Month: August 2011

A NEW York judge early today dropped all sex crime charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, ending a three-month saga that brought down one of the world’s most powerful men and caused an international uproar. The order, […] […]

LIBYAN leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son has emerged to say that Tripoli is under the control of the regime, and invading rebels had fallen into a “trap”. “Tripoli is under our control. Everyone should rest assured. […] […]

The startling rebel breakthrough in Tripoli has turned into a manhunt for Moammar Gadhafi, the mercurial leader whose remaining loyalists are fighting to keep control of shrinking pockets of the Libyan capital. Rebel leaders claimed […] […]

TEHRAN, Iran—Tehran has put on display a new Iranian-made cruise missile, which it says has a range of 124 miles and is capable of destroying a warship. The cruise missile, designed for sea-based targets, is […] […]

ANKARA, Turkey—Turkey’s military said Tuesday its air strikes on suspected Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq this week have killed an estimated 90 to 100 guerrillas and warned that it would press ahead with offensives […] […]

BEIJING—A major Chinese online commerce site has banned sales of software used to bypass Internet censorship amid Beijing’s efforts to block the development of a Middle East-style protest movement. But Taobao.com, part of e-commerce giant […] […]

PARIS—France’s foreign minister says he hopes NATO’s air operation over in Libya will end “as soon as possible”—once rebel fighters topple Moammar Gadhafi and his forces for good. Alain Juppe says France and Britain were […] […]