Tag: world news
Terror suspect on FBI list caught in Somalia
A Somali-American on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list has been captured, according to Somali intelligence officials.
Liban Haji Mohamed was arrested as he travelled...
China’s list of execution crimes set to reduce further
Chinese lawmakers are considering removing nine crimes from a long list of those punishable by death. A draft amendment to this effect went to...
Gang escapes after movie-inspired bank heist
Thieves who robbed a branch of Punjab National Bank in Gohana by digging a 40 metre tunnel to the bank’s vault are being hunted...
More arrests as search for abducted students goes on
Two members of a known drug gang have been arrested on suspicion of direct involvement in the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico over...
Worst dengue fever outbreak in 20 years hits China
While the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa continues to dominate headlines, the dengue virus has quietly killed six people and infected more than...
Esteemed US organs apologise for offensive satire
The New York Times has issued an apology for an editorial cartoon in its international edition that critics claim mocks India's Mars Mission by...
Child sex slave exposed as 26-year-old fantasist
A woman who claimed to be a 14-year-old eastern European sex slave trafficked illegally to Canada has turned out to be a fraudster and...
Group determined to show jailed Swede’s offensive artwork
A group of rights activists in Denmark are planning to display pictures by a Swedish artist jailed for ‘inciting racial agitation and defamation’.
Dan Park was...
Man in a van is awash with dosh
Police patrolling a shopping centre car park in Naples, Italy, who became suspicious of a man loading boxes into a van from another vehicle,...
Celebrity voyeurs cause ISP meltdown
The downloading of compromising images of celebrities had an interesting effect in New Zealand over the weekend when it brought down most of the...
