Month: November 2011

TRIPOLI, Libya—Moammar Gadhafi’s son Seif al-Islam—the only wanted member of the ousted ruling family to remain at large—was captured as he traveled with aides in a convoy in Libya’s southern desert, Libyan officials said Saturday. […] […]

MOSCOW—Russia will seek tougher punishment for an American couple convicted in the U.S. of the involuntary manslaughter of a 7-year-old boy they adopted from the country, authorities said Saturday. Michael and Nanette Craver of York […] […]

THE extent of phone hacking by British journalists was yesterday shown to be much wider than previously known, with evidence suggesting The Sun and Daily Mirror tabloids were involved as well as the News of […] […]

AN explosion ripped through a fast food restaurant in China today, killing at least eight people, including a child, and shattering windows up to 3km away, officials and state media said. Among the victims were […] […]

A SUSPECTED suicide bomber carrying a bag of explosives was shot dead in Afghanistan last night near the site of a major elders’ meeting set to discuss relations with the US, officials said. The man […] […]

ITALIAN prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has resigned after parliament’s lower chamber passed European-demanded reforms, ending a 17-year political era and setting in motion a transition aimed at bringing the country back from the brink of […] […]

A United States soldier accused of exhorting his underlings to slaughter three civilians for sport was convicted of murder, conspiracy and other charges yesterday in one of the most gruesome cases to emerge from the […] […]

LONDON—One British man rang his consulate after being dumped by a dominatrix abroad, while another caller asked what to do about ants in his Florida holiday villa. It’s just some of the many bizarre requests […] […]

A 5.6-magnitude earthquake has killed five people in eastern Turkey, less than three weeks after a massive quake killed more than 600 in the same area, a government official said. ”Twenty people were found alive […] […]

WITH an audible gasp and silent tears, members of Michael Jackson’s family received the verdict they had awaited for more than two years. Conrad Murray, personal physician to the popstar, was found guilty of involuntary […] […]