West News

Canada's frontier life was hard but filled with hope for the future. Compared to what was left behind in Europe, autocratic regimes, famine and war.

Texas City - West, in Texas is evacuated after explosion hits fertilizer plant, killing at least five people and injuring approximately 200, including some children

Waco - More than 100 people have been injured from explosions at a Texas fertilizer plant in West, a small town 19 miles north of Waco. Dozens of homes and businesses have been destroyed. As yet, the number of fatalities has not been determined or announced.

Sydney - Detective Superintendent Arthur Katsogiannis, Commander, State Crime Command (SCC) Gangs Squad and Operation Apollo addressed the media at Sydney Police Centre, Goulburn Street, Surry Hills in relation to the shootings over the weekend in Western Sydney.

Iran’s problems worsen as it claims that ‘dozens’ of its drones reached Israel, Iranians are beginning to panic amid rising costs, while Western officials assess that Iran’s economy is imploding quickly. A Mideast war may occur before 2013.

Qom - A state-controlled newspaper in Iran is claiming Israel and the "Zionist regime" are spreading homosexuality around the world to achieve its goal of "world domination."

Outlaw buffs rejoice as a piece one of history’s greatest fugitive couples will be auctioned off. Two guns belonging to the duo will be on the market as of this September.

Beijing and Moscow flexes muscles at the West, China and Russia lead group talks focused on security, U.S. author threatened with decapitation, and Iran builds nukes to prove Islamic power.

The Muslim Brotherhood’s rapid rise in Egypt has elevated many peoples’ trepidation levels, including the group’s adherents as the Egyptian army signals willingness to transfer power by 24 May 2012.

Elko - Mitt Romney won the Nevada Caucus on Saturday, February 4, 2012, by a significant edge. Establishing his status as the prohibitive front-runner in the 2012 GOP presidential race, he was followed by Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, and Rick Santorum.