World/Local News

SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS—Tornadoes roared through Massachusetts, packing violent winds that caused damage in about two dozen communities, ripping off roofs, uprooting trees, scattering debris and leaving at least four dead throughout the state. Authorities said two […] […]

A TEENAGE girl involved in the attempted murder of a 12-year-old boy who was found bleeding to death alongside New York’s Jackie Robinson Parkway was sentenced to up to six years in prison today. Carina […] […]

A PAKISTANI journalist has been found dead near the capital Islamabad after writing about links between the Pakistani military and al-Qa’ida. Syed Saleem Shahzad, 40, worked for an Italian news agency and an online news […] […]

THE mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, is set to be charged by a military tribunal at Guantanamo along with four alleged co-conspirators, the Pentagon has said. The suspects will be slapped with […] […]

THE world must follow Britain’s lead on nuclear power if it wants to curb greenhouse gases, not that of Germany, which is to scrap all its nuclear plants by 2022, a former government chief scientist […] […]

IN a major turnaround, Syria has pledged full co-operation with the UN to probe evidence that it secretly built a reactor that could have been used to make nuclear arms, according to a secret document. […] […]

AT least 14 civilians were killed and six wounded in a NATO air strike in southern Afghanistan today. US Marines in Nawzad district of Helmand province called in air support fter their base came under […] […]

MORE than 200 suspected al-Qaeda gunmen have wrested control of the south Yemen city of Zinjibar after two days of heavy fighting with security forces that left 16 dead. The Yemeni opposition accused embattled President […] […]

VOTERS in the overwhelmingly Roman Catholic Mediterranean state of Malta have voted in favor of legalizing divorce, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi announced Sunday after a weekend referendum. Gonzi, who campaigned against the introduction of divorce […] […]