World/Local News

BRITISH intelligence officials are being blamed for the humiliating ruse by a suspected Pakistani shopkeeper, who fooled Afghan and NATO officials. The authorities thought he was a top Taliban commander willing to negotiate a peace […] […]

LONDON—The British government says it has been briefed by the United States about an expected release of American diplomatic files by the WikiLeaks website. Prime Minister David Cameron’s spokesman, Steve Field, says the government has […] […]

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—A Saudi official says authorities have arrested nearly 150 al-Qaida suspects over the past eight months, foiling planned attacks on Saudi government officials, civilians and media personalities. Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour al-Turki said […] […]

SUVA, FIJI—Three teenage boys who spent 50 days adrift in a tiny boat in the South Pacific Ocean walked ashore on shaky legs Friday after their chance rescue — celebrated on their home island hundreds […] […]

YEONPYEONG ISLAND, SOUTH KOREA—North Korea warned Friday that U.S.-South Korean plans for military manoeuvres put the peninsula on the brink of war, and appeared to launch its own artillery drills within sight of an island […] […]

TEHRAN, Iran—Iran’s nuclear chief on Thursday expressed displeasure over a report issued this week on its nuclear program by the U.N. atomic agency, which included information on how less centrifuges were functioning than previously believed. […] […]

ALABAMA prosecutors will allege Gabe Watson murdered his wife on their Queensland honeymoon to pocket $US200,000 in insurance payouts. The theory was revealed just minutes after Watson walked off a Qantas flight from Melbourne and […] […]

AT least 21 people have been killed and 153 arrested in four days of clashes as Brazilian security forces crack down on drug gangs in Rio’s violent slums. The growing violence casts more doubt on […] […]

FOOTAGE has been released showing the pinpoint accuracy of an RAF drone, controlled from an air base in Nevada, destroying a Taliban bomb-making factory in Afghanistan. The strike by an unmanned Reaper aircraft was so […] […]