A Canadian Muslim group is calling on Ottawa to ban the wearing of the burka in public, saying the argument that the right to wear it is protected by the Charter’s guarantee of freedom of religion is false. “The burka has absolutely no...

Nicaragua’s decision to ban all types of abortion, including those ruled necessary to save the life of the mother, is drawing criticism from human rights and women’s groups for causing unnecessary deaths and denying unrelated health services...

Canadian scientists say they’ve discovered cancer cells spread by releasing protein “bubbles” — a finding that might alter our concept of how cancer works. The discovery was made by Dr. Janusz Rak and colleagues at the Research...

The Venezuelan air force bombed a landing strip used to bring cocaine across the border from Colombia on Friday, several weeks after the United States criticized President Hugo Chavez’s drug-fighting record. A Reuters witness watched two fighter...

Canada has spent an extra $24 billion beefing up security measures since the Sept. 11 attacks on U.S. soil, CBC News estimates. The federal government has never revealed the costs of extra security precautions taken after the 2001 attacks, but CBC...

Support among Canadians for a boycott of this summer’s Beijing Olympics remains lukewarm despite the Chinese government’s ongoing crackdown on Tibetan protesters, a new survey has found. Fifty-six per cent of Canadians do not support a...

The “continual imposition of the powers and values of colonizers” led to the jailing of six people from a small northern Ontario First Nations community who were trying to stop mineral exploration on their traditional territory, says the...

A proposed amendment to Canada’s immigration policies has triggered the possibility of fresh elections in the country. Though China is the top source of immigration to Canada, India is likely to overtake it this year. The amendment, which will give...

Longer deployments for Canadian troops in Kandahar – perhaps as long as a year – are being considered as the military struggles to meet the manpower demands of a mission that has been extended by two years. Defence Minister Peter MacKay said...

Serbia is recalling its ambassador and issuing a diplomatic protest after Canada announced Tuesday that it is recognizing Kosovo as an independent state. Serbian Ambassador Dusan Vatakovic told The Canadian Press that Ottawa informed him Tuesday of the...