World/Local News

THE Taliban are rejecting claims that they or any of their allies have ties to the Pakistani Government. The insurgent group said in a statement today that it had no bases in Pakistan. The claim […] […]

US police responding to a report of a small boy wandering along a road in rural Indiana today discovered the bodies of five adults at two homes nearby. A couple noticed the young boy walking […] […]

BRITISH police say they have charged six men who were arrested last week in Birmingham as part of a major counter-terrorism operation targeting Islamic extremists. Four men were charged with preparing for an act of […] […]

A BUILDING used by the CIA in Kabul has come under attack, US and Afghan officials said, the latest in a series of attacks in the Afghan capital. Afghan authorities said gunfire was heard in […] […]

Disturbing footage of Apache attack helicopters killing people in Afghanistan is being shown to frontline British soldiers in “Kill TV nights” designed to boost morale, a television documentary will reveal. Andrew Burgin from Stop the […] […]

Police and fire brigade officers were investigating a house fire that killed a mother and five of her children in England. A 16-year-old girl, who with her father escaped the blaze in north London, remains […] […]

A California students’ group has sparked a racism and sexism row over plans for a bake sale in which people are charged according to their ethnic background and gender. Campus Republicans at the University of […] […]

Two US hikers accused Iran of using them as “hostages” in its power struggle with the West and described hearing the anguished cries of fellow inmates being beaten in Tehran’s Evin prison. Speaking at a […] […]

A 10-YEAR-old Brazilian boy shot his teacher in front of classmates then committed suicide by turning the gun on himself, Diario do Vale reported yesterday. Using his policeman father’s gun, David Nogueira fired twice at […] […]

SAUDI King Abdullah has granted women the right to vote and run in municipal elections, in a historic first for the ultra-conservative country where women are subjected to many restrictions. “Starting with the next term, […] […]