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ISTANBUL - A Kurdish militant group has claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack in Turkey’s southeast, following a claim by the Islamic State group for the same attack. TAK, also known as t...

TORONTO - After returning from Rwanda, retired lieutenant-general Romeo Dallaire avoided Remembrance Day “like the plague.” The prospect of donning his uniform for a public ceremony, or ev...

MIAMI - On the first day she was eligible to vote as a new American citizen, Nancy Osores left home before her pizzeria shift, got on a bus and rode it to a place in her new country’s political ...

MONTREAL - Eight months since arriving in Montreal as Syrian refugees, Dania Saad and her husband, Samir Altabra, continue to receive monthly cheques of $1,000 from their private sponsors. The cash be...

MONTREAL - Statistics regarding Syrian refugees in Quebec: Number Quebec accepted in 2015: 2,166 (2,151 privately sponsored; 15 government-sponsored) Number Quebec accepted in 2016 (as of Oct. 10): 4,...

BERLIN - Volkswagen says German prosecutors have widened their investigation of the emissions scandal to include the chairman of the company’s board of directors. Hans Dieter Poetsch was VW̵...

BEIRUT - Kurdish-led Syrian forces began an offensive Sunday to liberate the Islamic State group’s de facto capital of Raqqa, clashing with the extremists north of the Syrian city and warning ne...

VANCOUVER - Students returning Monday to a B.C. high school where a Grade 9 girl was stabbed to death will need long-term support to prevent further tragedies years from now, says a mother whose son w...

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for Saturday night’s $30 million Lotto 649 jackpot. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in British Columbia. The jackpot ...

Saturday’s Games CFL Montreal 32 Hamilton 25 Edmonton 41 Toronto 17 B.C. 41 Saskatchewan 18 — NHL Toronto 6 Vancouver 3 Montreal 5 Philadelphia 4 Edmonton 4 N.Y. Islanders 3 (SO) Buffalo 2...