Category Archives: Canadian Press

BERLIN - Left-wing groups and Berlin residents prevented more than 500 far-right extremists from marching Saturday to the place where high-ranking Nazi official Rudolf Hess died 30 years ago. Police i...

JOHANNESBURG - In a tit-for-tat dispute, Zimbabwe blocked flights by South Africa’s government-owned airline on Saturday amid tensions over allegations that Zimbabwe’s first lady assaulted...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - Survivors picking through the debris of Sierra Leone’s deadly mudslides were facing the reality Saturday that most, if not all, of the hundreds of people missing are dea...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Taliban insurgents attacked a police checkpoint in the southern Helmand province, killing five Afghan police, provincial police officials said Saturday. Gen. Abdul Ghafar Safi,...

RIPOLL, Spain - A missing imam and a house that exploded days ago became the focus Saturday of the investigation into an extremist cell responsible for two deadly attacks in Barcelona and a nearby res...

RENK COUNTY, South Sudan - The United Nations says attacks against aid workers are increasing in South Sudan. A statement by the humanitarian co-ordinator there, Serge Tissot, says the attacks also pu...

GUAHATI, India - Rising floodwaters have inundated large parts of a famous wildlife reserve park in northeastern India, killing more than 225 animals and forcing hundreds of other animals to flee, the...

ABUJA, Nigeria - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari returned to the country Saturday after more than three months in London for medical treatment but the government gave no details on what has been a...

DIEPPE, France - Veterans Affairs Minister Kent Hehr is leading a Canadian government delegation to France to mark the 75th anniversary of the Dieppe raid during the Second World War. The raid, launch...

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $15 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on Aug. 25 will be approximately $22 million. The Canadian Press