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Pakistan to try 33 supporters of former Premier Imran Khan in military courts over recent violence

Pakistan to try 33 supporters of former Premier Imran Khan in military courts over recent violence

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s government said Friday that 17 more supporters of Imran Khan would be tried in military courts over recent anti-government violence, bringing the overall number of followers of the former prime minister facing military tri
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Atlantic premiers play on false fear in call for fuel rules delay: environmentalist

Atlantic premiers play on false fear in call for fuel rules delay: environmentalist

HALIFAX — An environmentalist in New Brunswick says Atlantic premiers are using scaremongering tactics in their call for Ottawa to delay rules requiring refineries to reduce carbon in diesel and gasoline they produce.
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Central Vancouver Island to get cancer centre at Nanaimo hospital, says B.C. premier

Central Vancouver Island to get cancer centre at Nanaimo hospital, says B.C. premier

NANAIMO, B.C. — The city of Nanaimo on central Vancouver Island is the latest British Columbia community to receive government approval for a cancer care centre, Premier David Eby said Friday.
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Residential school memorial in downtown Vancouver closed after Indigenous ceremony

Residential school memorial in downtown Vancouver closed after Indigenous ceremony

VANCOUVER — The City of Vancouver says it has closed a residential school temporary memorial but will continue working with area First Nations to find a permanent space to honour victims and survivors.
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Manitoba Opposition member raises idea of government action on grocery prices

Manitoba Opposition member raises idea of government action on grocery prices

WINNIPEG — A member of Manitoba's Opposition New Democrats has raised the prospect of a government "clampdown" on grocery prices if the party wins the election slated for Oct. 3, but has not offered details on how that might be possible.
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Florida man pleads not guilty after Canada-U.S. human smuggling tragedy in Manitoba

Florida man pleads not guilty after Canada-U.S. human smuggling tragedy in Manitoba

DULUTH, Minn. — A Florida man pleaded not guilty to human smuggling charges Friday in a case linked to the discovery last year of a family of four migrants from India found frozen to death just steps from the Canada-U.S. border.
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More than 30 abducted women released in Cameroon; some tortured in captivity

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — More than 30 women abducted by separatist rebels for protesting illegal taxes imposed on them were released, the government said Friday.
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Israeli military: Palestinian man killed after alleged stabbing attempt in West Bank settlement

Israeli military: Palestinian man killed after alleged stabbing attempt in West Bank settlement

JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian man was shot and killed on Friday in the occupied West Bank after sneaking into a Jewish settlement and trying to stab a resident there, the Israeli army said.
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Minister: Chevron 'positive' about Israeli-Cypriot plans for natural gas pipeline, processing plant

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Oil and gas company Chevron is “positive” about an Israeli-Cypriot plan for a pipeline that would convey offshore natural gas from both countries to Cyprus where it would be liquefied for export by ship to Europe and elsewhere,
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Belarus upholds 8-year prison for journalist of newspaper serving country's Polish minority

Belarus upholds 8-year prison for journalist of newspaper serving country's Polish minority

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus' Supreme Court on Friday upheld an eight-year prison sentence handed to a prominent journalist working for an influential newspaper serving the country's sizeable Polish minority.
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