People walk past a "Better Together" pro-union campaign shop in Edinburgh on September 9, 2014, ahead of Scotland's independence referendum. LESLEY MARTIN / GETTY. Share Adjust Comment Print. The No side is nervous. As the historic vote on ...

NEWPORT, England – NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the military alliance is ready to help Iraq deal with Islamic terrorists, raising the possibility that ground troops could play a role. Rasmussen said that Iraq has not yet requested ...

Palestinian youths weep while sitting by the rubble of a home destroyed by an Israeli strike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, July 25, 2014. Early Friday, Israeli warplanes struck tens of houses throughout the Gaza Strip as international efforts ...

The Canadian government “mourns” the death of every innocent civilian in Gaza but believes the Israeli government has the right to defend itself against terrorists through its military operation and that only Hamas can end the conflict, says Foreign Affairs ...

The abduction of hundreds of Nigerian school girls by Islamist terrorists has revealed the failure of the country's political elites to serve and protect their fellow citizens. Such was the message heard at a small gathering in Ottawa on Monday evening where ...

PRETORIA, South Africa - Oscar Pistorius has an anxiety disorder that may have contributed to the fatal shooting of his girlfriend, an expert testified at his murder trial Monday, prompting the chief prosecutor to say the double-amputee Olympian should be ...

KATMANDU, Nepal - Nepal's attempts to salvage the Mount Everest climbing season took another hit Friday as more Sherpa mountain guides packed and left the base camp for their village homes a week after the deadliest disaster on the world's highest ...

KATMANDU, Nepal - Nepal's attempts to salvage the Mount Everest climbing season took another hit Friday as more Sherpa mountain guides packed and left the base camp for their village homes a week after the deadliest disaster on the world's highest ...

BEIRUT - Activists say shelling and firefights between Syrian government forces and rebels in the northern city of Aleppo have killed at least 29 people. The Britain-based Observatory for Human Rights said Sunday that at least 16 rebels are among those who ...

Two decades ago, in a remote corner of Africa, far from the eyes of the western media, a massacre was unleashed like no other in modern times. Within 100 days of violence, an estimated 800,000 people were killed in Rwanda. Roméo Dallaire, now a senator ...

KABUL - Several issues are at the top of Afghans' minds as they go to the polls Saturday. High among them is deteriorating security as the country undergoes its first democratic transition of power in history. Afghan President Hamid Karzai is barred by the ...

GRENOBLE, France - Michael Schumacher is now showing "moments of consciousness and awakening," more than three months after suffering serious head injuries in a skiing accident, the retired Formula One star's manager said Friday. Schumacher, 45 ...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - After insisting that space relations wouldn't be altered by earthly politics, NASA on Wednesday said it was severing ties with Russia except for the International Space Station. NASA employees can't travel to Russia or host visitors until ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis is urging world leaders to promote dialogue as a way of resolving the crisis in Ukraine. Speaking to thousands of people in St. Peter's Square during his traditional Sunday midday appearance, he said: "I am making a heartfelt ...

BEIJING, China - Chinese police have rescued 382 abducted babies and arrested 1,094 suspects in a national operation that busted four major Internet-based baby trafficking rings, the Public Security Ministry said Friday. The operation came after police in ...

OTTAWA — An Ottawa man who returned to his native Somalia to work for the prime minister was killed Friday in a suicide attack on the presidential palace in Mogadishu. Canadian citizen Mohamoud Abdulle attended the University of Ottawa, counselled ...

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2013 file image taken by the on-board camera of the lunar probe Chang'e-3 and made off the screen of the Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing. China's first moon rover "Yutu" - or Jade Rabbit - is on the lunar surface in the area ...