Month: June 2011

FRESH NATO air raids shook Tripoli today as the United Nations accused both Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s regime and rebel forces of committing crimes against humanity in their 15-week conflict. A series of six blasts […] […]

A PROMINENT Iranian women’s rights activist died yesterday when security forces attacked her father’s funeral procession in Tehran. Haleh Sahabi, 54, apparently suffered a heart attack after being punched to the ground by police officers […] […]

BRITAIN’S bid to clear its huge backlog of asylum claims has seen so many people allowed to stay it effectively amounts to an amnesty, a parliamentary investigation has found. Prime Minister David Cameron’s government took […] […]

ISLAMABAD—Police say militants from Afghanistan have killed at least 23 Pakistani security troops in a clash that is still going on a day after the incursion. The attack began Wednesday in Shaltalo town in Upper […] […]

SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS—Tornadoes roared through Massachusetts, packing violent winds that caused damage in about two dozen communities, ripping off roofs, uprooting trees, scattering debris and leaving at least four dead throughout the state. Authorities said two […] […]

A TEENAGE girl involved in the attempted murder of a 12-year-old boy who was found bleeding to death alongside New York’s Jackie Robinson Parkway was sentenced to up to six years in prison today. Carina […] […]

A PAKISTANI journalist has been found dead near the capital Islamabad after writing about links between the Pakistani military and al-Qa’ida. Syed Saleem Shahzad, 40, worked for an Italian news agency and an online news […] […]

THE mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, is set to be charged by a military tribunal at Guantanamo along with four alleged co-conspirators, the Pentagon has said. The suspects will be slapped with […] […]