Afghan President Hamid Karzai said 31 US special forces and seven Afghan soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Wardak province. It's the highest number of casualties recorded in a single incident in Afghanistan. Mr Karzai said in a statement that he has sent condolences to President Barack Obama for the victims of the overnight crash. The Taliban have claimed...
One of the top credit rating agencies, Standard & Poor's, has downgraded the United States' top-notch AAA rating. S&P cut the long-term US credit rating by one notch to AA+ with a negative outllook, citing...
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian security forces killed at least 18 civilians in attacks on tens of thousands of protesters demonstrating against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad on the first Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, activists said. A six-day tank assault on the central city of...
Emergency meeting of G7 ministers called after biggest share slump since 2008 banking crisis Stockmarkets across Europe and the US were in turmoil as a result of the debt crisis. Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images...
Somali government soldiers shot dead seven civilians as a riot broke out at a refugee camp in the capital Mogadishu. A mother and her childen wait for assistance at a makeshift medical camp in the Hawlwadag district of Mogadishu, Somalia Photo: EPA By Mike Pflanz, Nairobi...
New Republic Online, August 5, 2011 The trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is being hailed as a landmark moment in Arab, if not world, history. And, in a certain sense, it is. The image of the once indomitable dictator wheeled into a courtroom on a gurney, flanked by the sons who might...
All those red numbers on stockmarket boards may appear to be a strange and mysterious mix of data to many people. But the story they are telling at present will be affecting anyone with a pension, those considering retirement, savers with Individual Savings Accounts (Isas), and even money set aside...
LONDON: Claims by media baron Rupert Murdoch that he was not aware of illegal news gathering acts being committed in News International were not the end of the story for the purposes of corporate governance, according to a senior Cambridge University academic. Professor Simon Deakin of the Cambridge...
Somewhere on this planet an American commando is carrying out a mission. Now, say that 70 times and you’re done... for the day. Without the knowledge of the American public, a secret force within the US military is undertaking operations in a majority of the world’s countries. This new Pentagon...
