DNA proof of Mabhuh’s killers found

DUBAI: Dubai police said on Friday they have DNA proof of the identity at least one of top Hamas man Mahmud Mabhuh’s killers and will set up a multi-n

Iraq to reinstate 20,000 Saddam-era officers

BAGHDAD: The Iraqi military will reinstate 20,000 Saddam Hussein-era army officers who were dismissed from their posts after the 2003 US-led invasion

BBC plans cutbacks to content

LONDON: The BBC plans a wide range of cutbacks to its radio, online and television output, as it seeks to appease political concerns about competition

Romania in talks to host 20 US missiles

SOFIA: Romania is holding talks with Washington to deploy about 20 interceptor missiles as part of a US missile shield, Romanian Foreign Minister Teod

‘UK spies have dubious record’

LONDON: The Court of Appeal ruled on Friday that a judgment strongly criticising the country’s security services over the alleged torture of a former

Frost closes NY schools

NEW YORK: A major snowstorm blanketed much of the densely populated northeastern United States on Friday, forcing the closure of New York schools, pow

Somali journalists face death threats, kidnappings

NAIROBI: Islamist insurgents blindfolded journalist Ibrahim Mohamed Hussein, tied his hands behind his back and ordered him to face Mecca. Then a man

Police detain 18 more officers

ANKARA: Turkey’s prime minister vowed on Friday to put everyone who conspired against the country’s democracy on trial, as the number of military offi

Russia fumes at US missile defence plan

MOSCOW: Russia has serious questions over the aims of fresh US missile defence plans for Europe, the foreign ministry said on Friday, in Moscow’s stro

German parliament for troops increase

BERLIN: Germany’s plan to send up to 850 extra troops to Afghanistan cleared its final hurdle on Friday when parliament gave it strong backing. br

‘UK children over-exposed to sex’

LONDON: Children in Britain are being exposed to too much sexual imagery through the Internet, music videos, computer games and magazines, a report co

US drone strikes are of limited value, says report

WASHINGTON: The US drone program in Pakistan has probably reached the “outer limits of its utility” and robs intelligence forces of valuable informati