The workers, including citizens from the US, Europe, Egypt and other Arab nations, were first jailed in 2013. An Egyptian court has acquitted 40 pro-democracy NGO workers, in a retrial of a long-running case that has strained the country’s relations with the United States. In 2013, 43 Americans, Europeans, Egyptians and other Arabs were sentenced […]

A pedestrian is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after being hit by a car in Delta on Wednesday morning. The victim, a woman in her 20s, was found on the shoulder of the road on Hornby Drive near Highway 99 after she was struck just after 6:30 a.m. The driver stayed at the scene and […]

RCMP in New Brunswick are asking for the public’s help in an arson investigation in Elgin. RCMP responded to a report of a vehicle on fire on Dec. 2 at around 11:30 p.m. The vehicle was found engulfed in flames on Green Road. READ: Fredericton Police investigating suspected arson Investigators believe the grey 2005 Cadillac […]

Declaration of ISIL defeat in Syria and pulling out of troops angers top Republicans and surprises some foreign allies. President Donald Trump has announced the withdrawal of all 2,000 US troops from Syria as he abruptly declared victory over ISIL in the country, in a move that contradicted his own experts’ assessments and sparked surprise and […]

MANAGUA (Reuters) – Nicaragua on Wednesday expelled two missions of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) dedicated to investigating anti-government protests that turned violent, the group said. The government wrote in a letter to the Organization of American States (OAS), which oversees the groups, that the missions had been suspended for failing to meet […]

An inmate was sent to an outside hospital for treatment following an assault at a maximum security facility in Renous, N.B., Monday night. Correctional Service Canada (CSC) says the assault at Atlantic Institution was discovered at about 9:50 p.m. The inmate was evaluated by staff members then sent to an external hospital for additional treatment, […]

A Toronto school is in hold and secure after a drive-by shooting reportedly took place out front Wednesday afternoon in the city’s north end. Police said officers responded to a call about a shooting near Firgrove Public school, in the area of Jane Street and Finch Avenue West, just after 3 p.m. Const. David Hopkinson […]

MAKURDI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Peter Zion has been unable to hold his infant son since attackers wielding machetes cut him so badly that his hands lost their ability to grip. He was attacked in January by nomadic herdsmen in the central Nigerian state of Benue, caught in the crossfire of a violent feud with local […]

However, anti-corruption campaigner Bill Browder said Surrey Police was “incompetent” and lost evidence relating to the death of Alexander Perepilichnyy, which is why the coroner came to the conclusion he did. Mr Perepilichnyy, 44, was out running in Weybridge on 10 November 2012, after spending the night before with his mistress in Paris. Coroner Nicholas […]

PARIS (Reuters) – Four weekends of anti-government violence on the famous Champs-Elysees avenue cost Paris hoteliers some 18 million euros ($20.43 million) in lost revenue as tourists canceled bookings, research firm MKG said on Tuesday. However, the overall French hotel sector did very well in 2018, helped by a return of foreign tourists to Paris […]