Terrorism

The names of royals, politicians and other VIPs receiving police protection cannot be disclosed because the publicity could increase the bill, Scotland Yard has said. The London force said releasing a list of those guarded […] […]

OSH, KYRGYZSTAN—Ethnic riots wracked southern Kyrgyzstan on Saturday, forcing thousands of Uzbeks to flee as their homes were torched by roving mobs of Kyrgyz men. The interim government begged Russia for troops to stop the […] […]

Life can be cruel inside the besieged Palestinian territory, but who is responsible? A special report IT’S hard watching a baby slowly die. He’s only five days old and you can see how hard his […] […]

The central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan is in chaos again after bloody riots in the south killed almost 40 and injured more than 500. The fighting broke out late on Thursday night in Osh, the […] […]

New high-resolution video has emerged of the deadly attack by Israeli forces May 31 on the Mavi Marmara, the Turkish ship that bore the brunt of the attack in which 9 pro-Palestinian demonstrators were killed. […] […]

A SENIOR Hamas figure says suicide bombings in Israel have been abandoned because they are “a tool which is not effective”. Ahmed Yousef, a top adviser to Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, told The Weekend […] […]

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan—A suicide bomb ripped through a wedding party in full swing in the Taliban’s heartland in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens more, officials said Thursday. The blast occurred late […] […]

ISLAMABAD: Gunmen have attacked trucks carrying supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan, gutting dozens of vehicles in an inferno and killing seven people near Islamabad. The overnight attack was unprecedented for its proximity to the […] […]

KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN—Lt. Matthew Hoare won’t soon forget the battlefield lessons he learned from Sgt. Martin Goudreault. “The guidance that he gave me personally is something that I will always carry with me,” Hoare said of […] […]

British activists held by Israel following the storming of an aid flotilla heading for the Gaza Strip have spoken of their terrifying ordeal. Cliff Hanley, from Bristol, and Ebrahim Musaji, from Gloucester, arrived home on […] […]