Canada's Federal Court of Appeal has overturned the previous government's controversial approval of a pipeline proposal that would bring oil to the Pacific Coast for shipment to Asia.
Iran's official news agency says authorities have removed the chiefs of four of the country's major commercial banks from their posts for receiving "unconventionally" high salaries.
A 13-year-old Jewish girl who was stabbed to death in her bed by a Palestinian attacker on Thursday was an American citizen, the State Department said.
Japanese prosecutors charged a U.S. military contractor Thursday with the murder and rape of a 20-year-old woman on Okinawa, a high-profile case that has renewed anti-American base sentiment on the southern Japanese island.
Liberia is assuming responsibility for its security for the first time since civil war ended in the West African country 13 years ago, a move welcomed by U.N.
Some of Rio de Janeiro's busy soup kitchens are shutting down because the cash-strapped state has failed to pay suppliers that serve cheap meals to the poor.
The mastermind of Tuesday’s Istanbul airport massacre appears to be a one-armed Chechen terrorist who trained Russian-speaking militants, had a long history of supporting terror and was known as “Akhmed One-Arm,” according to several government documents and regional media reports.
Canada is launching a task force to study the regulation of recreational marijuana ahead of a legalization measure the government plans to send to parliament in the Spring of 2007.
Though lacking the support from the opposition, the Albanian Parliament has passed a plan to bring a judicial reform package to a vote next month, a dangerous move that could bring down the government.
The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a decree lifting restrictions on tourism to Turkey following its' apology for downing a Russian warplane last year.
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is calling on member states to aggressively carry out sanctions aimed at curbing North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile tests.
The U.N.'s Mideast envoy says a report by international mediators will call on Israel and the Palestinians to urgently reverse key obstacles to peace — Israeli settlement expansion, the Palestinian Authority's lack of control over Gaza, and continuing violence, terrorism and incitement.
Three masked gunmen have robbed an armored car at Tirana International Airport despite increased security following the suicide bombing in Istanbul earlier this week.
Embattled Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has been criticized for comments made during the release of an independent inquiry into anti-Semitism in party ranks.
Lebanon's state-run news agency says a judge has indicted three people in the case of a botched attempt to kidnap two Australian-Lebanese children caught up in a custody battle earlier this year.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Finland on Friday is expected to focus on cementing ties with its neighboring Western country amid heightened tensions in the region over sanctions and the Ukraine crisis.