World/Local News

A British curry house is in hot water after a competition to find out who could stomach most of its infamous “Kismot Killer” curry ended up with two participants hospitalised. Emergency services are demanding a […] […]

A CALIFORNIAN woman who killed her new husband and cooked his body parts over Thanksgiving weekend in 1991 has been denied her second bid for parole. Parole commissioners have rejected Egypt-born Omaima Nelson’s request for […] […]

A BRITISH man whose wife and child were killed in a hammer attack in 1996 is to sue News International over claims his phone was hacked, the 63rd person to take action in the scandal […] […]

PERUGIA, Italy—From the beginning, it was a case of contradictions, and the questions did not end with the verdict that freed Amanda Knox. The acquittal of the American and her ex-boyfriend in the murder of […] […]

A Mongolian spymaster whose arrest for extradition on kidnapping charges sparked a crisis between Britain and its emerging Asian ally has returned home after unexpectedly being freed by German authorities. In a move understood to […] […]

A Muslim death row inmate says the Ohio state prison system is denying him meals prepared according to Islamic law while at the same time providing kosher meals to Jewish prisoners. The state says it […] […]

Amanda Knox has finally arrived in America after spending four years imprisoned in Italy. A day after being acquitted of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher and freed from an Italian jail, Knox has […] […]

PROSECUTORS in southern California will argue that a former model who killed her husband and ate parts of his body is still a threat and should not be released from prison Omaima Nelson – a […] […]

ARCHBISHOP Desmond Tutu has said the South African government was worse than its apartheid predecessor and warned he would pray for its downfall after it dithered over a visa for the Dalai Lama. Anti-apartheid crusader […] […]

RUSSIA and China today vetoed a UN Security Council resolution, drawn up by European nations, threatening action if Syria’s leader does not end a deadly crackdown on a pro-democracy movement. Nine countries voted for the […] […]