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ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Past and present politicians of all stripes are expected in St. John's, N.L., today to pay their last respects to John Crosbie. The former federal cabinet minister and lieutena...

LONDON - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is chairing a meeting in London today that the federal government hopes will lead to justice and financial compensation for the famil...

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran said Tuesday that authorities have made arrests for the accidental shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane, which killed all 176 people on board and set off protests in the countr...

JERUSALEM - Religious-nationalist parties in Israel joined forces late Wednesday ahead of the country's unprecedented third straight election in one year. The parties came together after weeks of jock...

BERLIN - Germany's foreign minister was flying to Libya on Thursday to meet one of the country's rival leaders, Gen. Khalifa Hifter, in a bid to push forward troubled efforts to secure a cease-fire. G...

WASHINGTON - Officials from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan say they have reached a preliminary agreement aimed at clearing the way for the filling and operation of a $5 billion dam project on the Nile Rive...

TOKYO - One of the Japanese lawyers for former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn has stepped down from that job after his client fled the country. Junichiro Hironaka had been representing Ghosn in his defe...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United States said its participation at this year's World's Fair in Dubai is being made possible by "the generosity of the Emirati government." The U.S. State Departm...

OTTAWA - A new report on how police respond to violence against women in Canada's four northern Inuit regions says researchers have uncovered "systemic racialized policing" there. Inter...

LEMERY, Philippines - A Philippine volcano belched smaller plumes of ash but shuddered continuously with earthquakes and opened cracks in roads Thursday as police blockaded at-risk towns due to fears ...