US & Canada
Obama authorizes 1,500 more US troops for Iraq
President Barack Obama has approved sending up to 1,500 more troops to Iraq, roughly doubling the number of U.S. forces on the ...Putin beats Obama again in Forbes power ranking
For a second year in a row, Russian President Vladimir Putin has beaten Barack Obama to the title of world\'s most powerful ...Republicans roll up early wins in U.S. midterm elections
Republicans struck powerful first blows in U.S. congressional elections on Tuesday in their drive to control the U.S. Senate and ...U.S. asks U.N. to blacklist ex-Yemen president, rebel leaders
The United States has asked for targeted U.N. sanctions to be imposed on Yemen\'s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and ...Quarantined Ebola nurse goes outside; police watch
A nurse who treated Ebola patients in West Africa vowed on Wednesday to end her voluntary quarantine, even going so ...Ottawa gunman made video before attack
The shooter who rampaged through Canada\'s parliament took a video of himself just before the attack and was inspired by ...U.S. nurse quarantined over Ebola criticizes her treatment
Illinois joined New York and New Jersey in imposing mandatory quarantines for people arriving with a risk of having contracted ...US-led strikes kill more than 500 militants in Syria
US-led air strikes in Syria were reported Thursday to have killed more than 500 jihadists in a month, as Kurdish ...Canadian Parliament attacked, soldier killed by gunman
At least one gunman entered Canada\'s parliament buildings on Wednesday and many shots were fired just outside the room where ...FBI: US girls may have tried to join jihadis
Three teenage girls from suburban Denver may have been trying to join Islamic State militants in Syria after stealing their ...