World/Local News

A FLOOD of toxic red sludge from an aluminium plant has engulfed seven villages in Hungary, destroying houses, cars and vegetation and killing at least four people. Residents on Kolontar are angry and distraught, their […] […]

A BRITISH terror suspect killed in a drone strike in Pakistan last month was being groomed to head a new Al-Qa’ida splinter group in Britain. The revelation is the latest twist in a reported plot […] […]

THE ruling Conservatives have promised the biggest shake-up of Britain’s welfare system in 60 years. The announcement comes two weeks before the government unveils cuts to slash a huge budget deficit. Chancellor of the Exchequer […] […]

In July this year two New York Federal Court-appointed officials flew into Kingston. They had read a story in this column about intercepted communication which had been illegally passed from a government interception facility in […] […]

ISLAMABAD – Hundreds of US and NATO trucks carrying fuel and other supplies for troops in Afghanistan lie idle. Dramatic images of Taleban attacks on these convoys are splashed across front pages in this anti-American […] […]

NORTH Korea is restoring facilities at its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, the source of weapons-grade plutonium in the past, South Korea’s defence ministry says. “North Korea is restoring nuclear facilities and continuing maintenance activities at Yongbyon,” […] […]

A BOMB planted in a car exploded outside a shopping centre in the Northern Irish city of Londonderry today, causing substantial damage but no injuries. The blast occurred just after midnight local time outside a […] […]

If countries were rated on how tough it is to fight wars on their soil, Afghanistan would come close to the top of the list. Landlocked, with an extreme climate and paralyzing dust storms, it’s […] […]

THE US Government thought it had put paid to Harold Nicholson’s espionage activities in 1997 when he was jailed for 23 years for passing secrets to Russia. Now it transpires that the former CIA agent […] […]

THE Duke of Gloucester and former British PM Gordon Brown had a lucky escape after pulling out of last Friday’s 50th anniversary parade in Nigeria. It was targeted by bombs that killed at least 12 […] […]