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If the Liberal government wins two Ontario ridings and the Terrebonne riding in Quebec in byelections scheduled for April 13, they will be in razor-thin majority territory.

Despite Tim Walz announcing he would run for a record-breaking third term as Minnesota governor, he says he can no longer give his all to a political campaign.

Trump said residents of the war-ravaged eastern African country are too reliant on U.S. social safety net and add little to the United States.

In a series of social media posts, Trump blamed the millions of migrants residing in the U.S. for "eroding" the living standards of Americans.

The incident marked the first time during the war that Israel's military has swiftly claimed responsibility after a journalist was killed in a strike.

As the measles epidemic in Canada shows signs of exponential growth, public health experts in Alberta and Saskatchewan are stepping up their efforts to get people vaccinated.

A series of bombs in Iraq, including one targeting a provincial governor, killed at least 30 people Thursday and wounded dozens as a tireless wave of violence further rattled the country.

Several reports, citing state media and police, say over 50 people were attacked and beheaded over the weekend by militant Islamists in the Cabo Delgado province.

Somalia's al Qaida-inspired insurgents said Friday that a ban on foreign aid groups remained in force and rejected a UN declaration that parts of the country had been hit by famine.

The United Nations said it needs further safety guarantees from armed groups in Somalia if it is to help hundreds of thousands of people in need of emergency aid because of drought and conflict in the East African country.

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Hundreds of residents have fled the southern Somali port of Kismayo after the Kenyan navy shelled the town ahead of an expected ground operation to capture it, officials and residents said Tuesday.

KADUNA, Nigeria - Twin suicide car bombs exploded Sunday at a church inside one of Nigeria's top military bases, killing at least 11 people and wounding another 30 in an embarrassing attack showing the continued insecurity that haunts Africa's most populous nation.

KADUNA, Nigeria - Twin suicide car bombs exploded Sunday at a church inside one of Nigeria's top military bases, killing at least 11 people and wounding another 30 in an embarrassing attack showing the continued insecurity that haunts Africa's most populous nation.

LAGOS, Nigeria - Gunmen attacked a major police station near Nigeria's capital Monday that holds members of a radical Islamist sect, freeing prisoners and killing two police officers in the latest assault on the nation's beleaguered security forces.

TORONTO - Health Canada lifted its hold on Novartis flu vaccines on Wednesday, saying a review of the products reassured the department the vaccines are safe to use.

TORONTO - Health Canada lifted its hold on Novartis flu vaccines on Wednesday, saying a review of the products reassured the department the vaccines are safe to use.

NAIROBI, Kenya - An explosion on a bus in Kenya's capital killed at least five people and wounded 29 on Sunday, a police official and the Red Cross said.

Suspected Somali pirates driving their boat under the cover of darkness kidnapped an elderly, disabled, French woman on a resort island in northern Kenya early Saturday, officials said.

Authorities in Kenya say they have arrested a security guard in connection with the kidnapping of a disabled French woman by militants from Somalia.

NAIROBI, Kenya - Signalling a stepped-up campaign against Somali militants, Kenya's top security chiefs said that Kenyan forces will pursue militants into Somalia, a response to a spate of attacks in which four Europeans have been kidnapped and one killed since September.