New clues about location of Ontario hiker missing in Australia
Rescuers searching for a missing Brampton, Ont., man in the mountains of southeastern Australia have clues he may have taken a different route than originally thought.
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N.J. cop charged with firebombing boss's house
A New Jersey cop is accused of firebombing his boss's home.
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Exiled cleric who taught accused in U.K. hacking death praises 'courage'
A Syrian-born Islamist cleric who taught one of the men accused of hacking to death an off-duty British soldier on a London street praised the attack for its “courage” and said Muslims would see it as a strike on a military target.
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Commercial human ventures planned for the moon: NASA study
Corporate researchers may be living on the moon by the time NASA astronauts head off to visit an asteroid in the 2020s, a study of future human missions unveiled on Thursday shows.
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Prince Charles' helicopter makes emergency landing
Britain’s Prince Charles was involved in a mid-air drama on Thursday when his helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing due to a technical issue.
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U.S. tornado insured losses estimated at up to $5B US
Tornadoes that struck the United States from May 18 to May 20 caused between $2 billion US to $5 billion of insured losses, disaster modelling company Eqecat said late Thursday.
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Barack Obama seeks end to perpetual U.S. 'war on terror'
Twelve years after the “war on terror” began, President Barack Obama wants to pull the United States back from some of the most controversial aspects of its global fight against Islamist militants.
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