WASHINGTON— The Republican-led Senate, taking little time to fill two critical national security posts, overwhelmingly confirmed a pair of retired Marine generals tapped by President Donald...
WASHINGTON—Closing out a barrier-breaking chapter in history, former President Barack Obama left the White House on Friday much the way he entered it eight years ago:...
WASHINGTON—Far fewer people attended President Donald Trump’s inauguration Friday than his predecessor’s swearing-in eight years ago. Photos of the National Mall from President Barack Obama’s inauguration...
WASHINGTON—Steven Mnuchin, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick as Treasury secretary, clashed with Democrats during a lengthy confirmation hearing Thursday over his handling of thousands of mortgage foreclosures...
DAKAR, Senegal—Senegalese troops charged into neighbouring Gambia late Thursday in a show of force to oust longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh after he failed to step aside...
DAKAR, Senegal—A new Gambian president was sworn into office in neighbouring Senegal on Thursday while Gambia’s defeated longtime ruler refused to step down from power, deepening...
LONDON –The number of overseas visitors heading to Britain increased in the three months immediately following the Brexit referendum, figures revealed Thursday. The Office for National...
SPOKANE, Wash.—Psychologists who designed the CIA’s harsh interrogation methods for the war on terror want a lawsuit from three former detainees dismissed, but a federal judge...
BILLINGS, Mont.—Three Canadians will be banned from federal lands for five years after pleading guilty to walking on a sensitive hot spring in Yellowstone National Park...
VICTORIA –British Columbia’s health minister says he wants to see the province raise the legal smoking age to 21. Terry Lake said he’s an ardent anti-smoker...