A landmark bill that would reserve a third of all seats in India’s parliament for women cleared its first hurdle on Tuesday when members of the upper house approved it after a rancorous debate
In 20 years, nearly half of Canadians over the age of 15 will bo born somewhere else in the world, or have at least one foreign-born parent
It could take months for some food companies to figure out whether a popular flavouring ingredient contaminated with salmonella found its way into their products, industry experts say
Indonesian police believe they have shot dead a top fugitive militant, wanted over the 2002 bombings, in what could be a coup in the country’s fight against Islamist radicals
The jury sworn in the Air India perjury case was discharged before the trial began on Monday after allegations one juror had made a racist comment
A defence lawyer has questioned a South Korean refugee claimant's motives in videotaping a meeting with an immigration adjudicator
Obama cast private health insurance companies as premium-hiking villains and hailed Canada’s medicare as a system that 'works'
John MacKinnon: National Hockey League general managers begin a three-day meeting Monday to decide how to crack down on head shots
Medical errors can be traumatic for patients, but they can also leave emotional scars on the doctors who make them
Girl, 12, dies day after fire that killed father