World/Local News

A female British soldier has died in a UK hospital after being injured clearing roadside bombs in Afghanistan. She was Captain Lisa Head. Captain Head served with an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment. She’s only the […] […]

A 43-year-old Ajax teacher accused of slashing his wife’s throat and leaving her for dead during their Caribbean vacation has been granted bail in Jamaica. Paul Martin, who taught grades 5 and 6 at St. […] […]

AN ambulance raced into one of the few remaining hospitals in Misrata yesterday and a blood-soaked American woman photographer stumbled out. “They’ve got to go back for Tim and Chris. They’ve been hit,” she shouted. […] […]

BRITISH efforts to halt the sale of lethal-injection drugs to the US have been seized on by American death-penalty supporters. They are calling for the method to be scrapped in favour of firing squads or […] […]

IN a city under ceaseless rocket and artillery fire, the last thing people want to do is to loiter outside. Yet with water, food and fuel running low, thousands of Misratah residents queue for hours […] […]

The woman who falsely accused three Duke University lacrosse players of raping her was charged yesterday with murder in the death of her boyfriend. Crystal Mangum was indicted on a charge of first-degree murder and […] […]

THREE children were hurt after a loaded gun fell out of a six-year-old kindergarten student’s pocket and discharged in the cafeteria of a Texas school, reports say. None of the children was seriously injured and […] […]

SENIOR army officers are heading for Benghazi to sharpen up the Libyan rebel movement, prompting immediate concerns that Britain is being dragged further into the messy stalemate with Colonel Gaddafi. David Cameron faced accusations of […] […]

BRUSSELS — A bitter dispute over a flood of North African immigrants is widening divisions among some of Europe’s most powerful nations and adding to strains on the long-held dream of a united Europe. Since […] […]

TRIPOLI, Libya—A senior Libyan official on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of allowing foreign troops to escort humanitarian aid convoys in Libya, saying such a deployment would be viewed as military, not humanitarian. The remarks […] […]