Painkiller warnings sought amid rising deaths

As deaths from powerful painkillers continue to rise, Canada is pursuing unprecedented measures to curb their use, including requiring cigarette-style warning stickers on every prescription, said Health Minister Jane Philpott.

Trump turns to talks after bad weekend

US President Donald Trump was set to meet with congressional leaders from both parties to discuss his agenda, as he entered his first official week in the White House and works to begin delivering on his ambitious campaign promises.

Syria dialogue underway in Kazakhstan

Syrian peace talks brokered by Russia, Turkey and Iran and seeking to bolster a shaky cease-fire in place since last month opened on Monday in Kazakhstan, marking the first face-to-face meeting between the Damascus government and rebel factions fighting to overthrow it.

Exiled leader 'plundered' Gambia coffers

Gambia's exiled leader Yahya Jammeh plundered millions of dollars in his final weeks in power leaving state coffers "empty", an aide to new President Adama Barrow said as West African troops prepared to secure his arrival.

South Korea ruling party to change its name, second time in five years

South Korea's ruling party is to change its name for the second time in five years, it said on Monday, as it seeks to dissociate itself from the corruption scandal surrounding impeached President Park Geun-hye.

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Trump bristles over crowd counts

On his first full day in office, President Donald Trump on Saturday berated the media over its coverage of his inauguration, and turned a bridge-building first visit to CIA headquarters into an airing of grievances about "dishonest" journalists.

Engineers invent 'smart jacket' in pneumonia fight

A team of Ugandan engineers has invented a "smart jacket" that diagnoses pneumonia faster than a doctor, offering hope against a disease which kills more children worldwide than any other.

At least 36 die, as train derails in southern India

At least 36 people were killed and 50 injured on Saturday night when nine coaches of a passenger train derailed in southern India, in the latest disaster to hit the vast and accident-prone state railways, police said.

Toll from market bombing rises to 24

The death toll from a bomb blast at a market in a mainly Shiitearea of Pakistan's northwest erntribal belt has risen to 24, officials said on Sunday.

Diver mauled by shark to undergo surgery

A diver who was mauled by a 4-meter bull shark near the Great Barrier Reef was flown in stable condition to an Australian hospital for microsurgery to an arm, a paramedic said on Sunday.

14 members of pro-govt militia killed in Mali

A pro-government militia in Mali said that it had lost 14 fighters in an attack blamed on former rebels on Saturday, three days after a suicide car bomber left more than 70 dead.