The last Westerner held in the U.S. prison for terror suspects in Guantanamo Bay, who was arrested as a teen in Afghanistan, returned to his native Canada on Saturday, a Canadian cabinet minister and the Pentagon said.

Omar Khadr, now 26, left the prison in Cuba on a U.S. military plane and arrived at a Canadian air base in Trenton in Ontario province at 1140 GMT, said Public Safety Minister Vic Toews.

The United States on Friday removed an Iranian opposition group, the People's Mujahedeen of Iran, from its blacklist of designated terror groups after years of intense lobbying.

The move, ending a complex legal battle fought through U.S. and European courts, came just days ahead of a U.S. appeals court October 1 deadline forcing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to decide the group's fate.

Myanmar's garment and agriculture industries could be set for a revival after a U.S. decision to ease an imports ban, but observers warn against hopes of a sudden export boom for the impoverished country.

After decades of military rule that laid waste to Myanmar's economy, leaving many jobless and infrastructure in ruins, a wave of reform under a new regime is raising the prospect of a brighter future as the nation opens to the world.

U.S. tough guy actor Samuel L. Jackson has made an expletive-laden video warning apathetic Americans to "Wake the Fxxx Up" and vote for President Barack Obama in November's election.

The "Pulp Fiction" star, known for playing bad-ass characters and who voiced a spoof audio book "Go the Fuck to Sleep" last year, is shown warning a family of the dangers of letting Mitt Romney into the White House by inaction.

Canadian and U.S. authorities have busted a cross-border cheese smuggling ring that brought Can$200,000 worth of mozzarella into Canada undeclared and without paying duties.

Four men, including two Canadian policemen, were foiled in the caper to also distribute the dairy products -- as well as chicken wings and pickles -- to pizzerias and other restaurants in southern Ontario for an estimated profit of Can$165,000, Niagara Regional Police said.

The U.S. military's current fleet of drones will soon be overtaken by a new wave of robots that will be faster, stealthier and smarter -- operating virtually without human intervention, experts say.

The Pentagon is investing heavily in "autonomy" for robotic weapons, with researchers anticipating squadrons of drones in the air, land or sea that would work in tandem with manned machines -- often with a minimum of supervision.

Facebook on Thursday added a feature that lets people send cupcakes, coffee, stuffed animals or other gifts to friends at the social network.

Facebook said it was rolling Gifts out gradually, starting in the United States.

A Chinese citizen has been charged in New York with illegally attempting to export highly restricted material from the United States for use by China's air force, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

The criminal complaint in Brooklyn federal court accused Ming Suan Zhang, 40, of breaking U.S. laws regulating the export of specialized carbon fiber, a light, but strong material commonly used in the military, defense and aerospace industries.

A British judge on Wednesday halted the extradition of Abu Hamza to the United States on terror charges after the radical Islamist preacher lodged a last-ditch legal appeal.

The dramatic move came after the European Court of Human Rights on Monday effectively gave Britain the green light to deport the Egyptian born-cleric and four other suspects.

The U.S. State Department has accused CNN of "distasteful" reporting after it used the contents of a private diary kept by slain U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens without the consent of his family.

Senior State Department aide Philippe Reines told reporters in a statement over the weekend that the television network engaged in "atrocious behavior" in making use of the late envoy's diary as it reported on events leading up to his death at the hands of militants who stormed the U.S. consulate in Benghazi earlier this month.