World/Local News

Hundreds of thousands of British teachers and public sector workers have swapped classrooms and offices for picket lines overnight. Unions hope the protest will be the first salvo in a summer of discontent against the […] […]

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—An Ethiopian official says nine people were arrested last week on suspicions of organizing a terrorist network and planning attacks. Government spokesman Shimeles Kemal said Wednesday that two journalists were among those arrested. […] […]

RABAT, Morocco—Seven people have gone on trial in Morocco accused of involvement in a bombing in a Marrakech tourist cafe that killed 17. The April attack was one of the worst terrorist acts to hit […] […]

SYRIAN troops have swept into new villages in the north-west as the second city Aleppo saw anti-regime protests and as pro-democracy dissidents joined ranks at home and abroad, activists said. About 60 tanks and armoured […] […]

A BABY boom in the Republic of Ireland has seen the population soar to a level not seen in about 160 years. Preliminary figures published by the Central Statistics Office yesterday show Ireland has a […] […]

A COASTAL British township has banned offensive items including T-shirts with dirty slogans in a bid to cut down on anti-social behaviour. Newquay, a popular seaside destination southwest of London, has introduced the ban ahead […] […]

A BRITISH snake breeder was killed by a bite from one of his king cobras – days after he boasted they would not harm him, The Sun reported today. Luke Yeomans, 45, suffered a heart […] […]

THE CIA has been ordered out of a desert airbase in Pakistan from where it launched deadly Predator drone strikes against al-Qa’ida. The Shamsi base in Baluchistan has been at the forefront of the US’s […] […]

PAKISTANI troops backed by jets and helicopter gunships have killed 40 militants in a restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan in the past three days, a military commander said. Brigadier Aftab Ahmad said his forces had […] […]

A SENIOR commander in the al-Qa’ida-linked Haqqani network wanted over this week’s deadly attack on a leading hotel in the Afghan capital has been killed in an air strike, NATO says. The International Security Assistance […] […]