OTTAWA, CANADA- Canada has agreed to resettle another 10,000 Syrian and 3,000 Iraqi refugees over the next three years in response to a UN plea for help, the immigration minister announced Wednesday....
NEW YORK, US- It dates back to 1795, and has been dubbed the oldest time capsule in America. On Tuesday, a museum in Boston re-opened the relic, last seen over a century and a half ago. The Museum of...
LONDON, UK- Britain's newspapers rallied behind their French counterparts on Thursday following the horrific terror attack on magazine Charlie Hebdo that left 12 dead, urging them not to restrain...
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA, Ian Geoffrey Timberlake- A weak global economy is the main reason for "tensions" in world oil markets, Saudi Arabia's crown prince said Tuesday, in a speech on behalf of ailing...
BEIRUT, LEBANON- At least 24 Islamic State jihadists were killed in clashes with Kurdish fighters Tuesday in the Syrian town of Kobane, where a battle has raged for almost four months, a monitoring...
MIAMI, US, Kerry Sheridan- NASA is closer than ever to finding a twin for the Earth, astronomers said Tuesday, announcing the discovery of eight new planets that circle in the habitable zones of...
MILAN, ITALY- Packed in like cattle and huddled under blankets on the cold, bare floor, this is the scene aboard the Moldovan-flagged Blue Sky M cargo ship which people traffickers left drifting...
BEIRUT, LEBANON- Kurdish fighters have seized the security and government district of Syria's Kobane from the Islamic State jihadist group and now control 80 percent of the border town, a monitoring...
MIAMI, US- Children who have access to tablets or smartphones in their bedrooms get less sleep than children who do not have the devices with them at night, a US study said Monday. The findings in...
CHAMPLAN, FRANCE, Clément Zampa- French officials expressed shock and disgust Sunday after the mayor of a Paris suburb refused to allow the two-and-a-half month old baby of a Roma family to be buried...
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