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SMITHERS, B.C. - A hereditary chief with the Wet'suwet'en First Nation says the community is expecting further police action after the British Columbia Supreme Court ruled in favour of a natural gas c...

MINSK, Belarus - Russia has halted oil supplies to Belarus after the two countries failed to renegotiate a contract amid talks on further improving economic ties. In a case that has echoes of Russia's...

BAGHDAD - Iran-backed militiamen withdrew from the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Wednesday after two days of clashes with American security forces, but U.S.-Iran tensions remain high and could s...

LONDON - The price of oil surged Friday as global investors were gripped with uncertainty over the potential repercussions after the United States killed Iran's top general. News that Gen. Qassem Sole...

PARIS - Global powers are warning that the world has become a more dangerous place after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the targeted killing of Iran's top general and are urging restraint on all ...

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 3. What we are watching in Canada ... A h...

WINNIPEG - It has become an annual ritual in Manitoba - mid-winter thoughts turn to the spring melt and whether land and communities will be threatened by rising water that comes from r...

WASHINGTON - Charging that Iran was "fully responsible" for an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, President Donald Trump ordered about 750 U.S. soldiers deployed to the Middle East as about 3,000 mor...

HONG KONG - Hundreds of thousands of people packed Hong Kong streets for an annual New Year's Day protest march as the monthslong pro-democracy movement extended into 2020 with further violence betwee...

Revelers around the globe are bidding farewell to a decade that will be remembered for the rise of social media, the Arab Spring, the #MeToo movement and, of course, President Donald Trump. A look at ...