to arguments raised during the Manatt/Dudus Commission of Enquiry concerning its involvement with government officials. During the enquiry, which began on January 17 and lasted for 44 days, Prime […] […]

THE Dutch parliament has passed a bill banning the slaughter of livestock without stunning it first, removing an exemption that has allowed Jews and Muslims to butcher animals according to their centuries-old dietary rules. If […] […]

EIGHT heavily armed Taliban militants stormed a top Kabul hotel, sparking a ferocious battle involving Afghan commandos and a NATO helicopter gunship that ended hours later with at least 10 civilians dead. Officials said all […] […]

AT least one suicide bomber and several gunmen have attacked a major Kabul hotel frequented by foreigners and Afghan officials, police and officials said, in a brazen strike claimed by the Taliban. Witnesses reported hearing […] […]

At least ten people are reported to have been killed at a Western-style hotel in the Afghan capital Kabul. At least one suicide bomber blew himself up and at least six gunmen were thought to […] […]