Month: November 2010

OTTAWA—Defence Minister Peter MacKay says Canada has some work to do in repairing relations with a key Middle Eastern ally. Before boarding a flight to a NATO summit with the prime minister, MacKay did not […] […]

SWEDISH prosecutors say they will seek an international arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after a court approved their request overnight to detain him for questioning in a rape case. The Australian is accused […] […]

THE teenager accused of being the “Barefoot Bandit” has pleaded not guilty to US federal charges, four months after an alleged cross-country crime spree ended with his arrest in a stolen boat in the Bahamas. […] […]

TEHRAN, IRAN — Iran has successfully tested a newly developed air defense missile system during the country’s biggest ever air defense drill, an Iranian military official said Thursday. Gen. Hamid Arjangi, a spokesman for the […] […]

NEW YORK, N.Y. — A lawyer is facing the possibility of prison time after being convicted of an ultramodern crime that was all about antiquity: using online aliases to harass people in an academic debate […] […]

OTTAWA—Canadian soldiers wounded in Afghanistan are being financially short-changed compared with their counterparts in Britain and Australia, say advocates who are demanding Ottawa boost its compensation. Veterans Affairs Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn announced changes Wednesday meant […] […]