In an exclusive interview Saturday on CBC Radio's The House, the prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, Lobsang Sangay, sounded the alarm on the "tragedy" unfolding in Tibet and called on Canada to take action.

In an exclusive interview airing on CBC Radio's The House Saturday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper says raising the issue of human rights is paying off but warns the Chinese and "other governments" to help shape a positive future for Syria.

Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, has died at the age of 48.

Mitt Romney eked out a narrow win in Maine's Republican caucuses, state party officials have announced, providing his campaign a much-needed boost after three straight losses earlier this week.

Iran will soon unveil "big new" nuclear achievements, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has vowed while reiterating Tehran's readiness to revive talks with the West over the country's controversial nuclear program.

An avalanche hit a village in Kosovo's mountainous south Saturday, killing a married couple and their 17-year-old son and leaving nine others missing, police said, as heavy snow and freezing temperatures continued to blanket much of Europe.

Five staff at Britain's largest selling tabloid The Sun were arrested along with three other people over alleged bribes paid to police and defence officials, detectives and the newspaper's parent company said.

Protesters in Egypt have started a day of civil disobedience and strikes to mark the first anniversary since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak and his regime.

Gunmen in Syria assassinated an army general in Damascus on Saturday in the first killing of a high ranking military officer in the Syrian capital since the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began in March, the state-run news agency said.

The Greek cabinet on Friday approved a draft bill that would clear the way for further austerity and economic reforms that are a condition of a new €130 billion ($172 billion Cdn) bailout by the European Union and the IMF needed to avoid a disorderly default.

The protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square have been dominated by a young and vocal generation of Egyptians demanding an end to the repressive regime of former president Hosni Mubarak. The following is a series of portraits of Egyptians from all walks of life, each affected in different ways in the year of the Arab Spring.

A 76-year-old Canadian man killed during a standoff in Deerfield Beach, Fla., doesn't appear to have been known to the shooter, who went on to kill his son before taking his own life.

To discuss a Greek default openly and rationally would be to make a bad situation worse. But is it really better to keep the charade going? Don Pittis asks.

Canadian engineering firm SNC-Lavalin said two executives have hastily left the company amid reports of turmoil over the firm's involvement with Cyndy Vanier, a hired consultant now facing serious charges in Mexico.