Month: July 2011

US President Barack Obama had made a secret deal with Libyan rebel leaders to capture the freed Lockerbie bomber from Libya and return him to face justice in the US, the Mail on Sunday reported […] […]

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has ruled out the arrest of four members of his militant group indicted by a UN court for the 2005 assassination of Lebanese former premier Rafiq Hariri. In his first reaction […] […]

Police say they arrested 228 people after a march by tens of thousands of protesters venting their frustration at Government policies and soaring property prices. Organisers said up to 218,000 people took to the streets […] […]

Defiant Muammar Gaddafi has threatened to carry out attacks in Europe against “homes, offices, families,” unless Nato halts its campaign of airstrikes against his regime. The Libyan leader, sought by the International Criminal Court for […] […]

MONTREAL — A crowd shouting competing cheers and boos greeted the royal couple as they arrived at a hospital for children on Saturday afternoon. Royal watchers and antimonarchy protesters began gathering in the blistering sun […] […]

GUATEMALA CITY—Guatemalan police say a mob beat, shot and stabbed to death five men and a woman they suspected of robbery in a remote mountain village. A National Civil Police official says the villagers blocked […] […]

TEHRAN, Iran—Iran’s defense minister claimed Saturday that the country’s missile progress shows that U.N. sanctions are ineffective and won’t stop Tehran’s defense programs. The statement by Gen. Ahmad Vahidi comes during 10 days of war […] […]

MADRID—An explosion at an arms factory in central Spain used mainly to dismantle cluster bombs killed one person Saturday and wounded four others, one of them seriously, an official said. Two rescue helicopters were deployed […] […]

GERMAN authorities have reported another death in the European E coli outbreak – bringing the total to 50. The national disease control centre said today 48 deaths have been reported in Germany, up from 47 […] […]