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A central Alberta man pleaded guilty this week to manslaughter in the shooting death of a man in Stettler last spring. John Roland Savage, 52, entered the surprise plea at a preliminary hearing in Red...

DALLAS - Former President George W. Bush treated his Secret Service detail to pizza to show his appreciation for their service without paychecks during the partial government shutdown. A photo posted ...

ANKARA, Turkey - A U.S. withdrawal from Syria that has not been thought through would lead to “chaos” and “an Iraq on steroids,” Sen. Lindsey Graham warned Saturday, urging Pre...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The Ethiopian National Defence Force on Saturday confirmed an ambush by al-Shabab extremists on an Ethiopian peacekeeping convoy in neighbouring Somalia and said Ethiopian forc...

LONDON - Britain’s opposition Labour Party is calling for an “open and frank debate” on the government’s stalled Brexit plan and an increased role for Parliament in managing Br...

WASHINGTON - In a bid to break the shutdown stalemate, President Donald Trump on Saturday offered to extend temporary protections for young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children and those f...

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Bavarian allies elected a new leader Saturday, a change that offers Germany’s centre-right a chance to move past their persistent bickering over recent ...

MULTAN, Pakistan - Counter-terrorism officers killed four insurgents, including two women, in a shootout on a highway in eastern Punjab province on Saturday, officials said. Senior officer Rai Tahir s...

BENGHAZI, Libya - A freelance journalist who contributed to The Associated Press and other news organizations was killed Saturday in the Libyan capital, a colleague said. Mohamed Ben Khalifa, who was ...

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. - A solemn procession. A long salute. A chaplain’s prayer. President Donald Trump travelled to Delaware’s Dover Air Force Base on Saturday to pay his respects to...