Ottawa--A former Canadian MP and parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Stephen Harper was sentenced Thursday to a month in prison for election overspending...
Ottawa--A former Canadian MP and parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Stephen Harper was sentenced Thursday to a month in prison for election overspending...
The Hague--The Palestinian Authority on Thursday presented a first batch of evidence to the International Criminal Court in support of its campaign to...
Johannesburg---President Jacob Zuma was on Thursday due to release the official report into the police killing of 34 South African striking workers at...
Washington--The US Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a disputed portion of President Barack Obama's landmark health care reform, in a major legacy-building victory...
Naypyidaw, Myanmar--Myanmar's parliament Thursday dealt a decisive blow to Aung San Suu Kyi's hopes of amending the junta-era constitution that bars her from...
Beirut--Islamic State group fighters executed at least 23 Syrian Kurds, among them women and children, in a village south of the border town...
Ahmedabad, India--Flash flooding triggered by torrential rains has killed 41 people in India's western Gujarat state, as the annual monsoon season hits the...
Tehran--Iran held a joint funeral on Thursday for three nationals killed fighting the Islamic State group alongside forces of its close ally Syria,...
Aden--A drone strike has killed four suspected Al-Qaeda militants in southeast Yemen, a front-line in the US war on the jihadist network, a...
Vienna--Washington and Tehran have set the stage for a heated last weekend of nuclear talks, with Iran's leader sticking to tough "red lines"...
London--A speech by Queen Elizabeth II warning against "division" in Europe as Prime Minister David Cameron plans a referendum on Britain's EU membership...
Lazarat, Albania---A police officer was killed and two others seriously wounded Wednesday during a shootout in an Albanian village known as a "cannabis...
Bujumbura, Burundi--Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza's controversial bid to stand for a third consecutive term in office was dealt a fresh blow on Thursday...
Juba--Warring forces in South Sudan have abducted as many as a thousand more child soldiers in the latest abuses in the 18-month long...
Seoul---North Korea urged the world to join its struggle to "dismember the gangster US imperialists" in a statement released Thursday to mark the...
Johannesburg--South Africa said Thursday it may withdraw from the International Criminal Court after an outcry over the government's refusal to arrest Sudanese President...
Manila--The Philippines said Thursday it wants to acquire defence equipment from Japan, as the two allies strengthen defence ties in the face of...
Beirut--The Islamic State group launched a two-pronged offensive in northern Syria on Thursday after several setbacks, re-entering the symbolic battleground town of Kobane...
