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YEONPYEONG ISLAND, SOUTH KOREA—South Korea’s defence minister resigned Thursday, two days after an artillery attack by North Korea killed four people on small island near their disputed frontier. The move came as President Lee Myung-bak […] […]

OTTAWA—The U.S. government has notified Ottawa that the WikiLeaks website is preparing to release sensitive U.S. diplomatic files that could damage American relations with allies around the world. U.S. officials say the documents may contain […] […]

She arrived in Saudi Arabia a high-spirited 23-year-old, eager to start work as a maid to help support her family back home. Four months later, Sumiati was Indonesia’s poster child for migrant abuse, alone and […] […]

WEN Jiabao has said China “opposes any threat of force” on the Korean Peninsula and is committed to maintaining peace in the wake of North Korea’s deadly artillery attack. The statement comes as South Korea […] […]

SARAH Palin’s foreign policy credentials suffered another hefty blow when she mistakenly insisted that the US must stand by its “North Korean allies”. The former beauty queen and Alaska governor was asked about the conflict […] […]

OTTAWA—Canadian airport screeners have no plans to introduce the kind of “provocative” pat-downs that have sparked protests and riled passengers at airports across the United States, Transport Minister Chuck Strahl says. “Canadians obviously have a […] […]

Retired Toronto Police officer Lawrence (Larry) Ryan was legally impaired when he pressed the muzzle of a .22 calibre rifle at his wife’s head and shot her, jurors heard Wednesday at a Brampton murder trial. […] […]

LONDON—Several thousand British students protested Wednesday against government plans to triple tuition fees, two weeks after a similar demonstration sparked a small riot. College and university students across the country held marches and sit-ins to […] […]

JERUSALEM—If there is ever to be Middle East peace, here’s a knot that must somehow be undone. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis who have moved to sprawling Jewish areas in east Jerusalem believe they are […] […]

THE HAGUE, Netherlands—The first witness testifying at the war crimes trial of Congo’s former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba broke down in tears Tuesday as he described a young girl being raped in front of her […] […]