US & Canada
Migrant detentions in Mexico up 73 percent since 2014
Mexico detained 73 percent more migrants in the first year since the announcement of an operation to shore up security on its ...Two US Air France flights given all-clear after bomb scare
Authorities have given the all-clear to two Paris-bound Air France flights from the United States that were diverted Tuesday after anonymous bomb ...Two killed, 360,000 without power in Washington state storm
At least two people were killed in Washington state and about 360,000 homes and businesses in the Seattle-area were without power on ...At G20, Obama vows renewed effort to eliminate Islamic State
U.S. President Barack Obama vowed on Sunday to step up efforts to eliminate Islamic State in Syria and prevent it from carrying ...Obama, Putin agree need for UN-negotiated Syria talks, ceasefire
US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Sunday on the need for UN-sponsored peace talks and a ceasefire ...U2 cancel Paris concert after attacks
Irish rock band U2 canceled a Paris concert planned for Saturday following a series of attacks in the French capital which killed ...Venezuela says US intelligence plane violated airspace
Venezuela claims a U.S. Coast Guard plane it describes as an intelligence aircraft violated the South American country\'s airspace.Republican Paul Ryan elected US Speaker of the House
US lawmakers on Thursday elected Paul Ryan, a conservative Republican who helped steer budget and tax policy in Congress, as speaker of ...Obama again delays troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
Reversing policy on Afghanistan, President Barack Obama announced on Thursday he will prolong the 14-year-old U.S. military engagement there, effectively handing off ...Hillary Clinton fends off rivals in first Democratic debate
Hillary Clinton emerged unscathed rom the Democratic Party\'s first debate for the 2016 presidential campaign, cutting a calm and confident figure as ...