The northern lights appeared in a spectacular fashion in Minnesota skies earlier this week, shimmering rapidly in a colourful extravaganza.

A jury in St. John's has been told that RCMP thought Leo Crockwell was dangerous from the earliest moments of a weeklong standoff.

The man on trial for charges laid after a weeklong standoff in Bay Bulls has accused the RCMP of taking his DNA illegally.

Between blasts of rockets and mortar fire, Syrians used loudspeakers to call for blood donations and medical supplies Thursday in the stricken city of Homs, where a weeklong government offensive has created a deepening humanitarian crisis.

At least 11,000 villagers have been trapped by heavy snow and blizzards in Serbia's mountains, authorities announced Thursday, as the death toll from Eastern Europe's weeklong deep freeze rose to 123.