Banner

  • Libya 'to free' medics despite death sentence

    LIBYA: Libya's Supreme Court upheld death sentences yesterday for six foreign medics accused of infecting more than 400 children with HIV-infected blood, in a verdict politicians and experts said opened the way for a political and financial deal to free them. p

  • Republican rebels refuse Bush more time on Iraq

    US president George W Bush shakes hands at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Tuesday with the crew of a US air force plane, which had just brought about 30 injured troops home from Iraq. THE US: President George Bush's call for patience with his strategy in Iraq has failed to sway rebel Republican senators, who told the president's national security adviser yesterday that they did not want to wait until September for a change of course, writes Denis Staunton in Washington. p

  • Brown outlines reform programme

    THE UK: British prime minister Gordon Brown continued his relentless claim to represent political change yesterday with a pre-announcement of the queen's speech outlining his parliamentary programme for the coming year, writes Frank Millar, London Editor. p
Other World Stories

  • 30,000 mark Bosnian atrocity

    BALKANS: More than 30,000 gathered at Srebrenica yesterday to mark the 12th anniversary of the massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys by Bosnian Serb soldiers, who overran the so-called UN safe haven to commit the worst atrocity in Europe since the second World War. p

  • Serbia's dark side did not disappear with Milosevic Belgrade LetterJim Loughran

    BELGRADE LETTER: It's nine o'clock at night and it is still 32 degrees. The cafes along the boulevards of central Belgrade are full of people eating ice cream. The city around them is changing by the day. New glass towers are popping up, replacing faded 19th-century grandeur, and people are hoping that the European Union will solve all their problems, political, social and financial, writes Jim Loughran . p

  • London July 21st suicide bomb plotters sentenced to serve at least 40 years

    THE UK: The four men who tried to carry out mass murder in a suicide bomb attack in London on July 21st two years ago were clearly controlled and directed by al-Qaeda, the judge who sentenced them to life imprisonment said yesterday. p

  • Amazon's remotest tribes get squeezed from jungle

    BRAZIL: A recent appearance in a Brazilian village by one of the country's 'uncontacted' tribes has brought the question of their survival into focus, writes Monte Reel in Colider, Brazil p

  • McCain campaign descends into turmoil

    THE US: Long the front-runner in the Republican presidential race, Arizona senator John McCain has seen his campaign descend into turmoil this week following the resignation of four of his top aides. p

  • Trainee police catch Eta terrorist in alleged plot to bomb Plymouth ferry

    SPAIN: Two alert trainee policemen may have averted a potential massacre aboard the SantanderPlymouth ferry sailing from the northern Spanish port city. p

  • EU Parliament backs treaty reform conference

    FRANCE: The European Parliament yesterday approved the decision to hold an intergovernmental conference on treaty reform by voting for a report that also expresses concern at a number of shortcomings in the agreed draft treaty. p

  • Liberia prosecutor sure they'll get their man

    NETHERLANDS: The chief prosecutor in a trial linking former Liberian president Charles Taylor to atrocities committed during Sierra Leone's civil war is hopeful the landmark tribunal will stay on schedule despite a number of delays since it opened last month, writes Foreign Affairs Correspondent Mary Fitzgerald. p

  • Father tries to drown kidney patient girl

    INDIA: A seven-year old girl, thrown into a river by her father to drown because he could not afford treatment for her kidney ailment, has been rescued by fishermen and returned to her family in northern India. p

  • Palestinians seek broader role for Blair in Middle East

    MIDDLE EAST: Palestinian negotiators have called for Tony Blair to be given a broader role as the international community's Middle East envoy, overseeing both Israeli and Palestinian obligations. p

  • In Short

    A round-up of today's other stories in brief. p
Weekly Index
MPrice Watch
Innovation
THealth
WCommercial Property
Motors
TProperty
Science Today
FThe Ticket
SMagazine
News Features
Weekend
Obituaries
Archive
Click a date to view the paper on that day
PreviousNext
MTWTFSS
Advertisement
Crosswords and Sudoku
PuzzlesSudoku and interactive Irish Times crosswords
What does this mean?
What is Premium ContentIndicates Premium Content, which is available to subscribers.
PDF downloads
PDF downloads Download today's front page or TV listings page as they appear in The Irish Times
Article Index
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat