Jul 30 2010
Niger police arrested a former prime minister close to toppled president Mamadou Tandja on graft charges, security sources in the West African nation said late on Thursday. Niger’s ruling military junta, which ousted Tandja in a February coup, is...
Jul 8 2010
A Yemeni court specializing in terrorism cases on Wednesday sentenced to death two men identified as al Qaeda members and convicted of killing military and security officials, the latest response to stepped-up attacks from antigovernment militants in...
Jun 21 2010
The Ministry of Defence today confirmed the death of the 300th member of the British Armed Forces in Afghanistan, a milestone that drives home the human cost of a nine-year war against the Taleban and elements of al-Qaeda. The marine, from 40 Commando...
May 7 2010
Britain’s two main parties were locked in a power struggle Friday after an inconclusive election – with Labour’s Gordon Brown suggesting he would try to form a coalition and Conservative leader David Cameron insisting the prime minister no...
Apr 20 2010
A woman has become the first person to be banned from buying or drinking alcohol anywhere in England and Wales. Laura Hall, 20, was issued with a Drinking Banning Order - nicknamed Booze Asbos - which bars her from entering any pub, club,...
Apr 17 2010
Doctors in southern China are working around the clock to fulfil a government goal to sterilise — by force if necessary — almost 10,000 men and women who have violated birth control policies. Family planning authorities are so determined to stop...
Apr 10 2010
A bride-to-be died from a blood clot thought to have been caused by taking the contraceptive pill. Bank worker Jenna Morris, 28, collapsed after deep vein thrombosis developed in her leg and moved to her lungs. She had complained of shooting pains in...
Mar 30 2010
Russians were facing the prospect of a deadly new Chechen terror campaign tonight after two female suicide bombers blew themselves up on Moscow’s packed metro during the morning rush hour, killing at least 38 people. The bombers – apparently...
Mar 30 2010
British protesters called on Pope Benedict XVI to resign Sunday as they staged a demonstration over the Catholic Church’s handling of clerical sex abuse cases. Demonstrators gathered outside Westminster Cathedral to call for action over the...
Mar 16 2010
The surgeon who operated on David Beckham’s ruptured Achilles tendon has deemed the procedure as “a success”. The severity of the injury means Beckham could be out for up to six months, said surgeon Sakari Orava, ending his 2010 World...