World/Local News

LONDON—A British teenager accused of attacks on a series of websites is being kept in custody until a Monday bail hearing. Ryan Cleary was granted bail by City of Westminster Magistrate’s Court on Saturday, but […] […]

Grammy-award winning reggae superstar, Buju Banton, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Buju, whose real name is Mark Myrie, was sentenced Thursday morning [June 23] in the Sam M Gibbons Federal Court in […] […]

With the death of the world’s most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden, and the arrest of Boston crime figure James “Whitey” Bulger, the FBI’s ’10 Most Wanted’ list has a couple of vacancies. And it’s […] […]

THE Mauritanian army has “completely destroyed” an al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) camp in neighbouring Mali in an assault that left four soldiers wounded, a security source said. Friday’s attack in the forest region […] […]

AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai told a counterterrorism summit in Tehran that despite his government’s efforts, militancy was on the rise in both his country and the region. “Unfortunately, despite all the achievements in the fields […] […]

SEVERAL days of heavy rain and storms have left at least 16 people dead in northern Vietnam, including 12 who were struck by lightning while working in rice fields, authorities say. One Chinese worker was […] […]

FUGITIVE mobster James “Whitey” Bulger has appeared before a Boston court handcuffed and under tight security, two days after he was captured after 16 years on the run. Dozens watching on the public benches strained […] […]

THE New York state senate has approved a same-sex marriage bill, a powerful victory for gay rights advocates that makes New York the most populous US state where gay marriage will be allowed. Cheers erupted […] […]

A HUGE car bombing at a hospital has killed 60 and wounded 120 in Afghanistan outside Kabul. The blast comes just days after US President Barack Obama said 10,000 US forces would leave the country […] […]

RIGHTS groups including Amnesty International urged Indonesia to revoke a regulation which they say legalises female circumcision in the mainly Muslim country. Women’s rights activists called on the government to withdraw a decree issued by […] […]