Canada's Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau, who came from behind to trounce his Conservative rivals and snatch a majority mandate, now has to deliver on pledges from tackling climate change to legalizing marijuana. Trudeau, who had also promised to withdraw Canada from combat in...

The U.S. has replaced six F-16s positioned at an airbase in southern Turkey with a dozen ground bombers, a Pentagon official told Anadolu Agency on Tuesday. "On Oct. 20, airmen and 12 A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from the 75th fighter squadron from Moody AFB, Georgia, arrived at Incirlik Air Base,...

A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, but no tsunami threat was detected, seismologists said. The quake hit at a depth of 131 kilometres (81 miles) about 335 kilometres from the capital Port Vila, the United States Geological Survey said....

UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned Israelis and Palestinians on Tuesday they were at a "dangerous abyss" and must act quickly to calm nearly three weeks of unrest before it spirals further out of control. The stark comments came as the UN secretary general made an unannounced visit to...