A New York City commuter train derailed on a sharp bend yesterday, killing four people and injuring dozens more.

A passenger train derailed in New York today killing four people and injuring 63 others as it came to rest just inches from the water, authorities said.

As violent protests over an anti-Islamic film sweep over much of the Muslim world, a conservative blogger’s provocative advert equating Muslim radicals with savages is set to go up in New York’s subway system.

Paul McCartney’s new bride is stepping down from the board of the authority that runs New York City’s public transit system.

A torrential downpour sent water surging through New York’s tube system, highway tunnels and across airport runways, leaving thousands stranded and one big question: How could 3ins of rain bring the country’s largest transport system to a halt?

THE city stepped up its pressure on striking transit workers yesterday in hopes of forcing them back to work as millions of New Yorkers trudged to work in another bone-chilling commute without subways and buses.

Subways and buses across New York shut down this morning as transit workers walked off the job after failing to agree with management on a new contract, stranding millions of travellers.

LABOUR disputes struck hard across southern California yesterday, leaving hundreds of thousands of commuters stranded, grocery shoppers inconvenienced and county jails and courts threatened with closure.

The planned international peacekeeping force for Afghanistan is unlikely to be operational until mid-January, defence sources said today.