Unknown group claims responsibility for Fallujah killings
A previously unknown group claimed the gruesome killing of four US contractors in Fallujah, western Iraq, in revenge for Israel's assassination of Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.
Sweden sends troops to Kosovo
Sweden will send 150 soldiers on temporary assignment to Kosovo in the wake of deadly ethnic unrest in the UN-administered Serbian province, the defence ministry said today.
Prosecutors to seek death for sniper
Prosecuors will seek the death penalty for a mentally ill man charged in a series of sniper shootings that left one woman dead.
PM tells his daughter to get a McJob
Thailand's billionaire Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has sent his teenage daughter to work at McDonald's.
Iraqis mutilate Americans’ bodies
Iraqis have hacked up the charred remains of two civilians killed in yesterday's ambush, hanging them from a bridge and vowing to make their town a cemetery for US-led occupation forces.
Iraq: Slain four were US civilians
All four contractors killed in a brutal ambush Wednesday west of Baghdad have been identified as civilian US citizens, a State Department official said.
Mosques urged to aid police
Mosques across Britain were urged yesterday to join the fight against terrorism, after police raids in and around London foiled what apparently could have been a powerful bomb attack.
5250 cops to guard Miss Universe
Some 5250 police will provide security for this year's Miss Universe beauty pageant, officials said.
Man confesses to killing 24 boys
A 39-year-old bicycle mechanic has confessed to killing 24 boys in a string of castration murders stretching back over a decade.
19 die in anti-US attacks
At least 19 people were killed in a series of explosions and shoot-outs in Uzbekistan in terrorist actions aimed at splitting the US-led anti-terror coalition, officials said yesterday.