World/Local News

Contract killers murdered Canadian businessman Daniel Dion and stuffed his body into the trunk of his rental car in southern Mexico before setting it ablaze, his family believes. “Considering what we know and have seen, […] […]

NO parent likes to bury his or her own child. Imagine then, the devastation of 100-year-old George Thompson who lost his two youngest children to gun violence five years ago. “I almost drop down over […] […]

CHAIRMAN of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) communication commission, Dr Peter Phillips is cautioning that a cloak of suspicion will haunt the ‘Dudus’ Commission of Enquiry. That is, unless a new set of commissioners […] […]

KABUL, Afghanistan—An Afghan official says NATO and Afghan troops killed 17 insurgents in an hours-long gunbattle in southern Helmand province. Provincial government spokesman Daud Ahmadi said Sunday that the fighting lasted 12 hours and took […] […]

BRITAIN: A spy who was found naked and zipped up in a red duffel bag in the bathtub of his London apartment apparently suffocated after a bizarre love-making game went wrong. Police believe maths genius […] […]

TEHRAN, Iran—Iran’s commerce minister on Saturday denied that international sanctions imposed on the country over its disputed nuclear program have damaged Tehran’s trade ties and said the penalties will prove futile. Iran is under four […] […]

PARAMILITARY police squads armed with machine guns that can fire 750 rounds a minute will be set up across Britain to tackle the threat of a Mumbai-style terror attack in the run-up to the London […] […]

IMPOSING sanctions on Iran has been the “most ridiculous and failed” move adopted by the world powers, the country’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said overnight. “Imposing sanctions on Iran was the most ridiculous political decision […] […]

AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai demanded an explanation from NATO’s command in Afghanistan for a drugs raid carried out by the United States and Russia without his Government’s permission. “No organisation or institution has the right […] […]

OAXACA – Two alleged leaders of a university student gang were shot to death Friday by gunmen on a motorcycle in the tourist zone of Mexico’s colonial city of Oaxaca. The killings occurred in front […] […]