JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that attacks on Gulf oil facilities must be addressed with “strength and firmness” and that more efforts were needed to combat the activities of the groups that carried them out. “We emphasize the need to exert more efforts to combat the subversive activities […]

Several Hamilton residents are facing drug-related charges after police raided two illegal pot shops in the city. Ontario Provincial Police, along with Hamilton police, seized cash and numerous cannabis products, including edibles, on May 23 from the storefronts on Kensington Avenue and London Street. Other items included hash, shatter, cannabis seed, plants, lip balm, creams, […]

Get your sun lotion out and your barbecue tongs ready because this weekend is going to be a scorcher. The Met Office is predicting highs of 30C in the UK on Sunday, two days after the start of the meteorological summer on Friday, June 1. The mercury will soar to 29C in the south of […]

A campsite manager was fired after video showing her brandishing a handgun at a black couple who were walking their dog at a campsite in Starkville, Miss. Jessica Richardson posted the video of the woman to her Facebook page on Sunday. She said the campsite manager, who was a white woman, pulled up less than […]

A former Mountie who filed a complaint against a physician who performed medical exams on recruits says it was humiliating to learn no charges would be laid against him after allegations of sexual assault. Karen Miller laid a complaint last year against the doctor in relation to how he examined her in 1987 when she […]

A recent report published by a committee studying the Royalmount development has recommended the extension of Cavendish Boulevard as well as the construction of a dedicated bus lane. An extension to Cavendish Boulevard that would connect Côte Saint-Luc to the Montreal borough of Saint-Laurent has been discussed for more than 50 years. Côte Saint-Luc residents […]

President Tsai Ing-Wen calls on national security agencies to increase efforts to counter China amid rising tension. President Tsai Ing-Wen says she has asked Taiwan’s national security agencies to do more to counter China amid signs that the mainland has stepped up efforts to infiltrate and gain influence on the island. Tsai, speaking to reporters […]

Security in the capital, Abuja was tight as Buhari was sworn for another four years as president. Abuja, Nigeria – Muhammadu Buhari has been sworn in for a second term as Nigeria‘s president as he vowed to tackle security threats and root out corruption. The 76-year-old leader was sworn in on Wednesday amid tight security in the Nigerian […]

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The impact of a first major anti-corruption drive by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador spread deep into the political class on Wednesday as the probe threatened to involve top officials in the last government, including the president. At the center of the investigation is Emilio Lozoya, a former chief executive […]

The result of Sunday’s decisive vote is “the proof that the French no longer trust Emmanuel Macron,” Mr Aliot, vice president of Mrs Le Pen’s Rassemblement national (RN) party, told the French news channel BFMTV. The ardent europhile’s ruling La République en Marche (REM) alliance was narrowly beaten by the virulently anti-Brussels RN in the […]