International

(BBC) The committee's chair, Diane Feinstein, said eavesdropping on leaders of friendly nations was wrong. She said the White House had told her such surveillance would stop, but a senior administration official told the BBC there was no…

(BBC) A murder victim who was beaten and set on fire following rumours he was a paedophile was "failed" by officers, Bristol's police chief has admitted. Bijan Ebrahimi's body was found in July in Brislington after he was reportedly…

TAPIE, TAIWAN, (CUOPM) -- The Prime Minister of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas wants the Republic of China (Taiwan) to be a key partner in the new phase of development in the Eastern Caribbean…

(BBC) Three people have died after a storm battered southern Britain, leading to 580,000 homes losing power, and rail and flight cancellations. A teenager in Kent and a man in Watford were killed by falling trees. And a man was found dead…

(BBC) Tiananmen Square was the scene of the 1989 pro-democracy protests which were ended by a military crackdown. The site is generally kept under very tight security both because of its proximity to key political institutions and so that…

Los Angeles (AP) — The doctor convicted of killing Michael Jackson was released from jail Monday after serving nearly two years of a four-year sentence. Conrad Murray was released from a downtown Los Angeles jail at 12:01 am, according to…

(CNN) The White House learned this summer that the National Security Agency had tapped the phones of world leaders and ordered a halt to some of the eavesdropping, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. Quoting unidentified U.S.…

Ciudad Juarez, Mexico (CNN) -- An explosion rocked a candy factory in the Mexican border city of Juarez on Thursday, injuring dozens and killing at least one person, officials said. Search crews were still combing through the rubble hours…

Rome (CNN) -- Italian coast guards rescued nearly 700 people in five separate operations overnight around the island of Lampedusa, they said Friday. News of the rescue operations came as European Union leaders were meeting in Brussels,…

(CNN) The Florida cyberbullying case in which two girls, ages 14 and 12, face felony stalking charges in the suicide of 12-year-old Rebecca Sedwick could lead other law agencies to file similar felony charges against adolescent bullies,…

(BBC) EU leaders meeting in Brussels say distrust of the US over spying could harm the fight against terrorism. A statement agreed by the leaders says that "a lack of trust could prejudice" intelligence-gathering co-operation. France and…

York, Pennsylvania (CMC) – The United States Immigration and Enforcement (ICE) agency says a female citizen of Antigua and Barbuda committed suicide while in the custody of immigration authorities at York County Prison in Pennsylvania. On…

Miami, United States (AP) — A Florida woman accused of injecting toxic substances into women's buttocks as an enhancement procedure has been sentenced to a year in prison. As part of a deal with Miami-Dade County prosecutors, 32-year-old…

(BBC) Germany has summoned the US ambassador in Berlin over claims that the US monitored German Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone. Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will meet US envoy John Emerson later in what is seen as an unusual…

(BBC) A 14-year-old boy has been charged in the death of a teacher whose body was found in woodland behind her school. Philip Chism was ordered to be held without bail as he was arraigned in a Massachusetts state court for the murder of…