BOSTON – Federal prosecutors in Boston say two men face drug charges after the Coast Guard found them allegedly transporting about $20 million in cocaine on a sailboat in international waters about 400 nautical miles east of the U.S. The U.S. Attorney’s office said Hicham Ramzi Nahra, 27, of Canada, and Benjamin Celma-Sedo. 49. of […]

Locals say the military operation targeting al-Qaida-inspired groups is the largest in years.

CANBERRA, Australia – Australia’s “unelectable” and gaffe-prone political leader, Tony Abbott, confounded critics Saturday by becoming the country’s latest prime minister, leading the opposition to a sweeping election victory and ending six years of Labor Party rule. Abbott, the leader of the conservative Liberal Party-led coalition, rode a wave of public bitterness over a hated […]