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Nuclear-armed North Korea boasted today it has “many thousands of centrifuges” running at a new uranium enrichment plant, which has raised fears the regime wants to make more fuel for atom bombs. Pyongyang issued its […] […]

HILLARY Clinton today said America “deeply regrets” the release by WikiLeaks of confidential US documents, as she sought to reassure American allies. “I will not comment on or confirm what are alleged to be stolen […] […]

The U.S. diplomatic cables made public in a massive Wikileaks release are “raw material” that doesn’t reflect foreign policy, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said at a news conference Monday. The leaks by the whistle-blowing website […] […]

AN Iraqi court has sentenced former deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz to 10 years in prison for the killing of minority Faili Kurds during the rule of Saddam Hussein. Aziz, the long-time international face of […] […]

A PAKISTANI court has prevented the government from granting a pardon to a Christian mother sentenced to death for insulting the Prophet Muhammad. Lawyers petitioned the top court in Punjab province not to allow President […] […]

ABOUT 50,000 Irish people took to the streets at the weekend to oppose savage cutbacks needed to secure an international bailout. The protests piled pressure on the debt-laden nation’s embattled government. Waving placards reading “Eire […] […]

A GIANT new barrier is expected to be built in the Thames to protect London from floods as sea levels rise. The Environment Agency warns that the city faces a potentially lethal combination of rising […] […]

TWO Afghans accused of converting to Christianity, including a Red Cross employee, could face the death penalty, a prosecuting lawyer has warned. Musa Sayed, 45, and Ahmad Shah, 50, are being detained in the Afghan […] […]

WASHINGTON—When a majority of troops told the Pentagon this summer they didn’t care if gays were allowed to serve openly in the military, it was in sharp contrast to the time when America’s fighting forces […] […]

THE United States and South Korea have mounted a show of naval strength to deter North Korea following its deadly shelling attack. The four-day exercise involving around a dozen warships including a US aircraft carrier […] […]