MoneyGram International was ordered to pay $18 million to victims who were allegedly "scammed by crooks working out of Canada," U.S. authorities said Tuesday.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper expressed relief Tuesday about the release of Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari, who was allowed to go home to London following four months of wrongful detention in Iran.

More than half the hospitalizations for human swine flu in the U.S. are occurring in young people under age 25, officials from the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday.

A Canadian freelance journalist kidnapped more than a year ago in war-ravaged Somalia has been moved by her captors to an even more remote location, say two organizations following the case.

An industrial fire in neighbouring Michigan that filled Windsor's skyline Tuesday morning with thick smoke was more ominous than dangerous, say local fire officials.

Rival political camps in Ukraine have fired the first shots in what seems set to be a dirty fight for the presidency, trading accusations of high-level involvement in a child sex scandal and a years-old rape case

Pope Benedict on Tuesday took a major step to make it easier for disaffected Anglicans who feel their Church has become too liberal to convert to Roman Catholicism.

A rift between countries in the east and west of the European Union derailed the bloc's efforts on Tuesday to agree on funding to clinch a deal to combat climate change at talks in Copenhagen this year.

Cuba's government has released one of its estimated 200 political prisoners following a visit by Spain's foreign minister, Cuban dissidents said on Tuesday.

A priest has replaced traditional Norwegian church hymns during Sunday mass with pop songs such as U2's "Sunday, Bloody Sunday" in a bid to renew his church's message and reach a new audience.

A Wisconsin priest is auctioning off his late mother's collection of old silver pieces to raise money for a homeless shelter.

Police in Australia say a 6-month-old baby has miraculously survived a train hitting his stroller that had rolled onto the tracks.

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Thousands of laid-off government employees in Puerto Rico will be doing the conga for free, thanks to Gloria Estefan.

A Good Samaritan, shown on video dramatically rescuing a child from a Bronx fire, has moved on to another great moment: proposing marriage on live television.

Taking a 13,000-foot plunge from an airplane will earn most jumpers a certificate. Instructor Paul Peckham Jr. knew that wouldn't be enough for 92-year-old Jane Bockstruck.

The Montana resident considered to be the world's oldest man celebrated his 113th birthday Monday.

Ruth Day, a 64-year-old retiree from northern England, had the day of her life on the golf course last week. Day shot two holes-in-one in the same round at Whitley Bay Golf Club, where she is a member.

A cat named Clyde was reunited with his owner on Wednesday after a mysterious three-year odyssey in which the long-haired Himalayan strayed 2,400 miles (3,800 kilometers) into the Australian Outback.