Month: September 2011

SIX men and one woman were arrested in Birmingham, central England during counterterrorism raids, West Midlands Police said. The men were detained on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism […] […]

AT least 27 people have died and dozens are missing after torrential rains and flooding in north and southwest China forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate their homes. Unprecedented rains since last Friday have swamped […] […]

SEVEN people have been killed and several more wounded in a car bomb attack targeting a senior police official in Pakistan’s financial capital Karachi. Senior Superintendent Aslam Khan, who was unhurt but whose home was […] […]

STOCKHOLM—Sweden’s security police raided the administrative office of a mosque in the country’s second largest city , the force said on Sunday. Security police spokeswoman Sirpa Franzen said Thursday’s raid against the Bellevue Mosque in […] […]

CAIRO—An Egyptian court has sentenced a Hosni Mubarak-era Cabinet minister to three years in prison after convicting him of corruption. The verdict against businessman and former Tourism Minister Zohair Garanah was announced on Sunday. He […] […]

TEHRAN, Iran—The lawyer for two Americans jailed in Iran says he is waiting for a second, key signature on bail arrangements for a possible release of his clients, convicted of spying. Masoud Shafiei says he […] […]

The newly appointed head of the Metropolitan Police, Bernard Hogan-Howe, has ordered an independent review of his force’s investigation into the News of the World’s phone-hacking scandal. The decision to call in Durham Police to […] […]

Arkansas police are trying to find out who has been trying to suck women’s toes in central Arkansas. An elderly woman told Conway police that a man approached her while she was sitting outside her […] […]

Vivien Slattery has lived her whole life – all 16 days of it – in a tidy mobile home, one of dozens on a crowded site beside green English fields. Her mother grew up here, […] […]

State media say a crowded tourist bus has overturned on a mountainous road in southwestern China, killing seven people and injuring 30 others. Xinhua News Agency said the bus was overloaded and that officials are […] […]