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Representative Steve Scalise, whom Republicans nominated to be the next Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, dropped out of the race on Thursday as the party failed to resolve its divisions, prolonging the leadership crisis in the chamber. Small number of Republican hardline holdouts refuse to back their party's …

Five days after Hamas militants stormed several Israeli communities, killing hundreds of civilians and soldiers, families of those who are believed to have been abducted in the attack say they are struggling to get information about their relatives and fear for their safety as Israeli blankets Gaza with retaliatory airstrikes. …

Groups providing health care in Gaza say seven major hospitals have run out of medical supplies, leaving them scrambling to find ways to bring essential supplies into the region through Israel's total blockade. Total siege of Gaza means hospitals go without medical supplies and electricity, endure constant bombardment Medical supplies …

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Wednesday that military flights to evacuate Canadians from Israel to Athens will begin this week. Meanwhile, Ottawa is working on a way to get Canadians who can't make it to Tel Aviv out of Gaza and the West Bank, possibly through Jordan. Families confirm …

Donald Trump signed a document 30 years ago that gave the true size of his New York penthouse, which was later listed as far larger on his financial statements, according to evidence shown Tuesday at the former president's civil business fraud trial. Allen Weisselberg testified he never paid much attention …

Since the weekend attack on Israel, the moves that the United States has made speak to its concerns of the crisis spiralling. President Joe Biden issued a warning believed to be directed at Iran, as the U.S. deployed military assets to the region. U.S. response to weekend attack on Israel …

People on the ground in Gaza have told Western journalists the Israeli response is the most ferocious air assault they have ever witnessed. Hospital in southern city of Ashkelon has become a gathering point for survivors of Hamas’s attacks Israel puts horrors of Hamas attack on display 5 hours ago …

The Nobel economics prize was awarded Monday to Claudia Goldin, a professor at Harvard University, for advancing the understanding of the gender gap in the labour market. Harvard's Claudia Goldin studied changing role of working women over time The Nobel economics prize was awarded Monday to Claudia Goldin, a professor …

The death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan has risen to 2,060, a Taliban government spokesperson said Sunday. Canadian officials say they are monitoring the situation and stand ready to help. 6 villages reported destroyed, hundreds of people feared buried under debris The death toll from strong earthquakes …

Former British prime minister Theresa May, in an interview with CBC News, says U.K.'s Illegal Migration Act, which took effect in July, will undermine efforts to tackle modern-day slavery and human trafficking, and leave victims more vulnerable. Theresa May says victims will be afraid to get help under law decried …