Category Archives: Canadian Press

BEIRUT - Syrian troops repelled a rebel advance near Aleppo on Monday, forcing opposition forces to retreat from positions they seized a day earlier as heavy fighting continued in the country’s ...

BRISTOL, Conn. - ESPN will televise the European Championship in 2020 for the fourth straight time. The network said Monday it had acquired U.S. English-language broadcast rights to the tournament, wh...

LUSAKA, Zambia - Zambia’s president has been re-elected in a closely contested vote over the main opposition leader, the country’s election panel said Monday. However, opposition allegatio...

ATLANTA - In a story Aug. 14 about the fatal shooting of a police officer in Eastman, Georgia, The Associated Press, relying on information provided by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, reported er...

KATHMANDU, Nepal - A bus filled with people travelling to their home villages in Nepal to receive the first government payments for victims of last year’s devastating earthquake slipped off a na...

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey has summoned officials from Austria and Sweden to protest against news reports and Twitter comments in the two countries relating to a Turkish constitutional Court ruling on ch...

LOS ANGELES - Multiple Grammy Award-winning singer Adele says she turned down an offer to perform at the 2017 Super Bowl halftime show. The British singer told an audience Saturday at her Los Angeles ...

BERLIN - Swiss police say a search has been carried out at the residence in neighbouring Liechtenstein of a man who attacked passengers on a train with a knife and burning liquid. Saturday’s att...

BERLIN - Turkey’s foreign minister says Ankara needs defenceco-operation with countries outside NATO because some Western partners are unwilling to sell his nation equipment or exchange informat...

JERUSALEM - The Israeli military says troops have demolished the home of the family of a Palestinian who stabbed an Israeli teenage girl to death. It says the home of 17-year-old Mohammed TarayrehR...