US & Canada
Sean Penn interview helped catch Mexican drug lord
A clandestine meeting between US actor Sean Penn and Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in the Mexican jungle helped lead to the drug ...Canadian dollar hits lowest level since 2003
The Canadian dollar, weighed down by weak oil prices, fell Wednesday to its lowest level against the American currency since August 2003, ...Obama in tears as he unveils plan to cut gun violence
President Barack Obama, at one point wiping tears from his cheek, unveiled his plan Tuesday to tighten control and enforcement of firearms ...World welcomes New Year despite terror fears
New Year\'s Eve kicked off in Sydney, but tightened security muted revelries in Europe with Brussels scrapping celebrations and fireworks cancelled in ...Floods claim 19 lives, force evacuation of US town
Federal officials were monitoring 19 vulnerable levees on the rising Mississippi River and its tributaries, warning that hundreds of homes in Illinois ...US death toll at 43 as wild weather tears across central states
Texas reeled from rare December tornados on Monday as days of storms battering a vast region stretching from the southwestern US to ...Eight dead after tornado, storms hit Texas
Tornadoes swept through the Dallas area leaving substantial damage and at least eight people dead either from the storm or related traffic ...US air strikes in Afghan district under Taliban siege
The US launched air strikes to bolster Afghan forces scrambling Thursday to beat back Taliban insurgents who seized large swathes of a ...U.S. defense chief Carter, in Baghdad, seeks to step up Islamic State fight
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Iraqi leaders on Wednesday discussed the idea of greater U.S. contributions to the fight against Islamic ...Republicans debate how to defeat jihadists, rivals hit Trump
Republican presidential hopefuls put Islamic State jihadists in their crosshairs as they debated how to keep America safe, with Jeb Bush and ...