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BRITAIN’S oldest Twitter user Ivy Bean, who regularly updated her 56,000 followers, died today aged 104. The great-grandmother passed away at her retirement home in Bradford, northern England, where she lived for three years.  Mrs […] […]

A high-ranking United States official says there is a series of extradition requests for suspected Jamaican criminals to be processed by the Government, even as he made a push for greater effectiveness of the Proceeds […] […]

AT least 25 bodies have been recovered after a domestic passenger jet carrying 152 peoplecrashed into the hills surrounding Pakistan’s capital while preparing to land, officials say. Rescuers were trying to reach the scene amid […] […]

KINSHASA—The Congo is a difficult place to be born, or borne — as in utero. Dangerous for the baby, dangerous for the mother and dangerous for the first five years of life — a dismal […] […]

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa—Four white former students pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges surrounding a video they made humiliating black university employees in a case prompting bitter protests that racism remains entrenched in South Africa more than […] […]

LONDON—A British court on Tuesday thwarted a Serb attempt to extradite a former Bosnian vice president arrested in London on war crimes charges. Serbian authorities had wanted former Bosnian Vice President Ejup Ganic to stand […] […]

A STRAY mutt who shielded US troops from a suicide bomber in Afghanistan has found a home with one of the soldiers he saved. Rufus was one of three dogs who were living near Sgt […] […]

LOS ANGELES—Rapper DMX surrendered to a judge Monday to begin serving a 90-day jail sentence for a 2002 reckless driving conviction. Los Angeles City Attorney spokesman Frank Mateljan said the 39-year-old rapper turned himself in […] […]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Emirati officials have declared BlackBerry smartphones a potential threat to national security because users’ data is stored overseas, where local laws don’t apply and where analysts say it could be harder for […] […]

OTTAWA—Canada has cancelled the passport of an alleged Russian spy who fled after being freed on bail in Cyprus. A Passport Canada spokeswoman said the agency revoked the travel document issued to Christopher Metsos, the […] […]