MONTREAL, Canada -- Canada repatriated four women and 10 children from Islamic State camps in northeastern Syria this week, police said on Friday. This is the fourth repatriation operation conducted by the Canadian government of its nationals held in camps under Islamic State (IS) control in Syria....
ANTIGUA, Guatemala -- Thousands of Guatemalan worshippers wearing black hoods and purple tunics funnel slowly through the streets of Antigua carrying images of Jesus over a multicolored carpet of flowers and scented sawdust as somber music rings out. Guatemala's Holy Week celebrations, which mix...
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid condemned Turkey on Saturday for bombarding an area near Sulaimaniyah airport in the autonomous Kurdish region, a flashpoint between the two governments. "Turkish military operations against the Kurdistan region continue to take place, the last...
JERUSALEM -- Israel began calling up police and army reservists Saturday after separate attacks killed three people, including an Italian tourist, in Tel Aviv and the occupied West Bank. Despite appeals for restraint, violence has surged since Israeli police clashed with Palestinians inside...
WASHINGTON, United States --Â A federal judge in Texas overturned the two-decade-old approval of a safe and effective abortion pill on Friday, the latest volley in a conservative battle against reproductive rights in the United States. If it stands, the ruling by a Donald Trump appointee would...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday showered attention on three Tennessee officials targeted for expulsion from the state legislature over their support for gun control, as the fracas escalated into a major national row over race and...
BEIJING, China --Â China launched military drills around Taiwan on Saturday, in what it called a "stern warning" to the self-ruled island's government following a meeting between its president and the US House speaker. Dubbed "United Sharp Sword", the three-day operation -- which state media said...
PARIS, France - French prosecutors are seeking to try 14 people over the beheading of a teacher by an Islamic extremist in 2020, a crime that shocked France, a source close to the case told AFP on Friday. The most serious charges -- complicity in a terrorist murder -- have been recommended...
BANGKOK, Thailand - A court in junta-ruled Myanmar jailed a high-profile Christian pastor for six years on Friday on charges of terrorism and illegal assembly, his lawyer said. Since seizing power from Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government in February 2021, Myanmar's military has regularly...
ANKARA, Turkey - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday threatened to abandon a landmark grain deal with Ukraine if obstacles to Moscow's exports remained. Negotiated in July by Turkey and the United Nations, the agreement allows Ukraine -- one of the world's top grain producers...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Fifteen of the EU's 27 member states are backing legal action by Brussels against Hungary over a law Budapest has passed that is deemed discriminatory against LGBT+ people. On Thursday, France and Germany added their names to the list supporting the lawsuit brought by the...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - A South African pilot who made an emergency landing after a venomous snake crawled into his seat was praised by the authorities Friday for "displaying impeccable bravery". Rudolf Erasmus was flying a small private aircraft with four passengers from Bloemfontein to...
