US & Canada
Obama to address Iran, Syria in General Assembly speech
US President Barack Obama is expected to build on diplomatic opportunities and signal his willingness to engage with the new Iranian Government ...Former FBI agent to plead guilty in AP leak case, child porn charges
A former FBI official agreed to plead guilty to leaking classified information about a counter-terrorism operation and to child pornography charges, according ...US sets first curbs on power plant carbon emissions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\'s proposed limits on power-plant emissions blamed for climate change represents a new battleground for an agency that ...Obama touts gains in exports amid slowing growth
President Barack Obama says the United States sells more goods overseas than ever before and will continue to pass that record again ...US boxing legend Ken Norton dies at 70
Ken Norton, the former heavyweight boxing champion who broke Muhammad Ali\'s jaw in a 1973 bout, died on Wednesday at an Arizona ...Syrian chemical weapons destruction will take one year, Assad says
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has pledged to destroy his stockpile of chemical arms but said it would take one year to do ...Russia says it has proof rebels behind deadly chemical attack in Syria
Russia claims to have received evidence from the Syrian regime implicating rebels in a deadly poison gas attack, as divisions re-emerged ...Austria gunman kills 4 in ongoing standoff
A gunman in Austria killed four people, including three police officers, and was firing sporadically Tuesday at police after barricading himself in ...Brazil president postpones US trip over spying allegations
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has postponed a state visit to the White House on October 23 out of concerns about US surveillance ...US Navy gunman had serious mental health issues
Washington authorities questioned on Tuesday how a U.S. military veteran with a history of violence and mental problems could have gotten clearance ...




