World
Deadly London attack: Two more arrested
LONDON — British police arrested two more people yesterday (May 23) in a hunt for accomplices of two British men of Nigerian descent accused of hacking a soldier to death on a...
Woolwich victim served with distinction in Afghanistan
LONDON — Drummer Lee Rigby was a loving father who only ever wanted to be a soldier and “live life and enjoy himself”, his family said.
Ban on gay Boy Scouts in America removed
GRAPEVINE (Texas) — The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) voted yesterday (May 23) to lift a ban on openly gay scouts that had been in place throughout the organisation’s 103-year...
Obama, envisioning end to war on terror, will limit drone strikes
WASHINGTON — In the first major speech on counter-terrorism of his second term, President Barack Obama plans to open a new phase in the United States’ long struggle with the...
Indonesian police nab 2 suspects in failed bomb plot
JAKARTA — Indonesian police have arrested two men they believe to be the mastermind and the bomb-maker of a failed plot to attack the Myanmar Embassy in Jakarta earlier this month.
Obama to make first KL visit in October
KUALA LUMPUR — United States President Barack Obama will visit Malaysia for the first time in October to attend the 4th Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) 2013 in Kuala Lumpur...
Anti-Japan rally in Seoul
South Korean war veterans chanting slogans during an anti-Japan rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul yesterday. It was held to denounce Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo...
Cameron says Britain ‘resolute’ after attack
LONDON — A day after an attack on an off-duty British soldier by two knife-wielding assailants, Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday that Britain would be “absolutely...



