GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinian militants kept up their most intense rocket fire on Israel since the 2014 Gaza war on Tuesday, drawing Israeli air strikes against Hamas’s television station and other targets. The flare-up, in which five Palestinians, four of them militants, and a civilian in Israel were killed, threatened to derail efforts by the […]

Hamas says it will fire rockets at Israeli towns of Beersheba, Ashdod if raids on civilian buildings in Gaza don’t stop. The armed wing of Hamas says it will step up attacks and fire rockets at the Israeli towns of Ashdod and Beersheba if Israel continues to carry out air raids on civilian buildings in […]

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) “cheated” Malaysia over its dealings with state fund 1MDB which is the subject of corruption and money-laundering investigations, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad told CNBC in an interview aired on Tuesday. The United States, Malaysia and at least four other countries are investigating how billions of dollars […]

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The first of a group of nine Australians convicted for trying to smuggle heroin out of Indonesia in 2005 will be released from a Bali jail later this month, Australia’s national broadcaster reported on Tuesday. Renae Lawrence, 41, was originally sentenced to life in prison for her role in the drug-trafficking syndicate […]

CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie was planning to talk with the league’s board of governors on Tuesday to discuss some business matters. He’ll be adding one new item to the agenda for discussion. Ambrosie said the league has already started reaching out to coaches, general managers and team presidents to get their thoughts on potential changes […]

RIYADH (Reuters) – British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt on Tuesday said prospects for talks to end Yemen’s nearly four-year-old war were “more real” after Saudi Arabia confirmed its willingness to evacuate 50 wounded Houthi fighters to Oman for medical treatment. “It is a desperate humanitarian situation and so I impressed on everyone the urgency of […]

RIYADH (Reuters) – British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt on Tuesday said prospects for talks to end Yemen’s 3-1/2-year-old war were “more real” after Saudi Arabia confirmed to him its willingness to evacuate 50 wounded Houthi fighters as a confidence-building measure. Following meetings in Riyadh with the Saudi king and crown prince – the main proponent […]

RCMP are investigating reports of shots fired in the Guildford area of Surrey on Monday afternoon. Mounties were called to the 8000 block of 153A Street and found evidence suggesting that shots had been fired in the area. Initial information suggests the shooting occurred between two vehicles that fled the area. No victim has been […]

Patrick Nelson’s attempt to enjoy a morning coffee with friends at a downtown Tim Horton’s came to an abrupt end on Monday, as they were forced to evacuate due to smoke. “The alarm went off and we asked if we should leave, and they said yeah, we should leave,” Nelson said. First responders arrived at […]

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Two Pakistani rights activists said on Monday they had been warned by Twitter about objectionable content on the social media network, a move that signals an ongoing push by authorities in the South Asian country to rein in free speech online. The warnings come a week after the social media company suspended […]