World/Local News

The founder of Wikipedia is leading calls for search engines and social media sites including Google, Facebook and Twitter to take themselves offline for an entire day in protest against a controversial bill winding its […] […]

Using cranes, bulldozers and their bare hands, Lebanese rescue workers pulled bodies from the rubble of a collapsed five-story residential building, bringing the death toll to 25, officials said. Most of the dead were foreign […] […]

As South Africa’s liberation party began its 100th-year celebrations last week, New Zealand activist David Wickham had the chance to join in and reflect on his part in the anti-apartheid movement. The African National Congress […] […]

IRAN is looking at “punishing” those behind the assassination of one of its nuclear scientists, a senior military official said, pointing the finger at the United States, Israel and Britain. “We consider committing a terrorist […] […]

A HIGH-LEVEL UN nuclear agency delegation will visit Iran late this month to try to clear up claims of covert weapons activities that have stoked tensions between Tehran and the West. The trip led by […] […]

THE US has warned of a terrorist threat against foreign tourists in Thailand, which said it was tracking two suspects who had entered the kingdom. “Foreign terrorists may be currently looking to conduct attacks against […] […]

LONDON—Agents working for Britain’s spy agencies won’t face criminal charges over their alleged complicity in the mistreatment of former Guantanamo detainees, the country’s top prosecutor said Thursday. They may, however, still face civil action from […] […]

BRITAIN’S newspaper industry failed to take up an offer to view evidence that more than 300 journalists had been involved in illegally accessing information, according to the Information Commissioner’s Office. Christopher Graham, the Commissioner, invited […] […]

LONDON—Britain’s Justice Department was wrong to ban the BBC from filming an interview with a terror suspect held for seven years without trial, judges ruled Wednesday. The broadcaster said it wanted to film an interview […] […]

MEXICO CITY—Mexican immigration officials say they have returned 70 Guatemalan squatters to their home country. The Guatemalans had been living in tents on a Mexican communal farm near the border since August, after being evicted […] […]