Category Archives: Canadian Press

CAIRO - Egypt’s president says he wants a prominent militant captured in Libya this week extradited so that he can be “held accountable.” Thursday’s comments by President Abdel...

OTTAWA - Eighteen years after a Halifax-area man was gunned down for having an affair with an outlaw biker’s girlfriend, the Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear an appeal in the case agai...

LONDON - A fund set up by British celebrities as part of the Time’s Up movement says it has awarded more than 1 million pounds ($1.3 million) to help women who have experienced sexual harassment...

NEW DELHI - Indian actresses and writers have flooded social media in recent days with allegations of sexual harassment and assault, releasing pent-up frustration with a law that was lauded internatio...

MIAMI - Tropical Storm Michael has sped off toward the Atlantic Ocean, but there will be nothing quick about Florida’s recovery from the hurricane, where rows upon rows of homes have been smashe...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump defended continuing huge sales of U.S. weapons to Saudi Arabia on Thursday despite rising pressure from lawmakers to punish the kingdom over the disappearance of a ...

TORONTO - A majority of Canadian girls and young women have found the #MeToo movement heartening when it comes to the prospects of increased gender equality, but feel they still face discrimination, a...

YEREVAN, Armenia - Michaelle Jean made a public plea to hold on to her post as secretary general of la Francophonie Thursday, urging member nations not to allow the defence of rights and democracy to ...

TEL AVIV, Israel - An American graduate student who has been held in detention while fighting an expulsion order over her involvement in the boycott movement against Israel appeared in court on Thursd...

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - The problem came two minutes into the flight: The rocket carrying an American and a Russian to the International Space Station failed Thursday, triggering an emergency that sent...