World/Local News

By Sandrea: I would like to take the opportunity to remember my sister-in-law who died nine years ago in the first plane that hit the twin tower.  My bother  my niece and nephew are today […] […]

BRUSSELS—European Union nations and the continent’s biggest human rights organization have slammed Iran for its plan to stone a woman convicted of adultery, even as Iran’s ambassador to the Vatican said there is “hope” the […] […]

American movie star Angelina Jolie met flood victims in northwestern Pakistan and appealed to the international community to provide aid needed to help the country recover from its worst natural disaster. The flow of aid […] […]

THE Iraq war has been the most lethal for journalists since World War II, with 230 journalists and media staff killed since the conflict broke out. The figures, compiled by french-based international press freedom organisation Reporters […] […]

As Iran defiantly pushes ahead with its nuclear program, and threatens a jailed Iranian woman with death by stoning, few would dispute that its regime is a menace to its people and its global foes. […] […]

THE Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has warned that the island’s reputation as a safe tourist destination is being compromised. BCCI president Anthony Armstrong said that the tragic fire at Campus Trendz Clothing Store, […] […]

Since Ashley Smith’s disturbing death inside a Kitchener segregation cell, Canada’s prison watchdog told the Star he has discovered nine similar fatalities that question the correctional service’s willingness to stop jailhouse suicides. “They reflect many […] […]

A SERIES of about 20 aftershocks rocked the earthquake-hit city of Christchurch overnight, amid warnings of another big tremor in coming days. Another quake did hit New Zealand today, but on the North Island, where a […] […]

FRENCH police arrested a British man they suspect of accidentally killing his wife, burning her body and burying it in cement at the chateau where the couple lived. “There was a drunken argument with his […] […]