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AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Jordan's King Abdullah II on Monday denied any impropriety in his purchase of luxury homes abroad, citing security needs for keeping quiet about the transactions that are reported...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The death toll from Cyclone Shaheen rose to 12 on Monday while other fishermen from Iran remained missing as the storm moved further inland into Oman and weakened. A...

STOCKHOLM (AP) - The Nobel Prize in the field of physiology or medicine has been awarded to U.S. scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian. They were cited for their discovery of receptors for tem...

OTTAWA - Afghan women ministers made pleas to Canadian politicians for help - and shared warnings about atrocities and the erosion of women's rights - two months before the Taliban took control of Kab...

GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut - A coroner's inquest into the death of a 21-year-old man begins today in a remote hamlet in Nunavut, five years after he was shot and killed by RCMP. Charles Qirngnirq was shot in...

VANCOUVER - Bo Horvat and Tanner Pearson each had a goal and an assist Sunday as the Canucks topped the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 in Vancouver. Nic Petan also scored for the Canucks, who are now 2-2-0 in pre-...

TORONTO - It was a Breeders' Stakes to remember for jockey Patrick Husbands and unheralded British Royalty. Husbands rode the 24/1 longshot to an emphatic four-length victory in the $400,000 turf race...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North and South Korea restored a stalled communication hotline after weeks of a hiatus in a small, fragile reconciliation step Monday, as the North pushes hard to win outside...

TORONTO - In a matter of minutes, the final day of the Blue Jays' dramatic 91-win season went from cloud nine to crashing down to earth. The Blue Jays returned to their clubhouse in a jubilant mood af...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office says he has apologized to the chief of a British Columbia First Nation which invited him to visit on Canada's first National Truth and Reconciliation Da...