World/Local News

FIGHTERS backing the new regime in Libya have met strong resistance in the Libyan oasis town of Bani Walid, where they came under sniper fire from forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi today. But while some […] […]

BRITISH police have raided a caravan park to rescue 24 men they say have been held as slaves and forced to live in squalor, some for up to 15 years. More than 200 officers from […] […]

AMBON, Indonesia—Officials say clashes between Muslim and Christian gangs in eastern Indonesia have left three people dead and more than a dozen injured. Police spokesman Johanis Huwae says the two sides began attacking each other […] […]

KABUL, Afghanistan—Nearly 80 American soldiers were wounded and two Afghan civilians were killed in a Taliban truck bombing targeting an American base in eastern Afghanistan, NATO said Sunday, a stark reminder that the war in […] […]

A man who was gunned down in a pub has been formally identified by police. Lee Erdman, 37, died after being shot at the Wellington pub on Regent Road, Salford. Officers from Greater Manchester Police […] […]

Relatives of British 9/11 victims have attended a moving church service to mark the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States. They joined the American ambassador to the UK Louis Susman for […] […]

FOUR people have been arrested in Sweden’s second largest city on suspicion of preparing a terror attack, the country’s security police says. The four were arrested in the west coast city of Goteborg, security police […] […]

THE long-serving former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad says Arab Muslims were incapable of carrying out the 9/11 attacks on the United States that killed nearly 3,000 people. The ageing firebrand, who was in power […] […]

TWO Los Angeles firefighters were injured in a blaze at a house owned by legendary film star Jack Nicholson in the Hollywood Hills, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday. Eighty firefighters responded to the blaze […] […]