Senior police officers in Northern Ireland allowed members of an outlawed Protestant paramilitary group to carry out at least 10 murders, an official investigation has found.

A Canadian who describes himself as a used clothing dealer has been deported from Kenya to Somalia after fleeing that country in the wake of a civil war.

Serbia faces the prospect of a coalition government after parliamentary elections on the weekend failed to produce a clear winner able to form a majority government.

At least 100 people were killed on Monday in Iraq in three deadly bombings, one north of the capital and two earlier in Baghdad.

A senior leader of Somalia's Islamic movement has given himself up to authorities after crossing into Kenya, officials said Monday.

Hundreds of people looted containers on Monday from a stricken ship that leaked oil and lost some of its cargo after it was run aground last week off southwest England.

A top Hamas official has warned Canada risks making an enemy of the Palestinian people by suspending aid and siding with Israel, said a report.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas's exiled leader ended talks Sunday night, unable to come to an agreement to form a unity government. But they hope to resume discussions within two weeks.

Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay expressed concerns about the route of Israel's security barrier Sunday as he continued his tour of the Middle East.

Followers of the Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said on Sunday that they're ending a two-month-old boycott of Iraq's parliament.

A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck Sunday under the Molucca Sea in northeastern Indonesia.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, of the Fatah party, and Khaled Meshaal, the exiled leader of Hamas, have postponed talks on forming a unity government.

Turkish police arrested a man suspected in the slaying of an ethnic Armenian journalist after the suspect's father saw his pictures broadcast on television and tipped investigators.

The U.S. military says one of its helicopters crashed northeast of Baghdad on Saturday, killing all 13 people on board, as six other American soldiers died in separate incidents across Iraq.

Canada has committed $1.2 million to help buy equipment for the Karni border crossing in the Gaza Strip, Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay announced on Saturday.

Heavy rain has caused severe flooding in South Australia state, isolating four communities.

Hillary Clinton has entered the race to become the next U.S. president, launching a campaign that could make her the first woman to hold the office.

Fidel Castro is "battling for his life," Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday, marking a drastic change in tone from a close friend and ally on the ailing Cuban leader's condition.

Consular officials are investigating an accident in Mexico that killed a Canadian and injured another this week, as questions still swirl around another Canadian's death in Acapulco.

Former U.S. congressman Bob Ney was sentenced Friday to 30 months in prison for his role in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal.