adminCook wants to stay on
MELBOURNE. — Under-fire Alastair Cook says he wants to carry on as England cricket captain but if the selectors think there is a better man for the job then he…
Suicide blast kills 16 in Russia
MOSCOW/BRUSSELS. — More than a dozen people were killed yesterday when a blast ripped through a railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd in what authorities say was…
Assad sends message to Pope
VATICAN CITY. — Syrian President Bashar Assad has sent a message to Pope Francis, that state media said expressed his determination to defend Syrians of all religions against hardline Islamists…
Africa: The new El Dorado
ABIDJAN. — Porsches, Range Rovers and even Maseratis . . . luxury cars are no strange sight weaving through the old bangers that rumble along Abidjan’s chaotic streets, another indication…
Renamo demands observers for talks
MAPUTO. — In the unlikely event of the Mozambican government ever accepting the demand from the former rebel movement Renamo for Mozambican and international mediators and observers at the dialogue…
S. Sudan accuses rebels of mobilising ethnic militia
JUBA. — South Sudan accused rebels yesterday of mobilising a feared ethnic militia for new attacks despite a government offer of a truce to end two weeks of conflict in…
SA probes police service terminations
JOHANNESBURG. — A comprehensive forensic investigation will be conducted within the South Africa Police Service service termination section, the police ministry said yesterday.
431 CPC members, officials involved in electoral fraud
CHANGSHA. — A major electoral fraud in central China’s Hunan Province has led to investigation of 431 Communist Party of China members and government workers.
Chinese film director faces hefty fine
BEIJING. — Renowned Chinese film director Zhang Yimou could face a fine of more than US$1.2 million for birth violations, a lawyer said. In an interview with Xinhua, Zhang and…
‘Maternity Tourists’ using NHS for free care
LONDON. — Hundreds of pregnant foreigners are flying to Britain just days before they give birth to receive free care on the NHS. A government report found that immigration officials…