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AMMAN, Jordan - The U.N. agency for refugees said Tuesday that it has confirmed two coronavirus cases in the Azraq camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan. They are the first infections to be detected amon...

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's state television, citing an unnamed official, announced on Tuesday that British-Iranian dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is facing a new charge. The report did not elabora...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is naming his shadow cabinet, including his predecessor Andrew Scheer as the party's infrastructure critic. O'Toole is keeping Ontario's Pierre Poilievre as f...

NEW YORK - The path that brought rapper and activist Genesis Be to a New York City stage, her body draped in a Confederate flag and a noose hung around her neck, was a long one. Growing up in Mississi...

The 166 remaining Tour de France riders have been cleared to continue racing ahead of Tuesday's Stage 10 after undergoing COVID-19 tests, but the race director is going home. Tour organizers said that...

KYIV, Ukraine - A leading opposition activist in Belarus was held on the border Tuesday after she resisted authorities' attempt to force her to leave the country. Maria Kolesnikova, a member of the Co...

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 8 ... What...

OTTAWA - A prominent human-rights organization says Canada is failing to bring suspected war criminals to justice. In a newly released report, Amnesty International Canada depicts the f...

EDMONTON - The Alberta Review Board is to get an update today on the progress of a mentally ill man who stabbed five young people to death at a Calgary house party six years ago. Matthe...

CALGARY - Several women are expected to speak in court today about a retired Calgary neurologist who sexually assaulted them. Keith Hoyte pleaded guilty in January to assaulting 28 female patients ove...