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Amid evangelical support, Israel toasts ties with Christians
Student charters planes to bring supplies to Puerto Rico
Fire breaks out off Oahu on grounded boat containing fuel
AP source: Canadiens put Streit on unconditional waivers
FILE- In this Sept. 27, 2017, file photo, Montreal Canadiens' Mark Streit, right, pushes Toronto Maple Leafs' Kerby Rychel during the second period of a preseason NHL hockey game in Quebec City, Quebec. A person with direct knowledge of the move tells The Associated Press the Canadiens have placed Streit on waivers. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2017, because the Canadiens have not announced the move. The abrupt move comes four months after Montreal signed the 39-year-old Streit to a one-year contract in free agency (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
NDP MP calls for emergency debate to address liquidation of Sears Canada
The store front of Sears is shown in Mississauga, Ont., on Oct. 11, 2017.
Israel to probe foreign funding of human rights groups
Military planners back at drawing board as major peacekeeping summit in B.C. looms
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan displays his service medals as he leaves a ceremony in which the Royal Canadian Air Force were presented with new ceremonial flags in Toronto, on Sept. 1, 2017.
In photos: Deadliest single attack in Somalia's history
A Somali man reacts where a car bomb exploded at the center of Mogadishu.
UK coast guard comes to aid of struggling dog in North Sea
NDP calls for emergency debate in the Commons on Sears liquidation
People enter a Sears store in Mississauga, Ont., on Wednesday, October 11, 2017. The NDP is urging the Speaker of the House of Commons to allow an emergency debate on the fate of current and former employees of Sears Canada on Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Some parents upset by new Winnipeg school’s decision to ban costumes on Halloween
A new Winnipeg school’s decision to stop students from wearing their costumes to class on Halloween has upset some parents, who argue its not fair to deny their kids the fun.
NDP aims to unlock suburban ridings under Jagmeet Singh's leadership
Jagmeet Singh listens to a speech before the announcement he won the first ballot in the NDP leadership race to be elected the leader of the federal New Democrats in Toronto on Sunday, October 1, 2017. Singh is launching an introductory tour today that is expected to take the party's new leader into every province and territory before a policy convention in February.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Nigeria says no plan to issue visas on arrival for Africans
Liberia's presidential election likely to need runoff vote
Rooney saves Everton and Koeman at Brighton; Saints draw
Calgary Imam warns youth to beware of Islamic State’s influence
Calgary Imam Syed Soharwardy, centre, founder of Muslims Against Terrorism and the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada, speaks to Muslim youth about anti-radicalization strategies at a mosque Calgary, Alta., on Oct. 6, 2017.
Leader of California Senate to challenge US Sen. Feinstein
FILE - In this July 17, 2017, file photo, Sen. President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, displays a list of various backers of a climate change bill in Sacramento, Calif. The Senate approved Assembly Bill 398, a bill to extend California's cap-and-trade bill, and sent it to the Assembly for a final vote. Democrat Kevin de Leon, president of California State Senate, announced Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017 he will challenge Sen. Dianne Feinstein in next year's election. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Group plans protest during college talk by white nationalist
Former cabinet minister Mike Bernier drops out of BC Liberal leadership race
Former education minister Mike Bernier is dropping out of the race to become the next leader of the B.C. Liberals.
Classes to resume at Ohio district after quadruple slayings
Collins: Trump should back effort to resume health subsidy
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, smiles during a news conference Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, in Rockland, Maine, after announcing she will remain in the U.S. Senate and not run for governor. (AP Photo/David Sharp)
North Korea lawmaker: Need nukes because of US threat
Military planners back at drawing board as peacekeeping summit looms
Cuban minister urges sun-seeking Canadians to return following hurricane Irma
Tourists lie on a beach, littered with palms, one day after Hurricane Irma passed the resort area in Varadero, Cuba on Sept. 10, 2017. Cuba's tourism minister says his country has fully rebounded from the ravages of hurricane Irma and says potentially reluctant Canadian sun seekers will find new and improved hotels and beaches. Manuel Marrero stressed that message during a visit last week to Toronto, where he met tour operators and travel writers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Desmond Boylan
Mass die-off of Antarctic penguin chicks alarms researchers
FILE - In this file photo dated Dec. 12, 2005, tourists observe scores of Adelie penguins gathered at Brown Bluff on the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. According to research released Sunday Oct. 15, 2017, by environmental group WWF, scientists say a “catastrophic breeding failure” occurred when thousands of chicks from an Adelie penguin colony died of starvation last summer when adult penguins were forced to travel further for food, with only two chicks surviving the existential phenomena. (AP Photo/Brian Witte, FILE)
Cider-makers forage for old wild apple flavour
AI pioneers say unethical uses of the technology need scrutiny to maintain public support
Computer Science professor Yoshua Bengio poses at his home in Montreal on Nov. 19, 2016.
Man left jail days before arrest for alleged airport attack
This undated photo provided by the Buncombe County Detention Center shows Michael Christopher Estes, who’s accused of planting an improvised explosive device at the airport on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, in Asheville, N.C. A criminal complaint in federal court accuses Estes of attempted malicious use of explosive materials and unlawful possession of explosives at the airport. (Buncombe County Detention Center via AP)
'I'm intact,' Tillerson says, brushing off drama with Trump
FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2017, file photo, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, speaks following a meeting with President Donald Trump at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. The strained relationship between President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson came under renewed focus Sunday, Oct. 15, during an interview with Jake Tapper on CNN, as Tillerson insisted that Trump has not undermined him even as he again refused to deny calling the president “a moron.”(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Hopes and plans destroyed overnight by deadly wildfires
Fresh flowers are placed, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017, in the Coffey Park neighborhood in Santa Rosa, Calif., that was devastated by a wildfire. A state fire spokesman says it appears firefighters are making good progress on deadly wildfires that started a week earlier, devastating wine country and other parts of rural Northern California. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Militants rob bank, attack church in Egypt's Sinai; 7 dead
24 attackers were killed and two SUVs they used were destroyed.
Judge refuses to throw out case against New Jersey senator
FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2017, file photo, Sen. Bob Menendez arrives to court for his federal corruption trial in Newark, N.J. A decision is looming in the trial of Menendez that could lead to the dismissal of charges and alter the legal landscape for future corruption cases. A judge could rule on Monday, Oct. 16, whether to dismiss part of the indictment against the New Jersey Democrat. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
The Latest: QB Siemian leaves with left shoulder injury
Hogwarts Express rescues stranded family in Scotland
In this photo taken on Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, children run towards a train near Loch Eilt in the Scottish Highlands. As if by magic, the Hogwarts Express has come to the rescue of a stranded family in Scotland. The train that took Harry Potter and his friends to school was played onscreen by the Jacobite steam train in the Scottish Highlands. On Friday it made an unscheduled stop to pick up a family of six that was stranded when their canoe was washed away in a storm. (Jon Cluett via AP)
Attorney says juror who hugged family member could be biased
Taliban says freed Canadian hostage’s allegations of rape and murder are false
A grab taken from a video released by CBC News on October 14, 2017 shows freed Canadian hostage Joshua Boyle giving an interview upon his arrival at Toronto Pearson international airport.
The Latest: Center-left incumbent leading German state vote
In this Oct. 12, 2017 photo German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and Christian Democrats' top candidate Bernd Althusmann, stand together on stage during an election campaign in Vechta, Germany. State election in Lower Saxony, one of Germany's most populous regions, are scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017, three weeks after a national election. (Carmen Jaspersen/dpa via AP)
Governing party candidate wins Kyrgyz presidential vote
Kyrgyz Presidential candidate Sooronbai Jeenbekov speaks to the media at a polling station in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017. The former Soviet central Asian republic's elections commission said Sunday that Sooronbai Jeenbekov had received about 55 percent of the votes, based on a count of ballots from 95 percent of the polling stations, according to the RIA-Novosti and Interfax news agencies. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)
'Happy Death Day' scares off 'Blade Runner' at box office
The unfinished business that fuels tensions in Nova Scotia's Aboriginal fishery
Lobster boats head to drop their traps from Digby, N.S. on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017. When police confirmed two fishing boats had been torched earlier this week in western Nova Scotia, a simmering dispute over the province's Indigenous lobster fishery suddenly took on a new sense of urgency. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Girl, 3, drowns in grease pit at Alabama ice cream shop
Charges laid against woman alleged to have done plastic surgery without licence
Insider Q&A: US Bank's Terry Sandven on stocks' flip-flop
This photo provided by U.S. Bank Wealth Management shows Terry Sandven, chief equity strategist for U.S. Bank Wealth Management. Sandven explains to The Associated Press how investors’ views of the market have evolved and doubled back in the 11 months since the 2016 election. (Courtesy of U.S. Bank Wealth Management via AP)
Can modifying a car affect its warranty?
Five vehicle safety technologies that can help you avoid a crash
Blumenthal wants FCC to pledge support of free speech
Plane suffered minor damage after hitting drone near Quebec City: Garneau
Tillerson: US prefers diplomacy with NKorea, but has options
FILE - In a Friday, Oct. 13, 2017 file photo, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson answers a reporters question while greeting Organization of American States Secretary-General Luis Almagro at the State Department, in Washington. Tillerson said Sunday, Oct. 15, in a television interview that President Donald Trump wants a diplomatic solution to the North Korean crisis and is not hankering for war with the nuclear-armed nation, despite past tweets that America’s chief envoy was ``wasting his time’’ trying to negotiate with the North’s leader.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
A nursing home's high school teaches lessons on life
Nikolas Kinas, standing center, director of the HOPE program at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, in New York, teaches a mathematics class to students in the program at the facility, Thursday, May 25, 2017. A decade ago, Kinas was clocking 16-hour days on Wall Street as a portfolio manager and trader when he sought more meaning in his work. He went back to school for a master’s in special education, teaching high school math and science for six years before arriving at the Hebrew Home two years ago. The career change has amounted to a “rebirth” for him, the 58-year-old says. “These kids saved me in a lot of ways,” he says. “They’ve taught me as much as I’ve taught them.” (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Texas county worker arrested for $1.2 million fajitas theft
The Latest: PG&E expects to restore all power soon
Ed Curzon, right, and his daughter Margaret sift debris to salvage anything they can from the rubble of their home, destroyed by a wildfire in the Coffey Park neighborhood Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017, in Santa Rosa, Calif. "My parents and my dogs are alive. That's all that matters," said Margaret. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Life-size Pope cutout stolen from church returned intact
The Latest: Election tally shows Austria turning right
Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, head of Austrian People's Party, and his girlfriend Susanne Thier, left, leave the polling station after they cast their vote in Vienna, Austria, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017, when about 6.4 million people are eligible to vote in the national elections. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Congressman to donate brain to football concussion research
B.C. must remove the barriers to access the abortion pill
Dawn Fowler is the executive director of the Vancouver Island Women’s Clinic
MIT student making sleeping bags for refugees in Middle East
In this Oct. 6, 2017 photo, Vick Liu poses with his TravlerPack, a lightweight sleeping bag, outside the Kresge Auditorium at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass . Liu, a finance and political science major, created a line of lightweight sleeping bags for refugees who have few other options to keep warm during winters in the Middle East. Liu and a team of five classmates are sending sleeping bags to resettlement areas in Syria and hope to send more to refugees in Jordan and Lebanon. (AP Photo/Collin Binkley)
Growing marijuana industry sparks new research around cannabis, scientists say
Marijuana plants grow at LifeLine Labs in Cottage Grove, Minn.in a June 17, 2015 file photo. The budding marijuana industry is spurring new research around cannabis that will have long-term effects on a variety of fields, from farming to new medicine, as companies look for solid scientific data on the substance. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Jim Mone
Taliban says freed Canadian hostage's allegations of rape and murder are false
Joshua Boyle speaks to members of the media at Toronto's Pearson International Airport on Friday, October 13, 2017. Boyle, his wife, Caitlan Coleman, and their three children had been held hostage for five years by the Taliban-linked Haqqani network in Afghanistan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
The Latest: Venezuela ruling party wins most governor races
A man pass by a mural that in Spanish reads "Not vote, I beg you" in a street of Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Oct 14, 2017. Venezuelans head to the ballot box Sunday in regional elections that could tilt a majority of the states’ 23 governorships back into opposition control for the first time in nearly two decades of socialist party rule. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
British police receive three new sexual assault claims against Harvey Weinstein
This file photo taken on May 23, 2017, shows film producer Harvey Weinstein during a photocall as he arrives at the De Grisogono Party on the sidelines of the 70th Cannes Film Festival, at the Cap-Eden-Roc hotel in Antibes, near Cannes, southeastern France.
London police receive new assault claims against Weinstein
FILE- In this Feb. 22, 2015 file photo, Harvey Weinstein arrives at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. On Saturday, Oct. 14, 2016, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revoked Weinstein's membership. The decision, reached Saturday in an emergency session, comes in the wake of recent reports by The New York Times and The New Yorker magazine that revealed sexual harassment and rape allegations against him going back decades.(Photo by Vince Bucci/Invision/AP, File)
History and tech co-exist at Navy's oldest public shipyard
This October 2015 handout photo provided by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, shows the shipyard base in Kittery, Maine. Most Navy commanders don't have to run everything by a historic preservation committee but that's just one of the challenges Capt. David Hunt faces he continues the work of updating the nation's oldest continuously operated public shipyard. (Portsmouth Naval Shipyard via AP)
Canada’s first national accessibility law should be ready by next spring: Hehr
Kent Hehr speaks in Vancouver, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016.
Las Vegas tourism sees changes in aftermath of shooting
Lobster wars: Tensions flare in Nova Scotia’s lucrative fishing industry over influence of black market
Fishing boats tied up at the wharf in Meteghan, N.S. on Friday, October 13, 2017.
Lockdown for vehicle crash lifted at San Antonio air base
RCMP corporal chided for criticizing force’s response to 2014 Moncton shootings
A police roadblock on Laforge St. blocks access to nearby Mecca Dr. in Moncton, New Brunswick on June 6, 2014.
U.S.-backed forces begin assault on last Islamic State-held pocket in Raqqa
An armoured vehicle of the Syrian Democratic Forces is seen along a road at the frontline in Raqqa, Syria, on Oct. 8, 2017.
Unethical uses of AI need scrutiny to maintain public support: pioneers
Computer Science professor Yoshua Bengio poses at his home in Montreal on November 19, 2016. Two artificial intelligence pioneers warn that unscrupulous or unethical uses of the technology risk undermining the public image of an area of research undergoing rapid change. Canadian deep learning "godfather" Yoshua Bengio believes the sector and governments need to address concerns including the building of so-called killer robots and development of facial recognition that can be used by authoritarian regimes to repress their citizens. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
RCMP corporal chided for criticizing the force's response to Moncton shootings
The monument honouring RCMP Constables Fabrice Gevaudan, Dave Ross and Doug Larche, gunned down in 2014, is seen in Moncton, N.B. on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. An RCMP corporal who was friends with three Mounties killed in New Brunswick says he has been rebuked for publicly calling on the force's top brass to start listening to its officers.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
New era of oil supply certainty force changes in Canadian producers' strategies
Suncor, manager, operations, MacKay River, Cary Walton walks around a group separator on a Suncor site in the oil sands in Fort McMurray Alta., on June 12, 2017. A shift in global oil markets sentiment is under way, replacing decades of scarcity fears with confidence in surpluses, capping oil prices and forcing changes in the way the industry works, observers say. "We're moving from a mindset where oil was considered a scarce resource to one now where it's more of a plentiful resource," said Steve Reynish, executive vice-president of strategy and corporate development at Suncor Energy Inc., speaking at a conference in Calgary last week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
'Maybe I'm irritating:' Naheed Nenshi neck-and-neck with challenger in Calgary mayoralty race
Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi speaks after receiving an award from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the Public Policy Testimonial Dinner in Toronto on April 20, 2017. He's hip, funny, well-educated and widely known across Canada, but Naheed Nenshi is facing the fight of his political life as he seeks his third term as Calgary's mayor. During his two previous terms, Nenshi was named the No. 1 mayor in the world by an international urban research institute and feted with the World Mayor Prize in 2014. He has been praised as an "urban visionary," who doesn't neglect the nitty-gritty of local government. But Calgary's struggling economy and a number of missteps have opened the door in Monday's civic election for Bill Smith, 54, a Calgary lawyer and former firefighter who was president of Alberta's Progressive Conservative Party. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
'Still recruiting:' Imam warns youth to beware of influence of Islamic State
Calgary Imam Syed Soharwardy, right, founder of Muslims Against Terrorism and the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada, speaks to Muslim youth about anti-radicalization strategies at a mosque Calgary, Alta., Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Legislation to improve accessibility for those with disabilities planned for spring
Kent Hehr arrives at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Monday, Aug.28, 2017 for a Liberal cabinet shuffle. The federal minister responsible for crafting Canada's first national accessibility legislation says the law should be ready by next spring and should benefit not only people with disabilities, but their caregivers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week
A woman walks past the Bank of Canada Wednesday September 6, 2017 in Ottawa. The Bank of Canada will release the autumn issue of the Business Outlook Survey and the Senior Loan Officer Survey on Tuesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Russian medical team in Yemen to treat ex-president
FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2017 file photo, former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh speaks during a ceremony to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the founding of the Popular Conference Party, in Sanaa, Yemen. Yemeni officials said Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017, that the Saudi-led coalition fighting rebels in the country has allowed a Russian medical team into the capital Sanaa to provide medical treatment for Saleh, the coalition's rival. Since 2015, the Saudi-led coalition has imposed an air and sea blockade on Yemen and waged an extensive air campaign against Saleh's forces and allies of the Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, after they captured northern Yemen. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
US, states struggle to pay spiraling cost of fighting fires
FILE--In this Oct. 12, 2017, file photo, a Cal Fire air tanker makes a fire retardant drop on a wildfire as the pilot protects structures on the Hawkeye Ranch above Geyserville, Calif. The long and brutal 2017 wildfire season is stressing the state and federal agencies that have to pay for the army of ground crews and machinery required to fight them. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, file)
Catalan leader faces critical decision as deadline with Madrid looms
Catalan regional President Carles Puigdemont addresses the media after a ceremony commemorating the 77th anniversary of the death of Catalan leader Lluis Companys at the Montjuic Cemetery in Barcelona, Spain, on Oct. 15, 2017.
'It's a dark day for us': Somalia reels from deadliest blast
Armenian man shot in the head in Warsaw dies
Fincher not in Senate race yet, but already drawing contrast
FILE - In this June 17, 2015 file photo, , Rep. Stephen Fincher, R-Tenn. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. Fincher hasn't yet joined the Republican field running for the U.S. Senate in Tennessee, but that's not keeping him from drawing a stark contrast to Rep. Marsha Blackburn. Fincher, a gospel-singing farmer from the rural West Tennessee community of Frog Jump, is wrapping up a statewide tour to discuss whether he should run for Senate. A decision is expected as soon as Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Mike Hoffman’s three-point night leads Senators to rout of Oilers
Ottawa Senators' Mike Hoffman celebrates a goal with teammate Chris Wideman during the third period against the Edmonton Oilers, in Edmonton, on Oct. 14, 2017.
Iraqi forces enter territory disputed with Kurds
This image made from a video provided by RUDAW TV shows what the Irbil-based Kurdish broadcaster says are Peshmerga fighters and volunteers arriving on military trucks in Kirkuk, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017. (RUDAW TV via AP)
Flames survive parade to penalty box in win over Canucks
Vancouver Canucks' Michael Del Zotto checks Calgary Flames' Troy Brouwer in front of Vancouver goalie Jacob Markstrom during the third period in Vancouver, on Oct. 14, 2017.
Disabled chefs serve as model for change in Morocco
In this Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017 photo, Saad El Saaey, 21, poses for a photo as he prepares a meal at a restaurant in Rabat, Morocco. A remarkable restaurant in Morocco’s capital offers its guests the opportunity to enjoy a full, fresh meal for just $6. But what’s most remarkable are its chefs: all are developmentally disabled. Since its opening in April, the restaurant has enjoyed very favorable reviews. Its customers say they appreciate the quality of the food, the low prices and the commitment behind its creation. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
Yellen sounds upbeat on economy, signalling likely rate hike
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks with G30 Chairman Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, during the G30 International Banking Seminar, at Inter-American Development Bank headquarters in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Pakistan says Indian fire in Kashmir kills 2 children
Truck bomb kills hundreds in Somalia’s worst-ever attack
Men and Somalian soldiers arrive on the site to rescue victims of the explosion of a truck bomb in the centre of Mogadishu, on October 14, 2017.
The Latest: Spain lowers growth forecast amid uncertainty
Ophelia to bring hurricane-force wind, heavy rain to Ireland
This satellite image released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Ophelia on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017. The remnants of Ophelia could bring 80 mile an hour (130 kilometer an hour) wind gusts, disruption and damage to Ireland and Britain as the work week gets underway, weather services said Sunday. (NOAA via AP)
AP analysis: FEMA rejects appeals worth $1.2B over a decade
Systemic racism thrives in Britain (as does the dishonesty about tackling it)
Shaista Aziz is a freelance journalist who has worked for the BBC, Al Jazeera and The Guardian. She writes about race, gender and Islam.
Philippine, Australian forces stage sea drill as ties deepen
The Royal Australian Navy HMAS Adelaide dislodges landing crafts with Philippine Marines and Australian troops as they conduct a joint Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief (HADR) exercise off Subic Bay in northwestern Philippines Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017. The HMAS Adelaide, along with another Australian Navy ship, the HMAS Darwin, a guided missile frigate, are here for a goodwill visit aimed at strengthening relations between the two navies as well as maritime security and stability in the region. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Pope convenes meeting in Rome for Amazon region's bishops
Pope Francis leaves at the end of a canonization mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct.15, 2017. The pontiff canonized thirty martyrs, including priests and lay persons, suffered anti-Catholic persecution in 1645 at the hands of Dutch Calvinists in Brazil, while three children, indigenous persons in 16th-century Mexico, were martyred for embracing the Catholic faith and refusing to return to their ancient conditions. The other two new saints are a 20th-century priest from Spain and an Italian priest who died in 1739. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Police: Lockdown lifted at Virginia State University
Macedonia: Early results say voters back left-wing coalition
In Africa, LGBT rights activists worry about Trump impact
FILE- in this Oct. 2013 file photo, Alhaji,who fled Gambia after being beaten, tried, and persecuted for being gay, poses for a picture in front of the African Renaissance Monument in Dakar, Senegal. Defending gay rights can be dangerous in Africa, where many countries have laws against homosexuality. But activists in recent years stepped out of the shadows, empowered by the support of the Obama administration and the international community. Now many fear the Trump administration will undermine those gains, and that their exposure could make them more vulnerable. (AP Photo/Jane Hahn, file)
Wild elephants attack Rohingya camp, killing 4 in Bangladesh
FILE- In this Sept. 26, 2017 file photo, newly set up tents cover a hillock at a refugee camp for Rohingya Muslims who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, in Balukhali refugee camp, Bangladesh. Wild elephants entered the Balukhali camp early Saturday and trampled tents where several refugees were sleeping killing a woman and her three children. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)
The Latest: Qatar diplomatic mission hit in Somali blast
Somali children assist other civilians and security forces in their rescue efforts by carrying away unidentified charred human remains in a cardboard box, to clear the scene of Saturday's blast, in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017. The death toll from the huge truck bomb blast in Somalia's capital rose to over 50 Sunday, with more than 60 others injured, as hospitals struggled to cope with the high number of casualties, security and medical sources said. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
Greek clerics ring church bells to protest gender rights law
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