World/Local News

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA—Malaysian Muslims debated Sunday whether to shun Valentine’s Day after the government warned that the celebration was a “trap” that could trigger indecent behaviour. Although no laws prevent Malaysia’s Muslim majority from marking […] […]

CAIRO—With the tyrant dethroned, the search for justice begins. The morning after Hosni Mubarak was toppled, Galal Faisal walked into the attorney general’s office and filed a complaint about the killing of his brother, Nasser. […] […]

ROME—Hundreds of demonstrators have banged pots and pans in Rome and Milan demanding scandal-plagued Premier Silvio Berlusconi resign. The gatherings came a day before protests Sunday, when thousands of women are expected to turn out […] […]

JOHANNESBURG—A South African man accused of threatening to unleash biological weapons on Britain and the United States unless he was paid millions of dollars was arrested Saturday, police said. Authorities said they had not found […] […]

NEW ORLEANS—Former U.S. Attorney John Volz, who spearheaded high-profile corruption cases involving Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards and New Orleans crime boss Carlos Marcello, has died at the age of 74. Volz died Saturday in a […] […]

Erika Mendieta singled out her 2-year-old daughter for prolonged beatings — leaving little of her body unmarked — and must be denounced with a 10-year sentence, a prosecutor says. In post-mortem photos, tiny Emmily Lucas […] […]

WASHINGTON—Add up winning the Stanley Cup, the World Cup, a Nobel and the lottery, all at the same time. Multiply a thousandfold. There, now you know the feeling. Dignity. We are all Egyptian today. But […] […]

AMMAN, JORDAN—The bearded man in the leather jacket widens his eyes, rocks back on his feet and looks over at his business partner, who’s standing in the doorway of their tiny shop where they sell […] […]

Hundreds of police began taking up positions the night before a pro-democracy protest march in Algiers by militants who have vowed to defy an official ban. The planned march is aimed at pressing for reforms […] […]

In a dramatic and poignant sign of a state nearing collapse, North Korea has asked its embassies to appeal to foreign Governments for aid to feed a population close to starvation. The plea poses a […] […]