World/Local News

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — For the people of St Elizabeth and Manchester’s southern fringe, it’s a case of one extreme to the other. Traumatised by severe drought just months ago, they are now being harried by […] […]

NEW DELHI—It’s crunch time in New Delhi and Ajay, a bright-eyed four-year-old with cropped hair and a handsome smile, is working 13-hour days to help the city get ready for the Commonwealth Games. Every day […] […]

THE leadership of whistle-blower website WikiLeaks is in crisis, with the organisation’s German spokesman set to quit over disputes with founder Julian Assange. Daniel Schmitt, the German spokesman for WikiLeaks, told Der Spiegel that he […] […]

DOCTORS in the Philippines have been banned from smoking by the country’s medical association to make sure they set a good example to their patients, the group says. The order by the Philippine Medical Association […] […]

BRITISH attorney Mark Stephens has suggested that Jamaican lawmakers further adjust the country’s libel laws in light of legislation passed last month by the United states which effectively allows them to ignore any libel judgements […] […]

THE son of the Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning has begged the UN Secretary-General to save his mother’s life. In an open letter to Ban Ki-moon yesterday, Sajad Ghaderzade dismissed the Islamic Republic’s […] […]

There can be no doubt Capt. Nichola Goddard, the first female Canadian soldier killed in combat, believed heart and soul in what she was doing in Afghanistan. She died a warrior at 26, like a […] […]

A report by three UN-appointed human rights experts has said that Israeli forces violated international law when they raided a Gaza-bound aid flotilla killing nine activists earlier this year. The UN Human Rights Council’s fact-finding […] […]

BRITISH police have arrested six people on suspicion of inciting racial hatred over a YouTube video apparently showing them setting fire to copies of the Koran. Police in northeastern England said that they had detained […] […]

A BOMB tore through a military parade in Iran overnight, killing 12 people as the Islamic republic showcased its weaponry at events marking the start 30 years ago of the devastating Iran-Iraq war. Among the […] […]