Month: September 2011

NEW allegations about the phone-hacking scandal have hit News International, the British subsidiary of News Corp, with claims of more victims and fresh legal rows. It has been revealed that former News of the World […] […]

THIRTEEN people are dead and nine missing after a boat sank off Indonesia’s East Java province. “Thirteen people were killed in a boat accident off the coast of Raas island. Nine people are still missing,” […] […]

INDIA tested a medium-range nuclear-capable missile along its eastern coast today, an official said, as part of the nation’s efforts to build up its atomic deterrent. The indigenous surface-to-surface Shourya missile was fired from a […] […]

A 58-YEAR-OLD Italian woman became Italy’s second post-menopausal new mother in a week after giving birth to twins in Milan, days after an Italian court criticised older couples who have babies. “We are very happy, […] […]

PAKISTAN issued a blunt warning to the US yesterday that it risked breaking the alliance, following accusations by America’s most senior military officer that the ISI spy agency directed recent Haqqani network terror attacks in […] […]

JULIAN Assange admits to being an autistic “chauvinist pig” in an unauthorised autobiography published yesterday. The WikiLeaks founder also rails against his former media partners, calling The New York Times and The Guardian “greedy, reckless, […] […]

THE United States has led a mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched an outspoken attack on Western nations. The Iranian leader again cast doubt on the origins of […] […]

A US soldier among five troops accused in a plot to kill Afghan civilians for sport is pleading guilty to unpremeditated murder. Private 1st Class Andrew Holmes was accused of taking part in the first […] […]

LONDON—Britons are reacting with a mix of condemnation and cheers to footage that shows an organized cage fight between two boys, one 8 years old and the other 9. Police launched an investigation after video […] […]