New federal convictions against anti-abortion crusader and convicted murderer James Kopp will eliminate any chance he had of parole.

NATO foreign ministers were to meet Friday in Brussels to discuss steps before a new wave of Taliban violence expected this spring in Afghanistan.

Hundreds of Palestinians gathered to show their support for Hamas at a rally in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday that marked the first anniversary of the militant group's rise to power.

A bomb disguised as a box of pigeons exploded in a crowded Baghdad animal market Friday, killing at least 14 people and wounding dozens.

At least two people are dead following an explosion Friday near the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, said police.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung made the first political visit by a leader from the communist country to the Vatican Thursday, sitting down for a meeting with Pope Benedict in Benedict's private library.

The most high-profile female member in the Saudi royal family says her country's wheels need a revolution or two - with women turning them.

Britain's major Muslim group joined the Anglican and Catholic churches Thursday in backing a plea to exempt Catholic adoption services from new government legislation that bans discrimination against homosexual couples.

A brief Beirut calm is shattered by fighting between students supporting and opposing Lebanon's embattled government.

The Bush administration will request a $10.6-billion boost in funding from Congress to go towards the U.S. mission in Afghanistan, the White House said on Thursday.

A controversial new movie about the 2002 Bali bombings premieres in Indonesia Thursday.

A Mississippi man is facing a life sentence in the 1964 slayings of two African-American teenagers after a CBC documentary project rekindled interest in the case.

Moshe Katsav temporarily gave up presidential powers Thursday after Israel's parliament granted him a leave of absence to fight rape allegations.

A group of MPs visiting Canadian troops in Afghanistan toured an Afghan army base Thursday near Kandahar airfield's main security zone, their first trip outside the area.

British Airways confirmed Thursday that it will cancel all flights out of London's Heathrow airport for two days next week because of a planned strike by cabin crew.

A probe by a CBC filmmaker and the brother of one of two African-American men slain in 1964 has led to a Mississippi man being charged in connection with the race killings.

It would be 'disastrous' for the British government to set a deadline to begin a withdrawal of troops from Iraq because such a move would send the wrong signs to the insurgency there, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday.

Animal welfare workers are concerned a second oil slick leaking from a beached cargo ship in the English Channel may overwhelm their efforts to save oily sea birds.

U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins criticized Ottawa's efforts to have Maher Arar removed from a U.S. security watch list, saying the U.S. alone will decide who to let into the country.

U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins criticized Ottawa's efforts to have Maher Arar removed from a U.S. security watch list, saying the U.S. alone will decide who to let into the country.