Category Archives: Canadian Press

Birthplace doesn't necessarily guarantee citizenship, feds tell Supreme Court
OTTAWA - International law does not require Canada to give citizenship to babies born on its soil, the federal government is telling the Supreme Court - an argument that could inadvertently bolster a ...
Sep 08, 2018
Afghan official: 16 people killed in traffic accident
KABUL - An Afghan official says at least 16 people, including women and children, have been killed in a traffic accident in the country’s southern Kandahar province. Aziz Ahmad Azizi, spokesman ...
Sep 08, 2018
Iran: US seeks talks amid increasing economic pressure
TEHRAN, Iran - President Hassan Rouhani says Iran routinely receives invitations from the U.S. for talks even as the country is pressured by the U.S. in the form of sanctions. Rouhani said Saturday in...
Sep 08, 2018

Ex-Trump campaign adviser sentenced to 14 days in prison
WASHINGTON - George Papadopoulos, the Trump campaign adviser who triggered the Russia investigation, was sentenced to 14 days in prison Friday after he told a judge he was “deeply embarrassed an...
Sep 08, 2018
UN envoy to Yemen seeks to downplay non-start of talks
SANAA, Yemen - The U.N. special envoy to Yemen sought to downplay the significance of the failure of peace talks to start, saying on Saturday that he would head back to Yemen and neighbouring Oman ...
Sep 08, 2018

Bombings and air raids kill 4 in Syria's rebel-held Idlib
BEIRUT - Syrian government and Russian warplanes on Saturday targeted the southern edge of Idlib province in what activists described as the most intense airstrikes in weeks, ratcheting up military pr...
Sep 08, 2018

Egypt court sends 75 to death, 47 to life over 2013 sit-in
CAIRO - An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced 75 people to death, including top leaders of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, for their involvement in a 2013 sit-in protest by Islamists that was broke...
Sep 08, 2018
US lacks leverage as assault on Syrian enclave looms
WASHINGTON - Despite dire U.S. warnings and fears of a humanitarian disaster, the Trump administration has little leverage to stop Russia, Iran and Syria pressing ahead with a massive military assault...
Sep 08, 2018
Family of 3 run over by London subway train, escape unhurt
LONDON - British police say a family of three had an amazing escape after falling into the path of a London subway train. The British Transport Police force says a mother pushing a child in stroller t...
Sep 08, 2018
UK looks at easing divorce law after high-profile court case
LONDON - The British government wants to make it easier for couples to divorce, spurred by the case of a woman ordered to stay in what she called a loveless marriage. The Supreme Court ruled in July t...
Sep 08, 2018