The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Seoul-based Unification Church, was among 16 people who were injured in a helicopter crash in South Korea on Saturday, officials said.

U.S. presidential contender Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday morning to start a seven-country tour of the Middle East and Europe.

A Canadian soldier was killed late Friday by a roadside bomb explosion in southern Afghanistan during a night patrol in Panjwaii district near Kandahar city.

At least seven people were killed when tropical storm Kalmaegi struck southern Taiwan with torrential rains and flash floods Thursday night.

Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela called on the wealthy to share with those less fortunate as he celebrated his 90th birthday on Friday.

PETA is calling for the U.S. army to put down its arms against pigs after it was revealed soldiers will shoot the animals as part of a training exercise on how to treat injured colleagues on the battlefield.

Chain restaurants in New York City must post their calorie counts on menu boards as of Saturday or face the prospect of hefty fines.

Five paintings by American pop artists Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein have been stolen from a museum near Stockholm.

A Bloc Québécois MP is pressuring the Tory government to answer questions about the 100 Canadians involved in a growing global Liechtenstein tax evasion scandal, CBC's The Fifth Estate has learned.

The father of an Australian man killed in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings made an appeal to Indonesian authorities Friday to spare three militants convicted of carrying out the attacks, saying "only harm" would come from their execution.

Cutbacks to United Nations aid flights to Burma next month could hamper relief efforts that have already been criticized for failing to provide adequate food and water to many of the survivors of Cyclone Nargis, humanitarian groups said Friday.

Conrad Black has asked a U.S. federal appeals court to revisit his 2007 convictions for fraud and obstruction of justice, after a three-judge panel upheld them last month.

Two Canadian soldiers were injured following an explosion in southern Afghanistan.

U2 stars Bono and The Edge won a four-year legal battle Thursday to reshape their old-fashioned Dublin hotel, the Clarence, into a futuristic landmark.

Barenaked Ladies lead singer Steven Page is alleged to have used a Canadian bill to snort cocaine just before he was arrested in New York last week, say court documents

Al Gore issued an audacious challenge to his fellow Americans on Thursday, calling on the nation to produce every kilowatt of electricity through wind, sun and other Earth-friendly energy sources within 10 years.

Welterweight boxer Oscar Diaz was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery in his native San Antonio late Wednesday after collapsing in his corner before the 11th round of his bout with Delvin Rodriguez.

A North Carolina court has granted the Edmonton-based parents and twin sister of Nancy Cooper custody of the slain woman's two children.

The first war crimes trial in connection with the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the U.S. can go ahead as planned, a judge in Washington ruled Thursday.

A community group in Ottawa is worried that time is running out for a Canadian man who has been held in an Ethiopian jail for 18 months.