World/Local News

ATHENS, Ga.—The man charged in the shooting death of a Georgia police officer surrendered on live TV late Friday after he emerged from an Athens apartment with five people whom police say he had been […] […]

A man accused of killing a police officer is holding four hostages near a university in the southern US state of Georgia, officials said. Police surrounded accused killer Jamie Hood in an apartment complex near […] […]

Nuclear experts from Greenpeace have started monitoring radiation near the stricken Fukushima No. 1 atomic power plant. Greenpeace said it believed Japanese authorities may have been underplaying the scale of the disaster at the quake- […] […]

Coalition forces have carried out a seventh day of air and missile strikes against the Libyan regime’s forces as Nato appointed a Canadian general to oversee the campaign. French President Nicolas Sarkozy held out hopes […] […]

A former mini-cab driver believed to be Britain’s most prolific sex attacker was found guilty yesterday of conducting a 17-year reign of terror against elderly women and men. Delroy Grant, 53, known as “Night Stalker” […] […]

A GUNMAN has opened fire at an Indiana school before classes began, shooting a student in the stomach, US police say. A 15-year-old classmate who had been suspended was taken into custody.  Police would not […] […]

AMID the turmoil in the Middle East, one aspect has largely been ignored: the rising tensions on Israel’s border with Gaza. AMID the turmoil in the Middle East, one aspect has largely been ignored: the […] […]

Here is a look at the latest developments in Mideast political unrest on Wednesday: LIBYA Fighter jets from a U.N.-backed alliance destroy one of ruler Moammar Gadhafi’s planes and hit sites across Libya including an […] […]

MEXICO CITY—The U.S. ambassador to Mexico faced a harsh choice as the release of secret cables made his job nearly impossible: Quit to rescue one of Washington’s most strategic relationships or weather the storm to […] […]

LONDON—The United Kingdom all but closed its embassy in Yemen Wednesday, urging Britons to leave the country as soon as possible to avoid getting caught up in the country’s deepening unrest. Britain’s Foreign Office said […] […]