Category Archives: Canadian Press

KABUL - A Taliban suicide bomber disguised as a woman rammed his motorcycle into an international convoy, killing a NATO soldier and two Afghan civilians in an attack north of the Afghan capital, the ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The U.S. military on Friday confirmed it killed a high-level commander of the al-Shabab extremist group with an airstrike in Somalia over the weekend, targeting a man blamed for p...

Beijing is intensifying its warnings to Indian troops to get out of a contested region high in the Himalayas where China, India and Bhutan meet, saying China’s “restraint has its limits...

MADRID - Security workers checking carry-on luggage at Barcelona’s airport began partial strikes Friday, threatening more queuing chaos for passengers at one of Europe’s most popular airpo...

PHOENIX - A summer storm in Phoenix brought lightning, strong winds and sheets of rain that flooded streets, delayed flights and left thousands of people temporarily without power Thursday evening. Th...

TORONTO - Canadian rockers Bryan Adams and Bachman & Turner will perform at the closing ceremonies of the Invictus Games in Toronto this fall. French-Canadian singer-songwriter Coeur de pirate and...

OTTAWA - The economy extended its winning streak in July, posting its eighth consecutive month of job growth while the unemployment rate dropped to its lowest point since the start of the financial cr...

MOSCOW - A flood in a Russian diamond mine left nine people missing Friday, the mine’s owner said. Water surged into the Mir mine in Siberia while 142 people were down in the pit, state-controll...

LEIGHTON, Ala. - Some of the stories about Theron Christopher “T.C.” Dawson Sr. read like something out of an adventure novel or reality television show about men who live and make their l...

HALIFAX - An unlikely partnership between marine scientists and beer maestros is behind a new shark-inspired brew. Cape Breton’s Big Spruce Brewing just launched the beer in partnership with Dal...