British Columbia,  British Columbia families hoping for a quick end to the teachers strike will not be pleased to hear of a new expert warning that the labour disruption could drag on for weeks. The province’s public school teachers were on the picket lines Tuesday, on what should have beenRead More

Ottawa,  Canadian pop star Justin Bieber is in trouble with the law again, but his legal team says that the paparazzi are to blame. Bieber was charged with dangerous driving and assault on Friday after an ATV collision near his hometown of Stratford, Ont. Ontario Provincial Police were called toRead More

Baghdad,  Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird pledged Canadian solidarity with the people of Iraq as he began a security-shrouded visit to Baghdad today. His first stop was a meeting with President Fuad Masoum. The Canadian delegation, including opposition MPs, was fitted out with flak jackets for a high-speed, heavily guardedRead More

Sydney, Australia Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Wednesday he hoped to sign a deal this week to selluranium to India for peaceful power generation, but halted uranium exports to Russia over Moscow’s role in Ukraine. Work on an India-Australia agreement has been underway since Australia, which has 40 percentRead More

Washington – The United States said on Wednesday that a video showing the beheading of a second US journalist by Islamic State militants is authentic. Islamic State extremists on Tuesday released the video showing freelance reporter Steven Sotloff’s beheading, two weeks after the emergence of a video showing the killing of journalistRead More

Moscow, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday announced a “lasting cease-fire” in eastern Ukraine, potentially a major step toward bringing the increasingly bloody conflict to a close. The surprise decision comes as Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine have made rapid strides to retake territory in the last week, after apparentlyRead More

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Airlines has changed the wording of an online contest called “My Ultimate Bucket List” after Internetusers derided the campaign as insensitive following two disasters suffered by the airline this year that claimed 537 lives. A bucket list commonly refers to things one wants to do or see before dying. NearingRead More

Ashkelon, Norway and Japan added voice to the international calls on Israel to reverse a decision to take four square kilometers (1.5 square miles) of West Bank land for a new residential development. “The expropriation of land makes the work to find a lasting two-state solution for Israel and PalestineRead More

Mogadishu – With a major offensive against the radical group Al Shabaab under way, the Somali government Wednesday offered a 45-day amnesty to Islamist rebel fighters. During an extraordinary meeting of the Somali cabinet, ministers discussed the current security situation of the country and reviewed progress of the new campaignRead More

Tallinn/Estonia, President Obama arrived here Wednesday morning with a singular goal: to reassure Baltic countries that the United States and NATO stands ready to defend them against Russian aggression, as Moscow ratcheted up its rhetoric against the Western alliance Tuesday. Obama arrived in this walled medieval capital on the BalticRead More