World/Local News

MASKED gunmen disguised as police have raided a safe deposit centre near Paris, killing a guard and wounding two others before taking a hostage and shooting at police during their getaway. The guard was killed […] […]

TWO US hikers jailed for spying and illegal entry are on their way to the airport to fly home after Iran released them on bail, months after handing them hefty jail terms. The release of […] […]

A MILLIONAIRE’S daughter appeared in court today accused of stealing $7700 worth of electronic goods in the recent riots. Laura Johnson, 19, faces five charges of burglary after the haul was found in a car […] […]

Lawyers for condemned US inmate Troy Davis say they have asked state officials to allow him to take a polygraph test before his scheduled execution. Lawyer Stephen Marsh said that they had asked state prison […] […]

A POWERFUL typhoon has slammed into disaster-ravaged Japan, authorities said, after it already killed at least four people. Typhoon Roke made landfall near Hamamatsu, central Japan, at around 2:00 pm local time, on course to […] […]

LONDON—British police have been given more time to question six men arrested in what officials called a significant counterterrorism operation. The suspects, aged 25 to 32, were detained Monday in the central England city of […] […]

Britain could be hit by a second financial crisis or face years of stagnation similar to that suffered by Japan, the nation’s Business Secretary, Vince Cable, warned yesterday as he painted a grim picture of […] […]

THE US military has repealed a ban on gay people serving openly in uniform, ending a prohibition that President Barack Obama says forced gay and lesbian service members to lie about who they are. Defense […] […]

HEAVY rains and floods across China have left 57 people dead with dozens of others missing and hundreds injured, while more than a million residents were evacuated from their homes. Unprecedented rains over the past […] […]