World/Local News

HAVANA—The first of 13 remaining Cuban dissidents jailed since 2003 was released from prison Saturday and returned to his home in the capital, a strong signal the government intends to release all of the men […] […]

YOKOHAMA, Japan—The annual summit of Pacific Rim leaders is intended to be a forum for discussing economic issues. But in talks on the sidelines of the two-day summit, security was a major subplot—and a power […] […]

Her stage name is Ruby, she is 17, and she may bring down Italy’s government. The Moroccan-born belly dancer is the last of a long series of young women who have in the past two […] […]

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court has refused to ratify the death sentence of a Lebanese psychic convicted of practicing witchcraft in a case that has outraged international human rights groups. A three-judge panel said […] […]

PAULINE Hanson has abandoned plans to move to Britain, after discovering it’s not the racially pure utopia she was hoping for. After returning a fortnight ago from an extended holiday in Europe, the former One […] […]

Mexico’s federal prison population has more than doubled in recent years amid the crackdown on drug cartels and the overcrowded system needs to be revamped to prevent violence, the country’s top policeman said Friday. Public […] […]

CHINA: To western children, Disney is a fairytale world of talking mice and princesses. To Chinese children, sometimes it means working from 8am to 10pm, handling chemicals without protection, being chastised for failing to hit […] […]

LONDON—He missed the plane. Now thousands of annoyed Internet users say authorities missed the joke. When Paul Chambers was arrested and fined for posting a jocular message to micro-blogging site Twitter in which he threatened […] […]

LONDON—Police on Friday gave prosecutors new information about a phone hacking scandal that occurred at a British newspaper run by the man who now serves as Prime Minister David Cameron’s top media aide. Andy Coulson, […] […]

VAN, TURKEY—After standing for six hours with his nose pressed hard into a grey concrete wall, Farzan Shahmoradi started to hyperventilate. He was in a Tehran detention centre along with 50 other young men arrested […] […]