THE Malaysian student mugged by yobs posing as Good Samaritans during the riots was yesterday given VIP treatment at the Badminton World Championships.

THE Malaysian student mugged by yobs posing as good samaritans during the London riots has told a press conference that he “feels sorry” for his attackers.

The Libyan rebels’ military commander was killed by his comrades while in custody after he was arrested by the opposition’s leadership on suspicion of treason, a witness said today.

Iraqi forces have stormed a settlement of Iranian exiles near the two nations’ border that prime minister Nouri al-Maliki has long sought to expel.

A HARRY Potter star was beaten, called a “slag” and threatened with death after she met a young man who was not a Muslim, a court heard yesterday.

THREE more men have been arrested after a man was shot dead and robbed of £10,000 (€11,077) cash and a laptop, police said.

Authorities in Pakistan were today investigating a suicide bombing that killed 16 people before a rally, the latest in a series of violent incidents since the army stormed a mosque held by Islamic extremists.

Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Nasim Ashraf received an email by Bob Woolmer in the hours before his murder confirming his retirement from international cricket coaching.

A British pilot was hauled off a transatlantic flight at the last minute because he had a “Muslim sounding name”, he said today.

Fire-fighters have been given the go-ahead to tackle one of the biggest fires in Britain since the Second World War after satisfying environmental concerns.

The mother of a bride, whose wedding was devastated in the Amman suicide bombings, died of her wounds in a coma today.

Five men arrested in a series of anti-terror raids are appearing in court tomorrow, charged in connection with a suspected bomb plot.

Four Palestinians, including a mother and two of her sons, were killed early today when Israeli tank shells landed in a Bedouin encampment near an Israeli settlement, residents and doctors said.

Palestinians were today threatening revenge amid world leaders’ condemnation of an Israeli missile attack which killed eight people, including top Islamic militants and two children in the bloodiest day in the region in nearly two months.