GENEVA (Reuters) – A United Nations-led inquiry into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said on Thursday that evidence pointed to a brutal crime “planned and perpetrated” by Saudi officials. Khashoggi’s killing by a team of Saudi operatives on Oct. 2 provoked widespread revulsion and tarnished the image of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, previously admired in the West […]

A young woman’s “dark and eerie” screams were heard coming from a park shortly after missing university student Libby Squire was last seen. A local, who wanted to stay anonymous, said the cries rang out “seven or eight” times and went on for about 15 minutes. They said they then spotted a man running out of Oak Road Playing Fields […]

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PARIS (Reuters) – France would oppose any British request to delay Brexit if London was simply delaying making a decision, but could agree if London presented a credible political solution, a French government official said on Thursday. The warning came as British Prime Minister Theresa May held talks in Brussels with European Union leaders to plead for a change to […]

A New Brunswick man has been charged with aggravated assault following an incident at a home in Dalhousie, N.B., earlier this week. Campbellton RCMP say they found a man injured inside a home on MacKenzie Street shortly before 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Another man, also suffering from injuries, had gone to a nearby home to seek help, police say. The Mounties […]

Officials at the Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough say an anonymous out-of-province donor has invested $1.25 million to support the construction of a new museum. The new museum is to be built alongside the Peterborough Lift Lock on the Trent Severn Waterway in the city’s east end, replacing the 1960s-era building on Monaghan Road. The museum boasts the world’s largest […]

But where she will give birth has remained unknown until recently. Will it be be the Lindo Wing like Kate? Kate Middleton gave birth to Prince George, five, Princess Charlotte, three, and eight-month-old Prince Louis at the Lindo Wing in Paddington. The Lindo Wing offers mums-to-be the chance to indulge in afternoon tea, lavish menus and bottomless champagne to celebrate […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is due to leave the European Union on March 29, yet in reality the deadline for reaching an exit deal with the European Union is likely to be well before that date if parliament is to pass necessary legislation in time. The government plans to pass several pieces of major new legislation and hundreds of changes […]

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s parliament speaker said on Thursday an Israeli move to license energy exploration near a disputed maritime boundary threatened to drain Lebanese oil wealth before its own drilling had started. Nabih Berri on Wednesday accused Israel of breaching Lebanese waters by licensing a company to exploit the area. Asked about the accusation, Israel’s foreign ministry declined to […]

PARIS (Reuters) – The Iranian government arrested, imprisoned or executed at least 860 journalists in the three decades between the Islamic revolution in 1979 and 2009, according to documents leaked to media monitoring group Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF). At a news conference in Paris attended by Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi, recipient of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize, RSF […]