The greater the warming in any given region, the farther its plants and animals have migrated, according to the largest analysis to date of the rapidly shifting ranges of species ...

The Toronto stock market closed nearly 400 points lower Thursday amid a global selloff sparked by weak economic reports that spooked already-jittery investors with the spectre of another recession.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is heading to Honduras on Friday for a short but historically important visit that will wrap up his six-day Latin American tour. 

European and American leaders have demonstrated they have the "will to act" but more needs to be done to rein in global debt and deficits, Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty ...

Western nations stepped up demands for UN measures against President Bashar al-Assad after the Syrian leader ignored repeated calls for an end to the bloodshed in his country.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper travels to Latin America next week to boost trade with emerging economies, promote democracy in the region and enhance security in areas beset by organized crime ...

World leaders held emergency talks Sunday on the debt crises in Europe and the United States, while the European Central Bank considered buying Italian debt to stem the turmoil.

Activists say 18 civilians killed in latest military assault.

The United States has urged US citizens to depart Syria "immediately," and noted that the Damascus government has placed "severe" constraints on the travel of US diplomats in the country.

Libyan rebels say the gunmen who shot dead their military chief were militiamen allied in their struggle to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi.

Public tips helped track down a third suspected war criminal, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews announced on Tuesday afternoon as part of a public crackdown on suspected fugitives.

Polls seen by analysts as rubber-stamp procedure to help Kim Jong-il strengthen the position of his son and heir.

The Canadian lawyer for deported Chinese fugitive Lai Changxing says his client fears for his life. David Matas says he talked to Lai after a federal court ruling on Thursday ...

Famine in Somalia will soon expand to more areas as insecurity in the Horn of Africa country has prevented aid from reaching more than 2 million Somalis in need, the ...

Emergency workers battled on Sunday to rescue survivors from the mangled wreckage of two Chinese bullet trains involved in a high-speed collision which left 32 dead and nearly 200 injured, ...