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BEIRUT - In a move that could reverberate across the Middle East, Iran confirmed Wednesday that Russia is using its territory to launch airstrikes in Syria even as a second wave of Moscow’s bomb...

WASHINGTON - Russia’s use of an Iranian air base to bomb targets in Syria sends a message to Washington as it weighs a military partnership with Moscow: Join us or we’ll look to your enemi...

OTTAWA: The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says they are trying to avoid another strike vote, as contract talks with Canada Post remain stalled. CUPW president Mike Palecek says he’s worried t...

MANILA, Philippines - An Indonesian sailor swam to freedom Wednesday almost two months after he was abducted from a tugboat in the southern Philippines by Abu Sayyaf militants who threatened to behead...

NATUNA ISLANDS, Indonesia - Indonesia marked its Independence Day on Wednesday by sinking 60 foreign ships seized for fishing illegally in the country’s waters. Maritime and Fisheries Minister S...

BERLIN - Backpacks and other large bags will be banned from this year’s Oktoberfest and a fence will be erected in an effort to increase security after recent attacks rattled Germany, Munich cit...

JUBA, South Sudan - The United Nations secretary-general is launching an independent investigation into allegations that U.N. peacekeepers did not respond to prevent multiple cases of abuse and sexual...

NAIROBI, Kenya - The soldier pointed his AK-47 at the female aid worker and gave her a choice. “Either you have sex with me, or we make every man here rape you and then we shoot you in the head,...

VANCOUVER - A study by the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS is calling for more doctors across Canada to be formally trained to diagnose and treat patients addicted to drugs. Dr. Eva...

RIO DE JANEIRO - A senior international Olympic official was taken to a hospital Wednesday after police came to his hotel to arrest him as part of a probe into ticket scalping. Ireland’s Patrick...