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The coming of winter in Ottawa could persuade even the most patriotic Canadian to think about following the geese south. But it was the threat of economic havoc that sent the…

Joe Biden is drawing condemnation from political allies for establishing a new precedent in American history with the first-ever pardon for presidential offspring.And all they can do, really, is complain.Because…

Getty ImagesDiego Garcia hosts a joint UK-US military baseMigrants stranded for more than three years on the remote Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia have been brought to the UK.The…

Forty years ago, an Indian city became the site of one of the world's worst industrial disasters.On the night of 2 December, 1984, a poisonous gas leaked from Union Carbide…

BBCMohammed Zubair is a co-founder of the fact-checking website AltNewsMore than two years after the Supreme Court granted bail and ordered “immediate release” of Mohammed Zubair from prison, the leading…

BBCMohammed al-Halabi is one of thousands of Palestinians living on Gaza's beachesThe beaches of Gaza are no longer for day trips. Tens of thousands of people now have to live…

Critics of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI have expressed doubts that he is qualified to lead the US government’s principal law enforcement agency.Some also raised fears that…

A woman from Hawaii who was reported missing in Los Angeles by her family last month was last seen by US authorities safely crossing the southern US border into Mexico,…

Gift Ufuoma / BBCAn Islamic school teacher, Masud Abdulrasheed, is struggling to come to terms with the killing of his seven-year-old daughter in drone strikes by Nigeria's military during a…

Opposition forces seeking to overthrow Syria's President Bashar al-Assad launched their biggest offensive in years last week, retaking the northern city of Aleppo and driving government forces out of the region.It…