News Archive - 27 April 2014

Mr Ali and stolen passports

A mystery Iranian man bought the tickets for the two passengers who used stolen passports to board missing flight MH370, authorities say.        

Air Force taps Engility Holdings for remotely piloted aircraft support

Chantilly, Va. (UPI) Apr 25, 2013 - An $11 million U.S. Air Force contract has been given to Engility Holdings Inc. for operational and technical support of remotely piloted aircraft systems. The support services will be provided for RQ-170 Sentinel Aircraft to the Air Force Air Combat Command, 432nd...

No laws against corporal punishment in T&T

There is no law in T&T protecting children from corporal punishment at home or at school. Though former president George Maxwell Richards initially assented to the Children Act—which prohibits the beating of children—on August 6, 2012, it has never been proclaimed.

Iraqis vote with violence high and tensions rising

BAGHDAD: Iraqis will vote on Wednesday in the first national election since US troops left, amid deepening sectarian divisions and fears the country is on the brink of all-out bloodshed.

ISIL Said Linked To Iran

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Al Qaida's leading force in the Levant was said to be linked to Iran. Leading Middle East analysts said the Al Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and Levant was working with Iran to end the three-year Sunni revolt in Syria.

Status report sought on stranded engineers

Families moved Court after appeals to PM, President, Ministry yielded no result

Shakespeare: World writer

Shakespeare gave his travel-obsessed Elizabethan audience a chance to enjoy the representation of new places.

Guardian Weekly year in review 2013: Obama's bubble continues to deflate

After the exhilaration of re-election, the US president became bogged down at home and abroad When Barack Obama stood before Congress in February to deliver his state of the union address, it sounded like a throwback to another time. This wasn't the Obama we'd watched during his first term being...

State of the Union scorecard: Guardian reporters grade Obama's speech

Guardian reporters and editors assess President Obama's performance on key issues from climate change to foreign policy