A Mexican man arrested in connection with the brutal beating of Canadian tourist Sheila Nabb was paraded before the media on Saturday.

A jury in Kingston, Ont., has begun deliberations in the case of three Montrealers accused of murdering four family members in June 2009.

Arab League deputy chief says the organization's observer mission to Syria has been halted because of increaing violence in recent days, related to the uprising against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

As the head of the International Monetary Fund warned European leaders not to cut "across the board, former Canadian finance minister John Manley spoke of fears of a downward spiral for the global economy.

Divers searching the wreck of the Costa Concordia off Italy's Tuscan coast have found the body of a woman, bringing the number of dead from the cruise ship's capsizing to 17.

British police have searched the offices of Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers after arresting a police officer and four current and former staff of his tabloid The Sun as part of an investigation into police bribery by journalists.

The four-month-old Winnipeg girl who was hospitalized following a devastating fire that killed her mother, grandmother and two sisters has died, according to the head of the Islamic Social Services Association.

France's plans to withdraw its combat troops from Afghanistan a year early drew harsh words in the Afghan capital, with critics accusing French President Nicolas Sarkozy of putting domestic politics ahead of Afghans' safety.

A presidential spokesman says Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has left Oman on route to the United States.

Canada is delivering a diplomatic scolding to Libya over reports of deaths and systemic torture in Libyan prisons.