Category Archives: Canadian Press

CAMEROON, Cameroon - Irish rock star Bono warned Monday that the United Nations and other international institutions including the European Union and NATO are under threat - and nations must work toge...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A 7-year-old Alaskan husky is credited with helping rescue an injured woman hiking a trail east of Anchorage, Alaska. The dog named Nanook helped pull Amelia Milling to shore after...

BEIRUT - Syrians working to uncover mass graves in an area once ruled by the Islamic State group need help to preserve evidence, identify human remains and shed more light on the horrors perpetrated b...

DHAKA, Bangladesh - The international Red Cross leader said Tuesday that humanitarian help alone will not solve the Rohingya refugee crisis and inclusive political solutions are needed for the 700,000...

BALTIMORE - A man charged with slaying five people at a Maryland newspaper sent three letters on the day of the attack, police said, including one that said he was on his way to the Capital Gazette ne...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The rival Koreas on Wednesday began two days of friendly basketball games in Pyongyang in their latest goodwill gesture amid a diplomatic push to resolve the nuclear stando...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Two men charged in a California warehouse fire that killed 36 people agreed to a plea deal Tuesday during an emotional hearing where the judge read the name of each victim aloud, bri...

Montreal police say a six-year-old child has died in hospital after being found unconscious in a swimming pool. Authorities were called to a residential complex in the city’s Saint-Leonard distr...

Kickoffs have been called football’s most dangerous play, and in the NFL they generated a heated off-season debate that resulted in changes aimed at making the game safer. And yet in Canada, the...

Reducing Toronto’s escalating gun violence, which has claimed 22 lives so far this year, will require social change and not a police crackdown, politicians and crime researchers say. Ramping up ...