World/Local News

Angry residents forced from their homes near Japan’s tsunami-stricken nuclear power plant gathered in protest at the Tokyo headquarters of the plant’s operator today demanding compensation as the company’s president pledged to do more to […] […]

DUBLIN—Irish police say they’ve arrested a suspect over the murder of a former aide to ex-Irish Republican Army commander Gerry Adams who turned British double agent. The 56-year-old Denis Donaldson, one of Adams’ closest aides, […] […]

Belarus authorities have arrested several people in connection with the metro bombing in Minsk yesterday that killed 12 people and left more than 200 wounded. The opposition, meanwhile, voiced fears that authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko […] […]

A JAILED former Mafia boss who once ordered a payback killing in the infamous “Donnie Brasco” case made gangland history by becoming the highest-ranking member of the city’s five Italian organized crime families to break […] […]

EGYPTIAN prosecutors have ordered the detention of the former president’s sons for 15 days over allegations of corruption and abuse of authority, state television has reported. The announcement came just hours after former president Hosni […] […]

A MOTHER has driven a minivan into the Hudson River north of New York City, killing herself and her three young children. Newburgh fire Chief Michael Vatter said the woman drove off a boat ramp […] […]

THE prospect of a Palestinian state will come a step closer tonight after Tony Blair gives his endorsement for the proposal and argues that Palestinians are well positioned to establish their own nation. The Middle […] […]

NEW York police have stepped up the hunt for a suspected serial killer after a human skull and bones, potential ninth and 10th victims, were found in separate locations on Long Island. Police began investigating […] […]

FORMER Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak suffered a heart attack during questioning by prosecutors investigating graft and abuse allegations which prompted his admission to the hospital overnight, state television said. The ex-leader was taken to a […] […]

THE body of a man washed out to sea last month when the tsunami from Japan hit the Northern California coast has been found more than 500 kilometres north in Oregon near the mouth of […] […]