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Trump disregards Canada, allies with killing of Iranian general: ex-ambassador
OTTAWA - Barack Obama's former ambassador to Canada says President Donald Trump's decision to order the killing of a top Iranian general represents the latest instance of the mercurial U.S. president ...
Jan 07, 2020
Germany moves 35 soldiers from Iraq to Jordan, Kuwait
BERLIN - Germany moved 35 soldiers serving in Iraq to neighbouring Jordan and Kuwait on Tuesday amid tensions over the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general in an airstrike in Baghdad last week. The k...
Jan 07, 2020
UK woman in Cyprus gang rape case gets suspended sentence
PARALIMNI, Cyprus - A Cyprus court on Tuesday handed a four-month suspended sentence to a 19-year-old British woman who was found guilty of public mischief after authorities said she made up claims th...
Jan 07, 2020
Drunken driver in Italy plows into German tourists, kills 6
ROME - A drunken driver speeding on a mountain road plowed into a group of young German tourists in northern Italy early Sunday, killing six people and injuring 11 others, Italian authorities said. Th...
Jan 07, 2020
Maple Leaf cake gets iced and a world junior redux; In The News for Jan. 7
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. 7: What we are watching in...
Jan 07, 2020
Death of Iran general spurs anxiety over fate of US hostages
WASHINGTON - The killing of a top Iranian general has ratcheted up the anxiety of families of Americans held in Iran, one month after the release of a New Jersey student had given them hope. The Trump...
Jan 07, 2020
Iran Guard leader threatens to 'set ablaze' US-backed areas
TEHRAN, Iran - The leader of Iran's Revolutionary Guard threatened on Tuesday to "set ablaze" places supported by the United States over the killing of a top Iranian general in a U.S. airstrike last w...
Jan 07, 2020
Iranian general transformed Syria's war in Assad's favour
BEIRUT - When Syrian President Bashar Assad made a rare visit to Tehran last year, the powerful Revolutionary Guard commander Qassem Soleimani was there to greet him, along with Iran's supreme leader ...
Jan 07, 2020
Weinstein jury selection to start in NY; new charges in LA
NEW YORK - Potential jurors in Harvey Weinstein's New York sexual assault trial are expected to fill a courtroom Tuesday as the former movie titan's legal problems deepen with new charges in Los Angel...
Jan 07, 2020
Extremists attack Kenya military base, 3 Americans killed
NAIROBI, Kenya - Al-Shabab extremists overran a key military base used by U.S. counterterror forces in Kenya before dawn Sunday, killing three American Department of Defence personnel and destroying s...
Jan 07, 2020