Category Archives: Canadian Press

London firefighters combed through a burned-out public housing tower Thursday in a grim search for missing people as police and the prime minister launched investigations into the deadly inferno, with...

WASHINGTON - On the day that gunfire shattered the morning calm of suburban Washington, dozens of family members of those killed by past gun violence had gathered in the capital to lobby against Repub...

SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. - The man credited by law enforcement with holding two Georgia prison escapees at gunpoint until police arrived rejected the “hero” label on Friday, and said credit shou...

KABUL - The Islamic State group says it has captured Tora Bora, a mountain hideout in Afghanistan once used by Osama bin Laden, but the Taliban on Thursday dismissed the claim, saying they were still ...

WASHINGTON - Manufacturing in New York state rebounded this month to the highest level since September 2014, another sign of strength for America’s factories. The Federal Reserve Bank of New Yor...

ISTANBUL - A Turkish court has convicted a United Nations judge of membership in an extremist group, the country’s state run news agency reported; a conviction that drew a rebuke Thursday from t...

CANBERRA, Australia - Australia’s prime minister on Friday denied he was impersonating President Donald Trump during an off-the-record speech he gave at Parliament House, describing his performa...

TOKYO - Japan’s ruling coalition pushed a contentious bill through parliament Thursday that makes it a crime to plan a crime. The government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the new law, which ...

ISTANBUL - Turkey’s main opposition party set off on a 425-kilometre (265-mile) march Thursday from the capital to an Istanbul prison to protest the conviction of one of its lawmakers. Thousands...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A deal between the United States and Qatar for F-15 fighter jets and a visit to Doha by two American warships on Thursday showed the vital military links Washington maint...