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KABUL - After nearly 20 years since the ouster of the Taliban and billions of dollars spent on infrastructure and aid, many Afghan women still have desperately poor access to health facilities and ade...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. military may continue to train Afghan security forces, but do it in other countries after American forces leave Afghanistan, the top U.S. military officer said Thursday, calling ...

KYIV, Ukraine - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed Washington's support for Ukraine at a meeting Thursday with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the wake of Kyiv's heightened tensions wi...

Former NHL player and longtime broadcaster Nick Kypreos doesn't believe stiffer discipline against Washington's Tom Wilson would've prevented what ensued in the Capitals-New York Rangers game Wednesda...

The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce was largely pleased with the announcement by the province of a three-phase plan for lifting restrictions this summer.COO Linda Machniak said it was encouraging to h...

TORONTO - Blue Jays outfielder George Springer is not expected to be ready to return to Toronto's lineup when his latest stint on the 10-day injured list ends May 13, general manager Ross Atkins said ...

MONTREAL - Quebec's public prosecutions bureau says it hasn't issued tickets or filed criminal charges for violations of the national health order requiring travellers arriving in Canada to quarantine...

MALE, Maldives - Maldives' first democratically elected president and current Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed has been injured in a blast Thursday near his home and was being treated in a hospital ...

EDMONTON - Alberta is changing how it calculates the payments oilsands mines make to ensure there's enough money to clean up the mess they leave behind. The province says the decision is in reaction t...

BOISE, Idaho - A shooting at an eastern Idaho middle school Thursday injured two students and a custodian, and a male student has been taken into custody, authorities said. The victims' injuries were ...