World/Local News

The governor of a French prison faces a possible jail sentence after being accused of having a love affair with a young woman jailed for acting as “sexual bait” in a kidnap, torture and murder […] […]

The creation of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel has been the object of prodigious diplomatic efforts but a recent poll suggests that many Palestinians, perhaps even most, would prefer living in the Jewish state. […] […]

Almost half of Palm Springs’ residents are homosexual men or lesbians and months of controversy followed the police operation. The sign outside Palm Springs proudly welcomes visitors to a “two-time winner of the Best Gay […] […]

Was it a new Barack Obama who flew home from Tucson yesterday, or the old one he had lost sight of? In 33 minutes, he had reminded Americans of what used to be the essence […] […]

KOCHI, India—A stampede of pilgrims returning from one of India’s most popular Hindu festivals killed at least 102 people and injured 44 others, officials said Saturday. The stampede was set off Friday night when a […] […]

A government official says gunmen in Pakistan’s southwest have set ablaze 14 tankers carrying fuel for US and NATO troops in Afghanistan. A driver also was wounded during the attack today. Islamist militants and criminals […] […]

WASHINGTON—Julian Assange, the flamboyant founder of WikiLeaks, is living on a supporter’s 600-acre estate outside London, where he has negotiated $1.7 million in book deals and regularly issues defiant statements about the anti-secrecy group’s plans. […] […]

A SUSPECTED Iranian drug trafficker died after the rupture in his stomach of some of the 137 methamphetamine capsules he had swallowed, Malaysian police say. The 52-year-old traveller was taken to a public hospital after […] […]

A JUDICIAL inquiry has opened into the alleged sexual affair between Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and an underage callgirl. Italy’s leading newspaper, Corriere della Sera, said last night the probe would consider whether Mr […] […]

SAN DIEGO – An 80-year-old woman who claims to be an international jewel thief with a five-decade career has been convicted of stealing an $8,900 ring from a San Diego store. Doris Payne, of Long […] […]