WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle ends WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet on Wednesday, hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that concludes a drawn-out legal saga. World 26 Jun, 2024
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty in deal with US that will allow him to walk free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will allow him to walk free and resolve a long-running legal saga that spanned multiple continents and centered on the publication of a trove of classified documents. World 25 Jun, 2024
Ukraine strike on Russian territory reported as talks resume Ukraine strike on Russian territory reported as talks resume World 01 Apr, 2022
Venezuelan lawmakers beaten, besieged in latest violence CARACAS: Pipe-wielding government supporters burst into Venezuela's opposition-controlled congress on Wednesday, witnesses said, attacking and besieging lawmakers in the latest flare-up of violence during a political crisis. The melee, which... Women 06 Jul, 2017
Red Cross warns on mass starvation in Yemen, Somalia GENEVA: There is a window of only three to four months to avert mass starvation in Yemen and Somalia, plagued by conflict and drought, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Wednesday in an appeal for funding. More than 20... Women 22 Mar, 2017
Thirty-three Somali refugees killed by air strike off Yemen coast DUBAI: Thirty-three Somali refugees were killed off the coast of Yemen late on Thursday when a helicopter attacked the boat they were travelling in, the coast guard in the Houthi-controlled Hodeidah area and international agencies said. Coast... Women 18 Mar, 2017
Helicopter attack kills 30 civilians in Yemen village: residents, medics SANAA: Residents and medics said air strikes by helicopters flying from Saudi Arabia killed 30 civilians in a Yemeni village on Sunday, but Saudi authorities dismissed the accounts as "totally false". Apache helicopters fired rockets at the... Women 28 Sep, 2015
Kin of killed Reuters staff want US troops brought to justice BAGHDAD: The families of two Reuters employees killed in a US helicopter attack in Baghdad in 2007 on Thursday demanded justice, telling AFP the Americans responsible should stand trial. “The truth came out and the whole world saw. The American... Women 10 Apr, 2010
Somali insurgents put preconditions MOGADISHU: A Somali insurgent group that has held a French security agent for more than two months announced conditions for his release Thursday, demanding the French stop supporting Somalia's government. The al-Shabab insurgent group, which has links... Women 17 Sep, 2009
snippets LTTE bases attackedCOLOMBO: Government forces pounded rebel defences with airstrikes, helicopter attacks and ground assaults as heavy fighting across northern Sri Lanka killed 47 Tamil Tiger fighters and left 13 soldiers dead or missing, the military... Women 03 Sep, 2008
Up to 70 ultras killed in north-west Pakistan Islamabad, November 1:Security forces killed between 60 and 70 militant supporters of a pro-Taliban cleric in northwestern Pakistan today, the army said.Militants attacked law enforcers’ posts in Swat district before dawn, and security forces... Women 01 Nov, 2007
Thousands protest Pak air strike Prince Charles scraps visit to Peshawar Khar, October 31 Thousands of gun-wielding Pakistani tribesmen chanting “Death to Bush” protested today against a deadly air raid on an Al Qaeda-linked religious school that killed 80 people. The show of... Women 31 Oct, 2006
