World/Local News

LOS ANGELES—Elmer “Geronimo” Pratt, a former Los Angeles Black Panther leader who spent 27 years in prison on a murder conviction that was later overturned, has died. He was 63. Lawyer Stuart Hanlon told the […] […]

OTTAWA—Forces loyal to Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi fired a dozen rockets at a Canadian warship earlier this week in what the government is dismissing as a desperate act by a weakened regime. None of the […] […]

MEXICO CITY—Mexico’s government says archaeologists have found 10 sets of skeletal remains that may belong to U.S. soldiers who died in 1846 during the Mexican-American war. Government archaeologists say the shape of the skulls and […] […]

LONDON—Someone will be getting a grilling about this. British fire crews say a truck carrying a cargo of cheese has burst into flames on an English road. The truck loaded with 24 tons of cheese […] […]

Street battles between government forces and armed tribesmen killed dozens of people and spread to new areas of Yemen’s capital today, forcing residents to cower in basements or brave gunfire to fetch bread and water. […] […]

The courier who led US intelligence to Osama bin Laden’s hideout in Pakistan hailed from the Swat Valley, a one-time stronghold of militant Taleban fighters, according to Pakistani officials. The officials identified the courier as […] […]

FRESH NATO air raids shook Tripoli today as the United Nations accused both Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s regime and rebel forces of committing crimes against humanity in their 15-week conflict. A series of six blasts […] […]

A PROMINENT Iranian women’s rights activist died yesterday when security forces attacked her father’s funeral procession in Tehran. Haleh Sahabi, 54, apparently suffered a heart attack after being punched to the ground by police officers […] […]

BRITAIN’S bid to clear its huge backlog of asylum claims has seen so many people allowed to stay it effectively amounts to an amnesty, a parliamentary investigation has found. Prime Minister David Cameron’s government took […] […]

ISLAMABAD—Police say militants from Afghanistan have killed at least 23 Pakistani security troops in a clash that is still going on a day after the incursion. The attack began Wednesday in Shaltalo town in Upper […] […]