World/Local News

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama—An Alabama judge has declined to dismiss a capital murder charge against a man charged with killing his wife during a 2003 honeymoon diving trip to Australia. Jefferson County Circuit Judge Tommy Nail denied […] […]

A MASSIVE explosion ripped through a cafe popular with foreign tourists in the Moroccan city of Marrakech last night, killing 14 and wounding 20 in what the government called a “criminal act”. The suspected suicide […] […]

A New Mexico woman died after being attacked by four pit bulls while taking a walk in her neighbourhood at Easter in a mauling that ended only after a police officer began spraying the animals […] […]

A wave of tornado-spawning storms swept the US South, splintering buildings across hard-hit Alabama and killing 72 people in four states. At least 58 people died in Alabama alone, including 15 or more when a […] […]

Britain has revoked a royal wedding invitation to the Syrian ambassador because of violent attacks on protesters by the regime there. Human rights groups have criticized the decision to invite ambassador Sami Khiyami to Prince […] […]

ARTILLERY fire boomed across the Thai-Cambodian frontier for a seventh day today as fierce border clashes erupted again between the two neighbours and the death toll rose to 15. Loud explosions could be heard since […] […]

AN Alabama judge is set to decide whether Gabe Watson will walk free or face a murder trial over his wife’s scuba diving death in Queensland. Judge Tommy Nail is scheduled to announce early Friday […] […]

AT least three people were killed and 15 others wounded today after a bomb hit a Pakistani navy bus in the restive southern port city of Karachi, in the third such attack this week. “A […] […]

BIRMINGHAM, ALA.-A deadly tornado stretching a mile wide tore through downtown Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Wednesday evening, destroying homes and buildings and bringing further damage to a region already battered by storms. Across the state, at […] […]

AT least eight international troops, a contractor and an Afghan air force pilot were killed yesterday in a shootout at Kabul international airport following an argument between the supposedly allied forces. A 50-year-old Afghan military […] […]