Israelis Gather In Jerusalem’s Old City After Weeks of Tension
Thousands of Jews attended prayers at the Western Wall in Jerusalem to observe the start of the Tisha B'av fasting ...
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Thousands More Canadians On Evacuation Alert As Wildfires Spread
Thousands more Canadians were warned Monday they could face evacuation under threat of huge forest fires that have already forced ...
Canada Fires Drive Thousands More Out of Their Homes
Thousands of people fled their homes in western Canada over the weekend as strong winds fanned forest fires that have ...
Behind the Visuals of ‘Planet of the Apes’
As Caesar sits astride a horse rallying his legions to battle you'd be forgiven for thinking you were watching a ...
Martial Arts Experts Leads Mongolia Presidential Election
A brash businessman with martial arts skills was leading Mongolia's first-ever presidential runoff election early Saturday after a scandal-plagued race ...
What Is the Hebron Row?
The United Nations declared the Old City of Hebron a heritage site on Friday, sparking Israeli fury and Palestinian jubiliation. ...
UNESCO Puts Hebron On Endangered Heritage List, Outraging Israel
UNESCO on Friday declared the Old City of Hebron an endangered world heritage site, sparking outrage from Israel in a ...
Mongolians Vote In Their First Presidential Runoff
Mongolians head to the polls on Friday in the country's first-ever presidential runoff after the first round elections failed to ...
Palestinians, Israelis Square Off On UNESCO Vote On Hebron
The United Nations' cultural arm will decide whether to declare the Old City of Hebron a protected zone this week, ...
From Backwater To Metropolis
Modern-day Hong Kong is best known for its sprawl of skyscrapers, a bustling financial hub off the southern coast of ...
US Imposes Second Round of Tariffs On Canadian Lumber
The United States slapped a new anti-dumping tax on Canadian softwood lumber, the latest escalation in a trade dispute that ...
Corruption Scandals Muddy Mongolia’s Presidential Vote
Mongolians pick a new president Monday after a campaign marred by corruption scandals plaguing all three candidates, from jobs for ...
‘Assassin’s Creed’ Heading For Egypt To Reignite Gamers
Ubisoft's blockbuster "Assassin's Creed" video game is heading for Egypt, taking the serial's storyline back to an ancient world and ...
Ananya Vinay, 12, Wins US Spelling Bee With ‘marocain’
A 12-year-old girl from California has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee after a tense final in Washington. Ananya Vinay ...
Ghanaian Found Dead Near Manitoba Border Reportedly Trying To Reunite With Daughter
It was the scenario that residents of Emerson, Man., had been fearing for months — that someone among the throngs ...
Ghanaian Woman Dies of Hypothermia Trying To Cross US-Canada Border
A 57-year-old woman believed to be from Ghana was found dead near the U. S.-Manitoba border last week after officials ...
Sky-High PNG Trees Cause Re-Think On Forest Assumptions
Remote mountains in Papua New Guinea could be home to some of the world's tallest trees at extreme altitudes, scientists ...
Lauryn Hill And Nas Embarking On North American Tour
Lauryn Hill and Nas will be taking their legendary sounds and infectious tunes on the road together for their North American ...
King Tut’s Bed, Chariot Paraded Through Cairo To New Home
The first of the many wondrous artefacts found in Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun's tomb were transported carefully through Cairo's streets ...
Tutankhamun’s Golden Treasures Harbour Secrets
The legendary treasure of ancient Egypt's boy king Tutankhamun, whose tomb British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered in the Valley of ...