World/Local News

CHRISTIAN demonstrators have pelted an Egyptian minister with stones, as fears rose of sectarian unrest after a church bombing killed 21 people. Hundreds of Coptic Christians gathered inside the gates of Cairo’s St Mark’s Cathedral […] […]

CHINESE scientists have made a breakthrough in nuclear fuel reprocessing technology that could effectively end any uranium supply concerns, state media reported. The technology developed by state-run China National Nuclear Corp enables the country to […] […]

Mark Takahashi struggles to capture the character of his younger brother in just a few sentences. “It’s hard to sum up your brother in a couple words, right?” Mark told the Star on Sunday. “I […] […]

NORFOLK, VA.—The Navy said Sunday it will investigate “clearly inappropriate” videos broadcast to the crew of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in which a top officer of the ship used gay slurs, mimicked masturbation and opened […] […]

The New Year brought reminders of old tensions for Toronto fans of two Scottish soccer teams with a deep and long-running rivalry in Northern Ireland. Members of the Glasgow Rangers Supporters Club arrived at their […] […]

ALEXANDRIA – Pope Benedict XVI urged Christians to be strong in the face of violent intolerance in a New Year’s appeal that came hours after a fatal bomb blast outside an Egyptian church as worshippers […] […]

LAGOS, Nigeria—Multiple explosions rocked a central Nigerian city, another bomb killed at least four at an army barracks in the capital and a radical Muslim sect burned churches in the northwest. The new violence over […] […]

PHOENIX—An Iraqi immigrant from the Phoenix suburb of Glendale accused of killing his 20-year-old daughter because he believed she had become too Westernized is scheduled to stand trial this month. Fifty-year-old Faleh Hassan Almaleki is […] […]

THE US military plans to deploy an intelligence drone in Afghanistan that will allow US troops to “see everything”. The Washington Post reported that the airborne surveillance system – Gorgon Stare – will be able […] […]

SOUTH Korea reported seven new cases of foot-and-mouth disease as the country battles its worst outbreak of the highly contagious virus and its first avian influenza outbreak in more than two years. The agriculture ministry […] […]