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BERLIN - The head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency and Germany’s interior minister warn that Russia is engaged in hacking attacks and that officials “assume there will be su...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The Middle East’s biggest airline says it is working to implement increased security measures in response to U.S. demands to reverse a ban on laptops and other elec...

MOSCOW - Russia and China on Tuesday proposed a plan for defusing tensions over North Korea, suggesting that Pyongyang declare a moratorium on nuclear and missile tests while the United States and Sou...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka is suffering its worst-ever dengue outbreak, with the mosquito-borne virus killing 225 people and infecting more than 76,000 this year. Alarmed by the magnitude of the c...

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Supreme Court upheld on Tuesday the president’s declaration of martial law in the south in a legal boost to a military offensive that the defence chief said ...

DILI, East Timor - Gay rights have taken a step forward in East Timor with its first LGBT pride parade and the prime minister announcing that the young nation’s development depends on respecting...

HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnam’s capital will ban motorbikes in metropolitan districts by 2030 to ease traffic congestion and pollution, according to a resolution passed Tuesday. Past discussions abou...

TORONTO - Word that the federal government has agreed to pay former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr more than $10 million and apologize to him to settle a long-running lawsuit sparked a furious and...

On July 22 a group of brave men and women will take to the top of the Stantec Executive Place and rappel down during the Make a Wish foundation's “Rope for Hope” fundraiser. This is the fi...

EDMONTON – An investigation has been launched into police conduct during the pursuit of a reported stolen truck in Edmonton that ended with one person dead and another in hospital. Police say ju...