Two Bosnian Serb cousins accused of burning some 140 Muslims to death in one of the most notorious campaigns of ethnic cleansing of the 1992-1995 war went on trial Wednesday before the UN war crimes court in The Hague.

The Green Shift environmental company is claiming $8.5 million in damages from the Liberal party in a lawsuit launched Wednesday.

Following a year of retirements and streamlining civic departments, more City of Regina employees are seeing a bigger payday.

Life sciences firm MDS Inc. is taking Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. and the government of Canada to court for $1.6 billion over breach of contract, the company announced on Wednesday.

The City of Regina’s Planning Commission is to hear a request today for a respite home on College Avenue.

Three men charged in connection with the death of a man in June of 2007 are to appear in Court of Queen’s Bench today

U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who once sang in jest about bombing Iran, on Tuesday reacted to a report of rising U.S. cigarette exports to the country by saying it may be "a way of killing 'em."

House construction slumped in Canada in June, although the decline was in line with expectations and the market still appears robust despite concerns over an economic slowdown.

A Sikh worker is headed home to the United Kingdom after he was ordered off a job site in Alberta for refusing to shave his beard.

Republican presumptive presidential nominee John McCain on Wednesday warned Iran's "dangerous ambitions" should not be met with unilateral concessions, after Tehran's long-range missile test.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran test-fired nine missiles on Wednesday and warned the United States and Israel it was ready to retaliate if they attacked the Islamic Republic over its disputed nuclear projects.

Kurdish guerrillas have kidnapped three German tourists on a climbing expedition in eastern Turkey, a local governor was reported as saying on Wednesday.

Three policemen and three gunmen were killed in an armed attack on the United States consulate in Istanbul on Wednesday, the city's governor said.

The company that distributes more than 90 per cent of the beer in Manitoba is experiencing a shortage of workers during arguably the busiest time of the year - and that's causing gaps on vendor and liquor store shelves.

Chinese police have sealed off the third floor of the apartment building where 22-year-old B.C. model Diana Gabrielle O'Brien was found dead earlier this week.

At least 250 civilians have been killed or injured in rebel attacks and air strikes in Afghanistan in the past week, the Red Cross said Wednesday, urging all sides to respect humanitarian law.

More than 400 militants have been killed in a 10-week-old operation led by US Marines in a remote district of southern Afghanistan but fighters remain in the area, a commander said Wednesday.

Someone broke into a house being built in Windsor, Ont. for an underprivileged family and ripped out the furnace, the charity group Habitat for Humanity said Tuesday.

Despite pleas for assistance earlier this year the Women of the Dawn Counselling Centre still requires assistance in order to get their building habitable.