Two people have died and two are injured after a former employee opened fire at a Vancouver-area lumber mill.

The International Monetary Fund approves a bailout for Ukraine, to help the country's beleaguered economy.

Chinese President Xi Jinping urges "decisive actions" against terror attacks in Xinjiang after deadly bomb and knife attack at a railway station.

The death toll from last week's flash floods in northern Afghanistan rises to nearly 150.

Controversial Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is to take a leave of absence to seek help for substance abuse, his lawyer says.

The fallout of the Clippers race row spreads to American football, with a leading US senator urging the Washington Redskins to change their "degrading" name.

One woman has been killed and nine others injured in a bomb attack aboard a train at a station in the Indian city of Chennai, officials say.

Unesco threatens to list the Great Barrier Reef as an endangered heritage site, amid controversy over a plan to dump dredged sediment.