Politics

CUBA – Fidel Castro will attend a special session of parliament on Saturday, his first appearance in official government proceedings or in front of lawmakers since falling seriously ill four years ago. Cuban state television […] […]

LONDON — Online whistle-blower WikiLeaks has posted a huge encrypted file named “Insurance” to its website, sparking speculation that those behind the organization may be prepared to release more classified information if authorities interfere with […] […]

LONDON—Opposition politicians have been needling British leader David Cameron for telling a town hall audience that Iran “has got a nuclear weapon.” The prime minister was speaking about Turkish accession to the EU before a […] […]

SADDAM Hussein’s former deputy Tariq Aziz has accused Barack Obama of “leaving Iraq to the wolves” by pressing ahead with a withdrawal of US combat troops. In an interview with Britain’s Guardian newspaper, the former […] […]

WASHINGTON—The Pentagon is demanding that online whistle-blower WikiLeaks return its trove of tens of thousands of leaked U.S. government documents and delete them from its website and records. Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell didn’t say […] […]

ISRAEL has put its neighbours on notice that it will “hit with great force” anyone who fires at it. The warning comes with Israel apparently anticipating a new round of attacks from both its north […] […]

SECURITY forces in Indian Kashmir fired teargas to disperse mourners at a funeral procession for the latest victim of violence in the disputed region. Hopes of calm returning after weeks of angry anti-India protests were […] […]

BRITAIN’S Ministry of Defence investigated a claim that Winston Churchill ordered a cover-up of a UFO sighting during World War II, according to files released by the National Archives. Documents from the MoD unit assigned […] […]

FOUR protesters in Beijing cut off their fingertips and swallowed them in a desperate bid to bring attention to their cause. The men, from the central province of Hunan, travelled to the capital to seek […] […]

HAGERSTOWN, Maryland – A former Army counterintelligence agent says he helped point military authorities to a soldier who now is under scrutiny in connection with the massive leak of secret war records to a self-described […] […]