Month: January 2012

BEIJING—A bus went out of control and slipped from a snow-covered bridge in southern China on Wednesday, killing at least 16 people, state media reported. About 50 people were aboard the bus when it crashed […] […]

LONDON—Two men are to be sentenced Wednesday for the murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence in a case that has taken Britain nearly two decades to bring anyone to justice. Gary Dobson, 36, and David […] […]

New York police have arrested a suspect in a series of fire bombings on the weekend that included an assault on an Islamic centre and were being investigated as possible hate crimes. Police Commissioner Raymond […] […]

LONDON—A murder mystery with elements of an Agatha Christie whodunit is unfolding at the vast country estate where Queen Elizabeth II and her family gathered in rural splendor to celebrate Christmas and New Year’s. British […] […]

LONDON—In a case that exposed racism and incompetence in Scotland Yard and took nearly two decades to bring anyone to justice, a jury found two men guilty Tuesday of brutally stabbing a black teenager to […] […]

About 162,000 people, almost 80 per cent of them civilians, were killed in Iraq from the start of the 2003 invasion up to last year’s withdrawal of American forces, a British NGO says. Iraq Body […] […]

A taxi driver who murdered his partner, her sister and her sister’s daughter before shooting himself in a New Year’s killing spree at the family home, held licences for six weapons and was known to […] […]

LONDON—A 20-year-old British man charged with the murder of an Indian student said during a court appearance Monday that his name was “Psycho.” Kiaran Stapleton was charged with shooting 23-year-old Anuj Bidve on Dec. 26 […] […]