World/Local News

KINGSTON, Jamaica—A Jamaican court granted permission Wednesday for a former gang leader to appeal his double murder conviction before Britain’s Privy Council. The Jamaica Court of Appeal ruled Donald “Zeeks” Phipps can take his case […] […]

The world cannot tear its eyes from the hole in the desert. It is the portal between light and darkness, the final crossing point for the 33 men who have lived in the Chilean ground […] […]

A NEW Zealand man tried to rape his daughter by telling her that was how parents taught children about sex in his native Netherlands, a court has been told. The 78-year-old pensioner from the North […] […]

IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad received a hero’s welcome overnight on his first official visit to Lebanon where he hailed the country’s resistance against Israeli “aggression”. The hardline leader was showered with rice and rose petals […] […]

FAIRFIELD, Calif.—Authorities say a Northern California mother stabbed her twin 3-year-old daughters to death before attempting to take her own life and setting fire to her apartment. Firefighters found the children’s bodies around 10:30 p.m. […] […]

The severed head of a police official investigating the disappearance of an American jet-skier has been delivered to the Mexican army, according to local officials. The head of Commander Rolando Armando Flores Villegas was found […] […]

SAN JOSE MINE, CHILE—Mario Gomez, the oldest of the miners at 63, came out of the ground just before 8 a.m. Wednesday. As he emerged from the rescue capsule, he threw his arms in the […] […]

SCIENTISTS in Germany say the days of humans behind the wheel are numbered as they unveiled the latest self-driving car. “In the future it will be forbidden for safety reasons for people to drive cars,” […] […]

PRINCE ALBERT, SASK.—A man who sent his semi-naked wife into the cold on Christmas Day after an argument over turkey stuffing has been sentenced to five years in prison. Clifford Arnold Daniels, 52, was convicted […] […]

SAN JOSE MINE, CHILE—To hugs, cheers and tears, rescuers using a missile-like escape capsule began pulling 33 men one by one to fresh air and freedom at last early Wednesday, 69 days after they were […] […]