World/Local News

NEWARK – A Honduran man who admitted pulling the trigger in the execution-style killings of three college students in a schoolyard was sentenced on Thursday, local time, to three consecutive life terms in a case […] […]

A Muslim filed a federal lawsuit to block a state constitutional amendment overwhelmingly approved by voters that would prohibit state courts from considering international law or Islamic law when deciding cases. The measure, which got […] […]

JERUSALEM—Israeli officials should not fear arrest warrants initiated by pro-Palestinian activists when they travel to Britain on official business, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Thursday. Hague’s comments sought to reassure Israeli leaders after they […] […]

A MAN has been jailed for at least eight years for the “ferocious” killing of his best friend with whom his estranged wife had been having an affair. Expectant father, Rajnesh Singh, 27, was stabbed […] […]

AT least 54 people were killed and scores injured today when Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano erupted again, incinerating villages as far as 18km away. The latest deaths bring the total toll to more than 100 […] […]

WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange says he is considering requesting asylum in Switzerland and basing the whistleblowing website in the fiercely neutral Alpine country. “That is a real possibility,” Assange said today when asked in an […] […]

INTERNATIONAL investigations have begun into the cause of an engine explosion on a Qantas flight, as the grounding of the carrier’s A380 fleet forced delays to services. Passengers have also told of the “anxious calm” […] […]

MADRID—Spanish social workers have inspected the home of a 10-year-old Romanian girl who gave birth last week to determine whether her baby is being properly cared for, officials said Thursday. Authorities in the small southern […] […]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — For nearly 10 months, more than one million people in Haiti’s earthquake camps have been walking a precarious line: Trying to get out and find good homes without losing their tents and […] […]

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico—A U.S. university student died Wednesday from a shooting attack on a car in Ciudad Juarez, making him the fifth American slain in the violent border city in six days. Eder Diaz, 23, […] […]