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WASHINGTON - The U.S. and Iran stepped back from the brink of possible war on Wednesday as President Donald Trump signalled he would not retaliate militarily for Iran's missile strikes on Iraqi bases ...

OTTAWA - The launching of Iranian missiles against a base housing Canadian soldiers in Iraq has highlighted a long-standing deficiency for the Canadian Army: the inability to defend against air attack...

NEW YORK - Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg is unveiling a rough sketch of his plans to create millions of new jobs focused largely in communities "left behind" by President Donald ...

OTTAWA - A senator from Alberta is inviting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to hold a cabinet meeting in the province. Doug Black says he has written a letter to Trudeau urging him to bring his cab...

TUCSON, Ariz. - A man convicted of shooting a U.S. Border Patrol agent nine years ago in a case that exposed a botched federal gun operation known as "Fast and Furious" was sentenced Wednesday to life...

WASHINGTON - Canadian attitudes towards President Donald Trump and his controversial approach to international relations appeared to soften slightly in the weeks after U.S. tariffs on steel and alumin...

OTTAWA - Canadian wildfire experts say Canada is very vulnerable to the kind of devastating wildfires ravaging Australia right now. More than 12.5 million acres (about 5.1 million ...

OTTAWA - A new poll finds Conservative voters are far more sure about what they want in a new leader for their party than they are about who should fill that job. A Leger Marketing survey suggest...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's national security team knew that killing Iran's most powerful general could hurt efforts to mop up and head off any revival of the Islamic State militant group - ...

OTTAWA - Canada's broadcast and telecom regulator says it's inevitable that foreign media companies streaming content into Canada, including Netflix and Amazon, will have to make an "equitable" contri...