World/Local News

US security officials say they are investigating a credible terror threat to the nation ahead of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. “In this instance, it’s accurate that there is specific, credible but unconfirmed […] […]

BRITAIN’s army said today that the death of an Iraqi detainee in Basra had cast a “dark shadow” over its reputation, after an inquiry found he suffered “gratuitous violence” at the hands of soldiers. Hotel […] […]

A US judge has sentenced a New York man to 25 years for plotting to blow up synagogues and shoot down American military planes. Laguerre Payen, 29, was convicted in October along with three other […] […]

AMERICAN student Amanda Knox won another battle in her quest to overturn a conviction for murdering her British roommate in Italy when an appeals court rejected a prosecutor’s request for more DNA testing. The decision […] […]

BRITISH police investigating phone hacking at a British newspaper said today they had made a fresh arrest, as another newspaper said one of its journalists had been quizzed over leaks in the case. A 35-year-old […] […]

FRANCE has accused Syria of ‘crimes against humanity’, as activists said regime forces killed at least 23 people, 21 of them in a tank-backed raid on the flashpoint central city of Homs. “The Syrian regime […] […]

TWIN Taliban bombs targeting security forces responsible for the recent capture of senior al-Qaeda operatives have killed 24 people and wounded 82 others in southwest Pakistan, police say. One attacker detonated his bomb-laden car outside […] […]

INDIA’S Dalit queen Mayawati has demanded the Australian government commit WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to a “mental asylum” after leaked US cables revealed the politician sent an empty jet to Mumbai to pick up a […] […]

SOMALI pirates have released seven Danes, including a family of five, who were taken hostage in February, Denmark’s foreign ministry has announced. “The seven Danes have been released and brought to safety,” the ministry said […] […]

AN Islamist militant group has claimed responsibility for a powerful blast outside New Delhi’s High Court that killed at least 11 people and wounded 65 yesterday as close to 200 petitioners queued outside the gates […] […]