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MINSK, Belarus - A Ukrainian film director included in a major prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia last week is speaking out for imprisoned Russians. Oleg Sentsov was freed after five years i...

HALIFAX - Post-tropical storm Dorian may have departed Atlantic Canada but the scars it inflicted across the region with its hurricane strength wind gusts and torrential rain will take some time&...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Mark Sanford, the former South Carolina governor and congressman, joined the Republican race against President Donald Trump on Sunday, aiming to put his Appalachian trail travails beh...

HALIFAX - Two federal cabinet ministers will be in Halifax today to survey recovery efforts from the damaging hit by post-tropical storm Dorian over the weekend. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale w...

LONDON - Margaret Atwood is often asked if her new novel "The Testaments," a follow-up to "The Handmaid's Tale," is set in a dystopian world. She says: "Let us hope so." Atwood says several U.S. state...

TORONTO - More than 42,000 children were reported missing across Canada last year. By the numbers: 27: Abducted by strangers 31,000: Runaways 58%: Female 73%: Runaways 62%: Cases resolved in 24 hours ...

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran defended Sunday its decision to use advanced centrifuges prohibited by its unraveling 2015 nuclear deal with world powers as a visiting top official of the United Nations atomic wa...

MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas - The streets are filled with smashed cars, snapped power cables, shattered trees and deep silence. At the airport and dock, hundreds of people clamour for seats on airplanes an...

SARAJEVO, Bosnia - Bosnia's capital, Sarajevo, held its first LGBT pride parade Sunday without incidents but amid heavy security to prevent violence from extremist groups, as opponents of the event he...

HONG KONG - Thousands of demonstrators in Hong Kong urged President Donald Trump to "liberate" the semiautonomous Chinese territory during a peaceful march to the U.S. Consulate on Sunday, but violenc...