World/Local News

TEHRAN, IRAN — Iran has successfully tested a newly developed air defense missile system during the country’s biggest ever air defense drill, an Iranian military official said Thursday. Gen. Hamid Arjangi, a spokesman for the […] […]

NEW YORK, N.Y. — A lawyer is facing the possibility of prison time after being convicted of an ultramodern crime that was all about antiquity: using online aliases to harass people in an academic debate […] […]

OTTAWA—Canadian soldiers wounded in Afghanistan are being financially short-changed compared with their counterparts in Britain and Australia, say advocates who are demanding Ottawa boost its compensation. Veterans Affairs Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn announced changes Wednesday meant […] […]

A man apparently enraged by Bristol Palin’s Dancing with the Stars routine took his anger out on his TV set, blasting it to bits with a shotgun. The drama led to an all-night standoff with […] […]

SHANGHAI—Investigators probing a fire that destroyed a downtown Shanghai high-rise apartment, killing at least 53 people, say an energy-saving project that used illegal contracts, unsafe materials and unqualified workers is mainly to blame. The blaze […] […]

Almost two weeks ago, a massive San Jose police investigation ended with the safe rescue of a local businessman kidnapped by men pretending to be police officers, armed with fake badges and real guns and […] […]

A Canadian oil rig worker kidnapped this month by militants in the Niger Delta was freed along with 18 other hostages Wednesday after an operation led by Nigerian security forces. Robert Croke, of St. John’s, […] […]

A TOP Hollywood publicist has been shot in an execution-style assault that has baffled police. The premiere party for the film Burlesque was just the sort of glitzy Hollywood affair Ronni Chasen, 64, had loved […] […]

As public grousing about intrusive airport-security procedures continues to grow louder in the U.S., an online group is calling on passengers to opt out of “enhanced” scanning and force security staff to use rigorous new […] […]

LONDON—British prosecutors say there’s not enough evidence to charge a British intelligence agent with any criminal offense arising from the interrogation of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed. Police have been investigating an officer from […] […]