World/Local News

GENEVA – The Swiss government has frozen any assets belonging to former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak or his family in Switzerland. Foreign Ministry spokesman Lars Knuchel said the order to block any bank accounts takes […] […]

A British man on trial in Scotland for the murder of his Scottish wife and the attempted murder of his New Zealand wife was “strange”, the mother of his first wife says. Malcolm John Webster, […] […]

A WAVE of euphoria swept Arab cities as news spread of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s ouster, with jubilant crowds taking to the streets from Gaza to Beirut in celebration. Across the Middle East and north […] […]

BARACK Obama has declared that the voices of the Egyptian people have been heard and their country will never be the same again after the resignation of Hosni Mubarak. But the US President today warned […] […]

A TEENAGE suicide bomber killed up to 31 Pakistani army recruits at a parade ground today, an attack the Taliban said was revenge for US drone strikes and local military offensives. Wearing school uniform, the […] […]

JAKARTA – The terror trial of radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has been adjourned until next week, after a brief – but chaotic – appearance yesterday. The trial will resume on Monday, when Bashir […] […]

SAUDI Arabia has warned Barack Obama not to push for swift regime change in Egypt, vowing to bankroll President Hosni Mubarak if the White House cuts aid to Cairo. In a testy telephone call on […] […]

BERLIN—A tell-all book by a former WikiLeaks insider casts founder Julian Assange as an “emperor” who has become just the kind of public figure he is trying to expose. Daniel Domscheit-Berg, the former WikiLeaks spokesman […] […]

KABUL, Afghanistan—A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a district chief’s office in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province Thursday, killing the official and two other people. The bomber was able to enter the office of Chahar […] […]

PROSECUTORS have requested an immediate trial for Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, accused of abuse of power and having sex with a 17-year-old girl nicknamed Ruby the heartstealer. In a statement , the prosecutors said […] […]