WASHINGTON (AP):An Afghan man who authorities say was one of the largest heroin traffickers in the world and who used proceeds of his drug sales to support the Taliban insurgency was sentenced yesterday to life in prison.Haji Bagcho manufactured heroin...
NEW YORK (AP):Despite broad worldwide gains for gay rights, homosexuality remains criminalised in many countries, a sore point for activists who hope the global stage of the Olympics can be a springboard for change.Specifically, activists are asking why...
DHAKA (AP):Bangladesh yesterday turned away three boats carrying 1,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in neighbouring Myanmar, bringing to 1,500 the number of refugees blocked in recent days, officials said."They have been chased away," police...
LONDON (AP):The Church of England and Roman Catholic bishops of England and Wales formally objected yesterday to the government's proposal to permit gay marriages, both asserting that their historic understanding is that marriage is the union of a woman...
SELMA (AP):A former Indian army officer wanted in the killing of a human-rights lawyer in the disputed Kashmir region, shot and killed his own wife and two of their children in their California home before apparently committing suicide, authorities...
NAIROBI (AP):Kenya's internal security minister was killed with five other people in a helicopter crash near the Kenyan capital yesterday, the vice-president said.Minister George Saitoti...
The United Nations is reporting that a team of monitors trying to reach the Syrian village of Qubair, where 78 people are said to have been killed, were shot at.
Libyan forces say they have regained control of the main airport in Tripoli, after an armed militia group took over the runway demanding their leader's release.
Thousands of flag-waving fans gathered to watch British music royalty celebrate Queen Elizabeth II on Monday, but the queen's husband, Prince Philip, missed the concert after being hospitalised with a bladder infection.
