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The latest on the Ukrainian plane crash that killed 176 people, including at least 63 Canadians, in Iran: All times Eastern. 8:15 p A family member says Firouzeh Madani and Naser Pourshaban, a No...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - John Crosbie, a former federal cabinet minister and lieutenant-governor of Newfoundland and Labrador who was known as much for his sharp wit as for his politics, has died ...

BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi has told the U.S. secretary of state to send a delegation to Iraq tasked with formulating the mechanism for the withdrawal of U.S troops from Iraq, acco...

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran struck back at the United States early Wednesday for killing its most powerful military commander, firing a barrage of ballistic missiles at two Iraqi military bases that house Ame...

Newlyweds, a toddler and university students returning to their studies were among 138 people travelling to Canada who died Wednesday morning when a Ukrainian passenger plane crashed shortly...

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 10: What we are watching i...

NAIROBI, Kenya - A car bomb exploded at a checkpoint in Somalia's capital Wednesday morning, killing three people and wounding six others, a local official said. The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremis...

CANBERRA, Australia - As his country burned, Australia's prime minister was cursed and jeered out of a town, called an "idiot," a "moron" and worse, and skewered at home and abroad for his dismissive ...

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 8: What we are watching in...

OTTAWA - A new poll finds Conservative voters are far more sure about what they want in a new leader for their party than they are about who should fill that job. A Leger Marketing survey suggest...