Articles by sandrea

VETERAN British broadcaster Jimmy Savile, a famously eccentric culture figure, has died at his home in northern England aged 84. Savile, known for his garish tracksuits, chunky gold jewellery and boundless enthusiasm for pop music […] […]

BEIRUT—Syrian troops shelled a restive district on Saturday and conducted sweeping raids, one day after security forces killed about 40 people in one of the deadliest crackdowns in months in the country’s uprising, activists said. […] […]

The alleged head of a rogue US army unit charged with killing Afghan civilians for sport has gone on trial, with three fellow soldiers due to testify at his court martial. Staff Sergeant Calvin Gibbs […] […]

British Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday that the 16 Commonwealth countries for which Queen Elizabeth II is monarch have agreed to remove gender discrimination in the order of succession to the throne. Commonwealth national […] […]

BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron has called for anti-capitalist protesters to leave London’s historic St Paul’s Cathedral, saying the freedom to rally should exclude important sites. “I’m very concerned about the continuation of this protest […] […]

Britain has urged against all but essential travel to Bangkok as the Thai capital braced itself for severe floods. Britain’s Foreign Office also warned against travel to the twenty-six provinces in Thailand currently affected by […] […]

Texas police were searching for a serial rapist who appears to be targeting sorority sisters after he broke into the homes of four women in their 50s and 60s and attacked them. The violent assaults […] […]