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A spokeswoman for Quebec's anti-corruption unit says Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum has been arrested.

Hundreds of Danish mothers have held a breastfeeding protest outside Copenhagen's City Hall after customers at a cafe told a woman suckling her baby in public that it was disgusting

U.S. Ambassador to Canada says the Obama administration knows how important the controversial Keystone XL pipeline is to Canada

Canada has pledged an additional $98.4 million to Jordan to help the Arab country cope with the costly fallout from the worsening crisis next door in Syria

An Israeli committee has chosen a consortium led by Swedish company ViaEuropa to build a nationwide high-speed broadband network, which is expected to provide connections up to one gigabyte.

A U.N. spokesman on Monday said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon believes any dialogue between the United States and North Korea should focus on the goal of de-nuclearizing the Korean peninsula.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has asked Pope Francis to canonize a doctor, who tended to the poor in Caracas and is considered a saint already by many Venezuelans.

Germany's chancellor said Monday that U.S. intelligence was crucial in foiling a large-scale terror plot, and acknowledged that her country is "dependent" on cooperating with American spy services.

Allies of outgoing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have suffered a resounding defeat in local council elections, a clear rejection at the end of his term.

Taking advantage of the chaos of the civil war, Syria's Kurdish minority has carved out a degree of independence in their areas -- creating their own police, their own license plates, and boldly going public with their culture.