Month: August 2011

EIGHTEEN people were killed and dozens wounded in an overnight suicide bombing at the Cherchell military academy west of Algiers. Eight of the wounded were in serious condition after yesterday’s attack, the first against the […] […]

BRITISH warplanes struck a large bunker in Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte, his largest remaining stronghold, as NATO turned its attention to loyalist forces trying to hold back advancing Libyan rebels in the area. The […] […]

THE hunt for rioters and looters involved in Britain’s street violence will continue for at least two years as police trawl through thousands of hours of CCTV footage, a newspaper reports. Scotland Yard says more […] […]

THOUSANDS of people have fled the US east coast as it braces for Hurricane Irene, which is threatening up to 65 million people from the Carolinas to New England. Authorities from North Carolina to New […] […]

PRO-Gaddafi guards have raped child detainees, and Libyan rebels are abusing children and holding migrant workers as prisoners, Amnesty International charged today, calling on both sides to respect prisoners. The London-based rights group said it […] […]

WASHINGTON—America is swiftly becoming a granny state. Less frail and more involved, today’s grandparents are shunning retirement homes and stepping in more than ever to raise grandchildren while young adults struggle in the poor economy. […] […]

BRITISH police say they have charged a 22-year-old man over attacks carried out by the computer hacking group known as Anonymous. Scotland Yard released few details today about the charge against Peter David Gibson, a […] […]

A BICYCLE bomb has exploded at a busy northwestern Pakistan hotel, killing at least 10 people, wounding 14 and destroying the building, police say. The device went off overnight as dozens of people were gathered […] […]