Month: July 2011

CHINA has lashed out at Washington after US President Barack Obama welcomed the Dalai Lama to the White House, saying the meeting has damaged relations between the two countries. “Such an act has grossly interfered […] […]

“We are sorry” the full-page ad began, as Rupert Murdoch tried to halt a phone-hacking scandal that has claimed two of his top executives with a gesture of atonement and promises to right the wrongs […] […]

British actor Jude Law is suing The Sun for allegedly hacking his phone in what is thought to be the first such legal action against Rupert Murdoch’s best-selling daily tabloid. The paper’s parent company, News […] […]

East Africa’s worsening famine is one of the largest humanitarian crises in decades, a US State Department official said. Reuben E. Brigety, who is responsible for State Department assistance to refugees and conflict victims in […] […]

KIDNAPPER contacted the family of two US citizens abducted in the Philippines to make an “unbelievable” ransom demand, the official handling the hostage crisis said today. Zamboanga city mayor, Celso Lobregat, said the identity of […] […]

A MAN wearing an Afghan army uniform has shot and killed a NATO service member in southern Afghanistan, the US-led coalition said. The shooting was part of a spate of weekend attacks that killed at […] […]

SAUDI authorities have beheaded a man convicted of attacking a woman and snapping nude photos of her in order to blackmail her for sex. A Saudi Interior Ministry statement carried in national papers today said […] […]

TOP officials from Western and regional powers gathered in Turkey last night to discuss strategies to strengthen the Libyan opposition and force out the country’s strongman, Muammar Gaddafi. The fourth meeting of the Libya contact […] […]