Thousands of Jews attended prayers at the Western Wall in Jerusalem to observe the start of the Tisha B'av fasting day on Monday night, days after violence shook the city. Prayer leaders read aloud...
Thousands more Canadians were warned Monday they could face evacuation under threat of huge forest fires that have already forced some 37,000 people from their homes in the west of the country in the...
Thousands of people fled their homes in western Canada over the weekend as strong winds fanned forest fires that have ravaged British Columbia province for more than a week. The inferno's progress...
As Caesar sits astride a horse rallying his legions to battle you'd be forgiven for thinking you were watching a Roman-era war epic -- except that the protagonist is a chimpanzee. "War for the Planet...
A brash businessman with martial arts skills was leading Mongolia's first-ever presidential runoff election early Saturday after a scandal-plagued race to take the helm of the resource-rich but...
The United Nations declared the Old City of Hebron a heritage site on Friday, sparking Israeli fury and Palestinian jubiliation. Hebron claims to be one of the world's oldest cities, dating from the...
UNESCO on Friday declared the Old City of Hebron an endangered world heritage site, sparking outrage from Israel in a new spat at the international body. Meeting in Poland, the UN's cultural arm...
Mongolians head to the polls on Friday in the country's first-ever presidential runoff after the first round elections failed to produce a clear winner following campaigns tainted by corruption...
The United Nations' cultural arm will decide whether to declare the Old City of Hebron a protected zone this week, the latest Israeli-Palestinian spat at the international body. Hebron in the...
Modern-day Hong Kong is best known for its sprawl of skyscrapers, a bustling financial hub off the southern coast of mainland China and a regional conduit for trade. But the territory was once a...
The United States slapped a new anti-dumping tax on Canadian softwood lumber, the latest escalation in a trade dispute that began with an initial set of duties on exports from America's northern...
Mongolians pick a new president Monday after a campaign marred by corruption scandals plaguing all three candidates, from jobs for cash to offshore accounts and donations from an alleged cult. The...
Ubisoft's blockbuster "Assassin's Creed" video game is heading for Egypt, taking the serial's storyline back to an ancient world and overhauling play to reignite its top franchise. The French video...
A 12-year-old girl from California has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee after a tense final in Washington. Ananya Vinay from Fresno correctly spelled the word marocain – a type of dress fabric...
It was the scenario that residents of Emerson, Man., had been fearing for months — that someone among the throngs who have been crossing the border illegally recently would wind up dead, either...
A 57-year-old woman believed to be from Ghana was found dead near the U. S.-Manitoba border last week after officials say she likely attempted to cross into Canada. The Kittson County Sheriff’s...
Remote mountains in Papua New Guinea could be home to some of the world's tallest trees at extreme altitudes, scientists said Wednesday, with a new study questioning assumptions about forests at such...
Lauryn Hill and Nas will be taking their legendary sounds and infectious tunes on the road together for their North American tour. The Live Nation experience will begin on Sept. 7 in Chicago, and...
The first of the many wondrous artefacts found in Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun's tomb were transported carefully through Cairo's streets on Tuesday to their new home near the Giza Pyramids. The...
The legendary treasure of ancient Egypt's boy king Tutankhamun, whose tomb British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor in 1922, is shrouded in mystery. The...
