World/Local News

TEHRAN, Iran—Iran has imposed a death sentence on a man suspected of spying for Israel, local media reported on Sunday. The semiofficial Mehr news agency quoted Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi, Tehran’s chief prosecutor, as saying, “The […] […]

MEXICO CITY—A leaked U.S. diplomatic cable published Saturday depicts the leader of Mexico’s army “lamenting” its lengthy role in the anti-drug offensive, but expecting it to last between seven and 10 more years. The cable […] […]

A NEWBORN baby girl was turned over to a Los Angeles fire station on Christmas Eve under California’s Safe Haven Law, KTLA reported on Saturday. The law allows parents or guardians to give up a […] […]

WIKILEAKS chief Julian Assange has said in an interview he signed deals for his autobiography worth more than one million pounds ($1.57 million). Assange told Britain’s Sunday Times newspaper that the money would help him […] […]

BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron has been warned to stop giving preferential treatment to his Liberal Democrat coalition partners. The warning comes as the decision to keep Business Secretary Vince Cable in the cabinet unleashed […] […]

POLICE searching for missing British architect Joanna Yeates were alerted Saturday to a young woman’s body found by a couple walking their dog near a golf course in Bristol, western England, according to Sky News […] […]

A FATHER took his infant son hostage and torched the family Christmas tree during a wild standoff with New York City police on Christmas Eve. The baby’s arm was broken and cut badly during the […] […]

NASHVILLE, TENN. — A rare white Christmas in parts of the South was complicating life for some travellers as airlines canceled hundreds of flights, while snow was predicted for the nation’s Capital and travel authorities […] […]

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama condemned Saturday’s “outrageous terrorist attack” in northwestern Pakistan in which a suicide bomber killed dozens of people at a World Food Program project. “I strongly condemn the outrageous terrorist attack in […] […]

The muslim community in New Zealand was probed by United States diplomats for signs of extremist behaviour – even visiting a mosque to listen to a preacher’s teaching. Signs of a Kiwi al-Qaeda failed to […] […]