US & Canada
Yosemite wildfires threaten California towns
A massive wildfire in the western U.S. state of California is raging out of control and threatening one of the country\'s best ...German report says US spied on UN
The German magazine Der Spiegel says the U.S. National Security Agency secretly monitored the U.N.\'s internal video conferencing system by decrypting it ...FARC killed 13 Colombian soldiers
Thirteen soldiers were ambushed and killed by the FARC on Saturday in the oil-producing province of Arauca, the army said.US says man arrested with uranium for Iran hidden in shoes
U.S. prosecutors charged a man from Sierra Leone with trying to sell undercover agents 1,000 tons of yellowcake uranium he thought would ...Egypt reopens Rafah border crossing with Gaza Strip
An Egyptian official says the country\'s border crossing with Gaza, which was closed after a deadly attack on policemen this week, has ...US celebrates anniversary of Martin Luther King march
Thousands of people have attended a rally in Washington to mark 50 years since Martin Luther King\'s famous "I have a dream" ...California wildfire reaches Yosemite National Park
The massive Rim Fire, which since Saturday has been quickly burning though eastern central California, reached a remote section of Yosemite National ...U.S. soldier sentenced to life in prison over Afghan killings
U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales has just received his sentencing for his massacre of 16 Afghan civilians last year.US Army Maj. Nidal Hasan found guilty in 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage
A United States Army psychiatrist has been found guilty of all 45 charges against him, including premeditated murder, for the 2009 shooting ...Trial resumes for ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai
The trial of disgraced politician Bo Xilai has resumed a day after he fiercely denied charges of bribery.




