The United States has planned to keep its Special Operations forces, which hunt insurgent leaders and train local troops in Afghanistan, despite its decision to end the NATO mission in the war-torn...

Imams across Canada and the United States have issued a moral ruling condemning honour killings, domestic violence and misogyny as "un-Islamic."

Thirty-four imams belonging to the Islamic Supreme...

The Afghan Taliban has denied that the group' leader Mullah Omar wrote any letter to US President Barack Obama, indicating an interest to initiate peace talks.

According to recent media reports,...

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney coasted to a sweeping victory in Nevada caucuses, his second consecutive win in the Republican nomination contests for the right to challenge President...

Diana Sanchez Barrios, the first transsexual woman to seek a seat in Mexico City's municipal assembly, says she is confident of winning.

"This isn't a matter of transsexuality but of capability, and...

As a UN Security Council draft resolution to pressure Syria failed after China and Russia voted against it, India said it backed the motion as it favoured resolving the crisis through a Syrian-led...

US President Barack Obama has called for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to stop the killings in the country and step aside for a democratic transition in the Middle East nation.

Obama said the...

President Barack Obama sings Amazing Grace at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan...

In this photo taken Oct. 8, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court justices pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington. Three justices will turn 80 before the next presidential term ends:...

A successful argument for a government manufacturing policy has to go beyond the feeling that it’s better to produce "real things" than services. American consumers value health care...

Can a Super Bowl spot that doesn’t have dogs, babies and big celebrities possibly be the best spot of the game? Well, this Budweiser spot certainly makes the case for it. It’s a...

Arab and Western leaders are scrambling to find new ways to put pressure on Syria and stop the bloodshed. Any hope of immediate action through the United Nations was blocked Saturday by Russia and...

Joan McLaren (above) says a Winnipeg funeral home picked up the body of her deceased son Adam Kowalchuk (inset) without the...

Play video TORONTO -- The City of Toronto has hammered out a deal with CUPE Local 416. Talks went down to the wire and then into overtime overnight but Sunday morning, a tentative deal was reached...

I can only suggest it is because in this, as in similar cases, our caring authorities are uncomfortable with the idea of a citizenry that retains some common sense and courage when it comes to...

A US trade adviser appointed by Barack Obama orchestrated a deal to buy gold worth millions of dollars from a wanted Congolese warlord, according to a UN report.Kase Lawal, a Nigerian-born US oil...

WHISTLER, B.C. -- Canada's Lyndon Rush and Jesse Lumsden won their first two-man bobsled World Cup gold medal on Friday. The duo topped the podium with a two-run time of one minute 44.14...

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said reports that Omar had sent a letter indicating an interest in talks key to ending the war in Afghanistan were "baseless...

Washington o President Barack Obama is rallying support for his plan to expand government assistance to homeowners, pressuring Congress to help lower lending rates for millions of strapped...

Canada's Jan Hudec celebrates after winning an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill, in Chamonix, France, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Mario...

I'd go with "economic woes" as a factor. I can't see some family, who is having a hard time making ends meet because one or both parents lost their jobs thanks to the casino...

February 5, 2012 Mexican police arrested the reputed head of a Sinaloa drug cartel assassination ring who is accused of plotting a massacre at a drug rehabilitation center. Federal police arrested...

CAIRO – The son of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is among 19 Americans being referred to criminal trial for allegedly receiving foreign funds illegally and being involved in banned...

A would-be robber was killed in New Jersey when his intended victims fought back, police say. Gian Davis, 30, approached two college students around 1:30 a.m. Saturday and asked to use a cellphone...

Queen Elizabeth II ventured out in the cold to attend church Sunday on the eve of her Diamond Jubilee, just as Canada gears up for a major week-long celebration marking her 60 years on the throne. ...

U.S. President Barack Obama looks at cars during a visit to the DC Auto Show at the Convention Center on January 31, 2012 on Washington, DC. UPI/Olivier...

The City of Toronto and the union representing 6,000 of its outside workers have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract that averts a work...

Mexican federal police announced they had arrested a man suspected of plotting a 2009 massacre in Juarez that killed 17 people at a drug rehabilitation center. Police said Jose Antonio Torres...

Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird, seen in the House of Commonson November 16, on Tuesday announced a reduction in Canada's embassy staff in Damascus,...

In October, Laura Zuniga, athletic and 5 feet 7 inches tall, posed sleekly for the paparazzi. She wore an alluring pink dress and, more importantly, the coveted crown of Miss Hispanic America. Just...

The left-hander had been receiving treatment for what was thought to be a non-malignant tumour in his lungs since November last year, but the situation has worsened. It has been revealed that it is...

US President Barack Obama participates in an interview with YouTube and Google from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, as seen on a laptop in the Brady Press Briefing Room. (AFP...

An Air Canada plane landed safely after being forced to return to Sydney Airport because of smoke in the cabin, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said on Thursday.The plane landed in...

Mexican President Felipe Calderon (L) and his Guatemalan counterpart Alvaro Colom arrive at a joint press conference at the official residence Los Pinos, in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on July...

HOPE MILLS, N.C. -; North Carolina authorities say they used a stun gun on a woman motorist who blocked a McDonald's drive-thru for 20 minutes after employees refused to serve her because she...

According to a WMUR/University of New Hampshire poll off likely 2012 general election voters, Mr. Paul stacks up better against President Barack Obama in New Hampshire than former Massachusetts...

business cycle was still in full effect. Nothing’s changed in other words, since 2001 - or more pertinently 2008, when according to our elvish analysis the fiat-dollar economy, worldwide,...

February 5, 2012 In another example that we appear to be rapidly moving into a cashless society, Bank of America in California refused to accept cash for a mortgage payment. The manager of the bank...