World/Local News

CAIRO: Protesters stormed Libya’s state broadcaster and torched the the Interior Ministry and police stations in Tripoli as the Gaddafi regime unleashed the harshest crackdown of any Arab country to undergo the wave of protests […] […]

THE Chinese Government, rattled by protests sweeping the Middle East, swung into action yesterday to quash online calls for a “jasmine revolution” on the streets of Beijing and 12 other cities across the country. Although […] […]

AN IRISH republican terror cell is operating in England for the first time in a decade, creating a growing security problem in the weeks before the royal wedding. Counter-terrorism teams in southern England have been […] […]

CAIRO—After anti-government unrest spread to the Libyan capital and protesters seized military bases and weapons Sunday, Moammar Gadhafi’s son went on state television to proclaim that his father remained in charge with the army’s backing […] […]

IRAN freed two detained German journalists, state media reported, and Germany’s Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle arrived later Saturday in Tehran to take them home. The German journalists, who work for German newspaper Bild am Sonntag, […] […]

TAMPA, USA — Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton emerged from court looking comfortable and greeted supporters after jurors yesterday failed to reach a verdict in his gun and drug retrial following hours of deliberations. The […] […]

One of the most prolific killers in US history has pleaded guilty to killing a 49th person. Gary Ridgway is already serving 48 life terms at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. Ridgway, who […] […]

BERLIN, Germany – German police fired tear gas and water cannons to keep apart groups of far-right supporters and thousands of counter-demonstrators trying to hinder their rally in an eastern city yesterday, police said. Hundreds […] […]

Embattled regimes across the Middle East cracked down on swelling anti-government protests as the traditional Muslim day of prayer gave way to violence and bloodshed in Bahrain and Libya. Bahraini police opened fire on protesters […] […]

KABUL, Afghanistan—Stepping up its pressure on corruption in Afghanistan, the United States on Friday sanctioned a major Afghan money-exchange outfit suspected of laundering billions of dollars in drug money. The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned the […] […]