The killing of a top Iranian military commander via a U.S.-ordered airstrike has been met with resounding criticism by the Democratic presidential hopefuls aiming to prevent the man who ordered the operation from winning a second term.
An Iraqi official says an airstrike north of Baghdad has hit two cars carrying members of Iran-backed militia, one day after a U.S. airstrike killed top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
Canada has several hundred CF personnel deployed in Iraq on two missions: Operation Impact, which is Canada's contribution to the global coalition's war against the Islamic State (ISIS), and the NATO mission to Iraq, a Baghdad-based training mission. It also maintains diplomatic offices in Baghdad and Erbil.
The U.S. Federal Reserve's policy-making committee saw much less risk of recession at its most recent meeting in December, when it kept interest rates steady after three straight cuts and signalled that it expected to keep low rates unchanged through this year.
Experts are warning that Iran might retaliate violently after the United States killed its military leader Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad. Here's a list of Canadian deployments in the Middle East.
A survivor of a fatal Alaska crab boat tragedy said the crew went from "sleeping to swimming in about 10 minutes" as rough seas and icing threatened to sink their boat.
The United Methodist Church plans to split into two denominations later this year, church officials said Friday, a schism that follows years of contention over whether the church should end its ban on gay marriage and ordination of gay clergy.
Chinese health authorities are trying to identify what is causing an outbreak of pneumonia in the central city of Wuhan, officials said on Friday, as the tally of cases rose to 44 and Singapore said it would screen arrivals on flights from there.
Russia has halted oil supplies to Belarus as talks on strengthening economic ties remained stalled over concerns that Russia could effectively swallow up its neighbour.
Three crashes involving Teslas that killed three people have increased scrutiny of the company's Autopilot driving system, just months before CEO Elon Musk has planned to put fully self-driving cars on the streets.
U.S. health officials will begin cracking down on most flavoured e-cigarettes that are popular with underage teenagers, but their plan includes major exceptions that benefit vaping manufacturers, retailers and adults who use the nicotine-delivery devices.
One of the largest evacuations in Australia's history was underway Friday ahead of hot weather and strong winds that are forecast to worsen devastating wildfires across the country.
A Turkish airline company says its jets were used illegally in ex-Nissan chair Carlos Ghosn's escape from Japan. Istanbul-based MNG Jet said an employee falsified records and Ghosn's name did not appear on any documentation related to the flights.
