World/Local News

POLICE in Northern Ireland say a live bomb has been found in a busy part of Belfast. The Police Service of Northern Ireland said ys the bomb was “capable of causing death or serious injury”. […] […]

BAGHDAD—A car bomb exploded Friday near a Shiite mosque south of Baghdad where mourners had gathered for a funeral, killing 17 people, Iraqi officials said. The explosion triggered new anger at Iraq’s leaders and their […] […]

LONDON—A judge says an Islamic activist who entered Britain despite being banned is entitled to damages for wrongful detention. Islamic Movement in Israel leader Sheikh Raed Salah flew to Britain in June, despite an order […] […]

TYPHOON Nalgae slammed into the northern Philippines, packing gusts up to 195km/h and threatening victims still trapped by previous storm floods, officials said. Nalgae made landfall in Luzon at 9:00am local time and was tearing […] […]

A MAN who faked his own death in an attempt to claim over $810,000 was jailed for six years today by a British court. Anthony McErlean staged a fictitious car wreck in Honduras, then posed […] […]

THE estranged wife of a British lawmaker has been convicted of stealing a kitten from the house of her husband’s lover. A jury deliberated for five hours on Friday before convicting Christine Hemming, 53, of […] […]

Libya’s new rulers have stepped up the hunt for Muammar Gaddafi’s inner circle, seeking the arrest of one of his sons, Saadi, and announcing the capture of his spokesman Mussa Ibrahim. They also said another […] […]

DIGGERS in Afghanistan have helped to find and destroy a huge haul of narcotics, the Department of Defence says. Included in the bust inside the restive Helmand province was what Defence described as “a large […] […]

THE US-born terror mastermind Anwar al Awlaki has been killed, the Yemen defence ministry has said. The 40-year-old, who was born in New Mexico, was linked to the 2009 Christmas Day “underwear bomber” plot – […] […]

AMANDA Knox’s lawyer has made a final plea to an Italian jury to correct the “tragic error” that has put her in prison for more than 1000 days for the murder of the British student […] […]