World/Local News

THE chief executive of News International has told staff of The News of the World further revelations of criminality were coming and they would understand in time why publication of the tabloid had to cease. […] […]

AN Afghan guard opened fire and shot dead two NATO troops accompanying a reconstruction convoy travelling in a northern province today, the Afghan police said. The shooting took place in the Darah district of Panjshir […] […]

BETTY Ford, the former first lady whose triumph over drug and alcohol addiction became a beacon of hope for addicts and the inspiration for her Betty Ford Centre, has died, a family friend said yesterday. […] […]

SYRIA’S government accused the US ambassador to Damascus, Robert Ford, of meeting “saboteurs” in the flashpoint city of Hama and inciting protests against President Bashar al-Assad today. “The US ambassador met with saboteurs in Hama […] […]

THE United States violated international law by executing a Mexican national who was denied his consular rights, UN human rights chief Navi Pillay says. Texas carried out the controversial execution of Leal Garcia yesterday, despite […] […]

PAKISTAN has ordered 1000 extra troops to deploy in Karachi with instructions to shoot-to-kill in attempt to stem the growing bloodshed from months of political violence. Another 65 people have been killed since Tuesday in […] […]

THREE Somali men have been charged with kidnapping, hostage-taking and murder in the deaths of four US citizens during the hijacking of a yacht off the coast of Oman. The Justice Department said a superceding […] […]

LONDON — Britain, the United States and Canada are increasing travel curbs on members of the Iranian government over Iran’s disputed nuclear program, Britain’s Foreign Office said in a statement. “The U.K. is working closely […] […]

Syria has been accused of systematic torture, beatings and killings amounting to “crimes against humanity”. In a detailed report by Amnesty International, residents of Tel Kalakh, near the Lebanese border, recounted how one man was […] […]

Casey Anthony looked ready for freedom. For the first time since her trial began, the US mother aquitted of killing her daughter let her hair down, smiling and playing with it as she awaited the […] […]