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Rex Features The Wombats drummer Dan Haggis has revealed that the Liverpool band are hoping to secure the services of Les Dennis and Paul O’Grady for their upcoming single. Speaking to NME, Haggis said that he hoped the TV presenters would record the spoken-word intro to charity single ‘Is It Christmas?’. He said: “They’re two [...]
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Iran’s president is lashing out at Israel ahead of his appearance at the U.N. General Assembly in New York. Read more
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SAN’A, Yemen — At least 25 militants with suspected links to al-Qaida have been arrested in connection with the deadly attack on the U.S. Embassy in the Yemeni capital, a senior security official said Thursday. Read more
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You are watching the next president in action. Since at least Richard Nixon, U.S. presidential campaigns always, without fail, display in broad daylight the flaws of the next president. Don’t say… Read more
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Is that a knowing smile playing on Sarah Brown’s lips at a London Fashion Week show last night? What’s going through her mind? Captions below please. Read more
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is stepping up U.S. criticism of Russia today, saying its invasion of neighboring Georgia last month failed to achieve Moscow’s objectives and has put Russia on a path to “self-imposed isolation and international irrelevance.” Read more
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In January 2006, an Indian government agency purchased newspaper ads seeking help in building an obscure piece of metal machinery. The details of the project, available to bidders, were laid out in a series of drawings that jolted nuclear weapons experts who discovered them that spring. Read more
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Aug. 27 — Hurricane Gustav triggered flooding and landslides that killed at least 23 people before weakening to a tropical storm, but forecasters said Wednesday that it remains a major threat to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. Read more
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MOSCOW, Sept. 17 — Russia suspended stock trading for a second straight day and took other emergency measures in an attempt to halt a severe crash Wednesday as market turmoil spread to Latin America and raised fears the U.S. crisis will test the strength of the emerging economies that supply oil and other commodities to [...]
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CAIRO, Sept. 1 — Libya and the United States are no longer enemies but are not quite friends, Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi said Monday, days before Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is scheduled to arrive there. Read more
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Three U.S. soldiers have been charged with killing four captured Iraqis who were allegedly taken to a canal near Baghdad last year and shot in retaliation for American casualties, according to an Army statement yesterday and earlier testimony in the case. Read more
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JERUSALEM, Sept. 18 — Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Wednesday narrowly won the leadership of the main party in Israel’s governing coalition, exit polls showed, giving her the chance to become Israel’s first female prime minister in more than three decades. Read more
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TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Tzipi Livni was narrowly elected leader of Israel’s ruling party and vowed on Thursday to start work immediately on forming a new coalition that will let her succeed the scandal-hit Ehud Olmert as prime minister. Read more
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks dropped to a three-year low on Wednesday as the U.S. rescue of insurer AIG failed to calm a crisis of confidence in global markets and banks were scared to lend to each other. Read more
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The Bank of Japan has injected another 1.5 trillion yen ($14.4bn) into money markets, as Asian shares continued the global trend downwards. Read more
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A victory by Mofaz would have raised serious questions about Israel’s involvement in peace talks with both the Palestinians and Syria. His approach is seen as far less conciliatory than hers. Had he won, the Iranian-born politician could have become Israel’s first prime minister of Middle Eastern, or Sephardic, descent. Read more
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The British Kennel Club is lodging a complaint with TV regulator Ofcom over a BBC documentary exposing health problems in pedigree dogs. Read more
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The soldiers were riding in a CH-47 Chinook about 62 miles west of Basra when the helicopter went down, according to a U.S. military news release. Read more
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Homeowners and savers will pay the price for yesterday’s emergency rescue of Britain’s biggest mortgage lender. Read more
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WASHINGTON – Hackers broke into the Yahoo! email account that Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin used for official business as Alaska’s governor, revealing as evidence a few inconsequential personal messages she has received since John McCain selected her as his running mate. Read more