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KABUL - An Afghan official said Sunday that the government would hold its first-ever direct talks with the Taliban within two weeks, but the insurgents quickly denied any such meeting was planned and ...

NEW YORK - Jay-Z's got 99 problems but Woodstock isn't one: The rap king has pulled out of the 50th anniversary Woodstock festival just weeks before the troubled event is supposed to take place. Jay-Z...

SRINAGAR, India - A top commander of a Pakistan-based militant group was killed Sunday during an operation in the southern part of the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, the region's police chief sa...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Saturday denigrated a majority-black district represented by a congressional nemesis as a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess," broadening a campaign again...

HONG KONG - A large group of protesters took over a major street in a Hong Kong shopping district late Sunday afternoon, setting up barricades to block off the area and defend it against police. The u...

Ottawa academic Hassan Diab is rejecting the results of an external review into his extradition case as a "whitewash exercise," arguing the document's only purpose was to absolve C...

EDMONTON - Brazilian MMA fighting legend Cris Cyborg bounced back into the win column Saturday, pummelling Montreal's Felicia Spencer with punches, leg kicks and knee shots to win a unanimou...

MEDICINE HAT, AB - One night after P.J. Garcia took over at the plate for the Medicine Hat Mavericks, it was Taylor Wright's turn on Saturday.Facing off against the slumping Melville Millionaires for ...

LAS VEGAS - Erica Wheeler hoped to make her All-Star debut an unforgettable one. She certainly did, walking away with the MVP award. Wheeler, who was the first undrafted player to debut in the league ...

MEDICINE HAT, AB - He may be competing on the complete opposite side of the world, but Jake Finlay always takes a piece of home with him.That's been the case all summer for the 24-year-old, who has be...