World/Local News

LISBON, PORTUGAL—It ended war in the Balkans and has staunched much of the bleeding in Iraq, but will it work in Afghanistan? NATO’s intricate and expensive exit strategy from the decade-long war won’t begin until […] […]

After twice telling a judge it was deadlocked, a Toronto jury Friday morning acquitted a man of first-degree murder in the 2002 death of security guard Rhoan Gooden. Richard Emile Newman, 40, hugged his lawyer, […] […]

SYDNEY – Ten detainees have sewn their lips shut at Christmas Island detention centre, Immigration Minister Chris Bowen has confirmed. “This is distressing for me and most of the Australian people,” he told reporters in […] […]

The Canadian Forces have searched convicted serial killer Russell Williams’ Tweed cottage to retrieve his military kit — and burn his military clothing. Four military officials, including two police, entered the Tweed cottage on Tuesday […] […]

FORMER Olint boss David Smith was yesterday taken from a Turks and Caicos Islands prison, where he was serving a six-year prison sentence, and flown by United States Marshals to Florida to face a number […] […]

INDONESIA is demanding an investigation into reports that a domestic worker was allegedly killed by her employer in Saudi Arabia and thrown into a garbage skip – the second case of maid abuse to emerge […] […]

HAVANA—Fidel Castro says he is happy with the direction in which Cuba is moving under the leadership of his brother Raul, his most explicit remarks to date about the sweeping economic changes the country is […] […]

OTTAWA—Defence Minister Peter MacKay says Canada has some work to do in repairing relations with a key Middle Eastern ally. Before boarding a flight to a NATO summit with the prime minister, MacKay did not […] […]

SWEDISH prosecutors say they will seek an international arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after a court approved their request overnight to detain him for questioning in a rape case. The Australian is accused […] […]

THE teenager accused of being the “Barefoot Bandit” has pleaded not guilty to US federal charges, four months after an alleged cross-country crime spree ended with his arrest in a stolen boat in the Bahamas. […] […]