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CAIRO - A Libyan army commander whose forces are advancing on Tripoli is rallying his fighters on in defiance of U.N. calls for a weeklong cease-fire to coincide with the start of the fasting month of...

WASHINGTON - Accusing Beijing of "reneging" on commitments it made in earlier talks, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said Monday that the Trump administration will increase its tariffs on ...

WASHINGTON - A House committee is poised to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress - the opening salvo in what could be a lengthy, acrimonious court battle between House Democrats ...

KABUL - The Taliban attacked the offices of an international NGO in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, setting off a huge explosion and battling Afghan security forces in an assault that wounded at leas...

SOFIA, Bulgaria - Pope Francis told refugees Monday in Bulgaria's showcase refugee centre that they are bearing the "cross of humanity," as he pressed his call for the migrant-skeptic Balkan country t...

MOSCOW - A Russian airliner that took off from Moscow was airborne for just 28 minutes before returning to make an emergency landing while still heavy with unburned fuel, which then ignited after a ro...

Three stories in the news for Monday, May 6 --- FEDERAL BYELECTION DAY NANAIMO, B.C. Voters are heading to the polls today to elect a member of Parliament in the B.C. riding of Nanaimo-Ladys...

OTTAWA - Federal Crown prosecutors will reportedly drop their breach-of-trust case against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman today, ending one of the most politically charged cases in Canadian history. Norman'...

CALGARY - A researcher at the University of Calgary says she has developed a method of turning greenhouse gases into valuable carbon nanofibres. Mina Zarabian came up with the concept while&...

EDMONTON - A fight over which horse won a Canadian Derby race in Edmonton two years ago is to be heard in court this week. Queen's Bench Justice June Ross is to look at the results of the Au...