World/Local News

AT least seven police officers have been injured in rioting in several parts of Belfast. The trouble started shortly before tonight after police removed flags of pro-British paramilitary groups flying ahead of the July 12 […] […]

MASKED gunmen blew up a terminal of the Egyptian natural gas pipeline to Israel and Jordan in an attack today. Officials said the attack was carried out by at least four assailants. The terminal is […] […]

HUGE blasts in a seized Iranian weapons cache at a Greek Cypriot naval base in the south of the Mediterranean island killed at least 12 people. The explosions at the Evangelos Florakis base devastated the […] […]

BRITISH teachers have been given a green light to use “reasonable” physical force to control unruly students. New guidelines published in England today say it “may not always be possible to avoid injuring pupils” while […] […]

A MAN and a woman whose pet Burmese python killed their 2-year-old child were set to stand trial in Texas this week, with jury selection beginning yesterday. Charles “Jason” Darnell, 33, and Jaren Ashley Hare, […] […]

PROTESTERS loyal to President Bashar al Assad broke into the US embassy compound in the Syrian capital Damascus today, Reuters news agency reported. Loyalists also reportedly tried to break into the French embassy. The attacks […] […]

A United States Army veteran who lost both legs in Iraq was killed after he was thrown from a roller coaster at a New York amusement park. Teams of inspectors were yesterday examining the Ride […] […]

Battles between the vicious Zetas gang and other drug cartels led to the discovery of more than 40 bodies in a 24-hour span, a government official said Saturday. At least 20 people were killed and […] […]

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will on Tuesday start his appeal against a British court ruling that he be extradited to Sweden to face allegations of rape. The 40-year-old Australian will take his legal battle to […] […]

A former New York police officer claims he was offered money by News of the World journalists to retrieve the private phone records of 9-11 victims. It’s the latest claim to be made in the […] […]