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OUTSIDE BAGHOUZ, Syria - Fighters with the U.S.-backed force battling the Islamic State group in eastern Syria advanced on two fronts Saturday as the extremists used snipers and booby traps to slow th...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Prosecutors in Saudi Arabia have referred detained women's rights activists to trial, saying those charged "enjoy all rights preserved by the laws in the kingdom" after t...

DONG DANG, Vietnam - Smiling and holding up his clasped hands in a victorious pose, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Saturday boarded his private train at the Vietnam-China border for a 60-plus-hour...

Five stories in the news for Thursday, Feb. 28 --- WILSON-RAYBOULD'S PLACE IN LIBERAL PARTY AT RISK AFTER SNC-LAVALIN TESTIMONY Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's reconsidering Jody Wil...

CALGARY - The Alberta Court of Appeal has dismissed challenges from a Calgary couple found guilty of killing their teenage son, who died in 2013 of complications from untreated diabetes and starvation...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's prime minister pledged on Thursday his country would release a captured Indian fighter pilot, a move that could help defuse the most serious confrontation in two decades between...

DENVER - The low-key Carl Soderberg was thinking one overriding thought on his shootout attempt. "A great opportunity to get the game done," he said. Soderberg scored in the sixth round of the shootou...

ACAPULCO, Mexico - Canada's Bianca Andreescu was eliminated in the semifinals of the Mexico Open after falling 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 to Sofia Kenin of the United States. The 18-year-old from Mississauga, Ont....

With their tight 2-1 shootout victory over the Red Deer Rebels Friday night at the Art Hauser Centre, the Prince Albert Raiders won their 50th game of the season. That's just the fourth time in Raider...

WINNIPEG - Newly acquired Kevin Hayes scored his first goal with the Jets and added two assists as Winnipeg erased a two-goal deficit to beat the Nashville Predators 5-3 on Friday night. Blake Wheeler...