Ex-president of Peru gets 20 years for corruption
A court in Peru has sentenced former President Alejandro Toledo to 20 years and six months in jail for corruption and money-laundering. Prosecutors...
Rising flash floods leave sheriff stranded on top of car
Chaves County Sheriff Mike Herrington said he had to climb onto his car roof when rising floodwaters stranded the vehicle and several others, submerging...
Guilty pleas over killing of man acquitted in 1985 Air India...
Two hitmen have pleaded guilty in a Canadian court over the shooting of a man acquitted of the 1985 bombing of an Air India...
India’s start-ups look to villages to drive next leg of growth
Getty ImagesThe tiny villages of Haryana state in India’s rural north-west find themselves in an unlikely spotlight these days.Farmers' homes in hamlets around...
Canadians and Mexicans nervously await the US election
Getty ImagesAs Americans prepare to vote for their next president, Canadians and Mexicans are watching on nervously.For some Canadians living next to the...
Hezbollah leader threatens new attacks on Israeli towns as tensions rise...
BEIRUT — The leader of Lebanon’s Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group threatened Wednesday to target new areas in Israel if its military does not stop...
Wall Street Journal fires Hong Kong reporter who headed embattled press...
A Hong Kong-based reporter for the Wall Street Journal was terminated by the newspaper soon after she was elected as chair of the Hong...
Watch: Yemeni Houthi rebels attack oil tanker – BBC.com
Yemeni Houthi rebels have released a video of an attack they claim to have carried out on an oil tanker in the Red Sea....
Hamas rejects HRW accusation of war crimes in October 7 attack...
Rights group says in new report Palestinian armed groups committed crimes against humanity in last year’s assault in Israel.Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups...
