World/Local News

A gunman opened fire in two homes in the state of Michigan today, killing seven people before leading police on a high-speed chase through downtown Grand Rapids and later taking three hostages in a standoff […] […]

The phone-hacking crisis consuming Britain’s biggest-selling Sunday newspaper has deepened on Thursday after reports that relatives of dead soldiers may had been targeted. According to The Telegraph, Glenn Mulcaire, the private investigator at the heart […] […]

A cold-blooded execution in broad daylight in a busy Rome street – the sixth in a month – has confirmed fears the Italian capital is facing a vicious gang turf war. The Magliana gang appears […] […]

ANTI-SMOKING measures have become so widespread that they now affect some 3.8 billion people – just over half the world’s population, the World Health Organization said. But the WHO called for more action, warning that […] […]

THE founder of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program claims that in the late 1990s North Korean officials paid kickbacks to Pakistani military figures in exchange for critical weapons technology. ABDUL Qadeer Khan has passed documents to […] […]

IRAQI authorities have arrested seven alleged members of an al-Qaeda cell suspected of raping a seven-year-old girl and involved in many murders, a Baghdad security spokesman said today. “Our forces have arrested seven members of […] […]

The island of Barbuda is now home to an international landmark, Diana, Princess of Wales, Beach. The naming ceremony took place on Monday, July 4, which commemorated the late Princess’ 50th Birthday on July 1. […] […]

SEVEN mourners were shot outside a funeral home today in Las Vegas when a man opened fire on the crowd. The incident occurred about 7.00pm last night local time at the Palm Mortuary. None of […] […]

SUSPECTED al-Qaeda militants killed 10 soldiers when they ambushed them on a road in southern Yemen, where the jihadist network has a stronghold, a military official said today. The gunmen opened fire on the vehicle […] […]

FIVE journalists and newspaper executives suspected of involvement in the News of the World phone-hacking scandal are expected to be arrested within days amid a growing political and public outcry. News International said yesterday that […] […]