TWO Palestinians have been shot dead by Israeli soldiers in the Qalandiya refugee camp in the West Bank, Palestinian medics and security officials said today. The dead men, Moatassem Adwan, 22, and 23-year-old Ali Khalifa, […][…]
A DEADLY weekend attack in China’s restive Xinjiang region was masterminded by “terrorists” trained in Pakistan, the local government said today. Fourteen people were killed in two attacks at the weekend in the ancient Silk […][…]
LONDON—BBC news programs are being disrupted as journalists stage a 24-hour strike to protest job cuts. BBC radio’s flagship morning news program, “Today,” started an hour later than usual at 7 a.m. because of Monday’s […][…]
ROME—Italy’s coastguard found the bodies of 25 would-be migrants Monday in the hold of a boat crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa to the small Italian island of Lampedusa. The officials said they found the […][…]
Police in the US say a driver who nailed four parked cars and flipped his SUV onto a 13-year-old girl standing outside her New York home had been stabbed. The driver and the teenager both […][…]
One of Israel’s top organized crime figures has been gunned down in a drive-by shooting. Police say two men on a motorcycle opened fire on Francois Abutbul early Sunday as he stopped to fill up […][…]