NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 12-2016

Jacqueline Ross, 49, has been charged with theft and institutional vandalism after she allegedly confessed to stealing baby Jesus from Bethlehem City Hall Plaza, claiming it was just a 'joke.'

Isis has reportedly offered a $1 million reward for the killing of a Kurdish-Danish woman who dropped out of university in 2014 to fight the extremist group in Syria and Iraq.

The Turkish police officer responsible for murdering the Russian ambassador to Ankara has been named as Mevlut Mert Altintas, a 22-year-old officer who worked with the city's riot squad.

There are fears terrorists have launched an attack in Berlin after a lorry ploughed through a busy Christmas market, killing at least one person.

New statistics from the German government's Institute for Labour Research (IAB) reveal how only three per cent of those who travelled to the country in the past two years are now working.

The biggest of the four objects is 853 feet (260 metres) across - almost twice the height of the London Eye - and will fly at 8 miles (13km) per second. Experts say there is no cause for concern.

Russia's ambassador to Turkey has been shot dead while visiting an art exhibition in the capital, Ankara. Russia's policy in Syria has come under criticism in Turkey.

Footage has emerged of the visit of Joachim Gauck to the school in Offenbach where a Muslim girl wearing a hijab refused to shake his hand as a lineup of students welcomed him to the school.

What impact will Alberta's new carbon tax have on your electricity bill? Very little, according to those who follow the province's electricity market.

A highly specialized blood clot removal technique is now being offered at 22 hospitals across Canada to patients who are in the midst of having a stroke. Advocates of the procedure known as a "thrombectomy" say it's the first advance in stroke treatment i

The odd-looking fish, which sports a retractable sex organ on its head, was also spotted in the Northern Hemisphere for the first time.

There are enduring mysteries in this world. Are we alone in the universe? How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? Whose pants are frozen to the sidewalk on Bow Trail?

In a ruling that references butter knives, euthanasia and cats named Slimey and Oinky, a Saskatoon judge made an impassioned defence of the notion that, when it comes to the law, dogs should not be treated as though they were children.

Gunmen ambushed Jordanian police in a series of attacks Sunday, including at a Crusader castle popular with tourists, killing four members of the security forces and a woman visiting from Canada, officials said.

One of the drivers has been charged with following another vehicle too closely.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is increasing the heat on the federal government to consider recalling e-cigarette batteries and devices that explode and catch fire, injuring users.

Norman the booby bird may have clocked up the most unlikely air miles in aviation history.

The red flag of China waved over Victoria's harbour this week as three ships from the Peoples' Liberation Army (Navy) of China arrived for a five-day goodwill visit to the west coast.

Edmonton Oilers turned a much needed hiatus into a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning. But just barely. The Oilers should have been able to wrap this one up in the first period, coming off a three day break against a beaten up and short-staffed Tamp

A Conservative senator is embarking on a campaign to see that the government still has the power to revoke the citizenship of dual- national terrorists.

China accuses the US of "hyping-up" the issue of a US underwater drone seized by the Chinese Navy.

The 18-year-old girl allegedly hit her attacker with the heel of her shoe after he continually pestered her in a public square in Bordeaux, in south-western France.

A charge of failing to provide the necessities of life has been laid against two women in southern Alberta after their children were allegedly left unattended in a locked vehicle in -18 C weather for more than an hour.

A Saskatchewan cat is heading back home Saturday, after stowing away on a freight train and travelling several hundred kilometres west. Tiger was found Sunday under an engine deck by CN Conductor Brad Slater during a regular inspection in Wainright, Alta.

A Montreal mother-daughter team is looking to inspire young women who feel left behind by racy fast-fashion brands with a clothing line that sews in a bit more modesty.

President Barack Obama suggested strongly on Friday that Russia's Vladimir Putin knew about the email hackings that roiled the U.S. presidential race, and he urged his successor, Republican Donald Trump, to back a bipartisan investigation into the matter.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government has followed all the rules for party fundraisers, and blames media and opposition leaders for creating any concern among the public.

Serial joker Zacharias Holmes is forced to jump into a mound of snow after his body is left blackened and burnt from the painful stunt, filmed at an unknown location in the US.

RUSSIA has ordered the US to either prove accusations that it interfered in the presidential election by hacking Democratic Party organisations or drop the issue.

Having never left Pyongyang in her 20 years, the woman knwn as Miss Kim was taken out of the city as a guide to talk to French photographer who was visiting North Korea for the sixth time.

The wife of a convicted Islamic State terrorist who refused to remove her burka in court has been left with up to $100,000 in legal costs after losing a lawsuit against police over a Sydney raid.

Conservationists says it's time to act to save the Canadian Prairies, which are disappearing off the face of the Earth faster than the Amazon rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef.

Dylann Roof was convicted Thursday in the chilling attack on nine black church members who were shot to death last year during a Bible study, affirming the prosecution's portrayal of a young white man who hoped the slayings would start a race war or bring

The Correctional Service of Canada says one inmate was killed during a riot at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary Wednesday.

Calgary-based Athabasca Oil Corp. has struck a deal to buy the northern Alberta oilsands assets of Norwegian oil giant Statoil ASA for up to $832 million.

Svetlana Roslina, 24, is believed to have been crushed to death as she tried to get out of the vat at the factory in Fedortsovo, north of Moscow.

The Federal Reserve has raised a key interest rate in response to a solid U.S. economy and expectations of higher inflation, and it foresees three rate hikes in 2017.

Drivers in some jurisdictions may soon find themselves asked by police to volunteer for a saliva test, part of a pilot project aimed at detecting drug-impaired drivers.

A five-week-old puppy that was found almost frozen in a northern Manitoba community Sunday made an extraordinary recovery.

The NDP is trying to fast-track the Liberals' plan to address the opioid crisis. The health minister addressed concerns today in committee about Bill C-37, which would make it easier to open supervised consumption sites and add border controls to restrict

Wonder Woman's stint as a fictional ambassador for the United Nations is coming to an end, less than two months after she became the face of a campaign to empower women and girls.

Vincent Palmer, 27, told detectives he taped a note with racial slurs and the words "KKK" and "Trump" written on it to his ex-girlfriend's mailbox early Saturday before throwing a brick through her car window and dousing the back seat in gasoline because

Sawyer Robison, the central Alberta man found not guilty last year of all charges he faced after a wild shootout with Mounties, pleaded guilty to two firearms-related offences Monday in Wetaskiwin.

Police have closed streets in central Peterborough after a 'beeping' public bin caused a bomb scare.

The incident in October was captured in a video shared this week, showing a thug kicking a young woman down a flight of stairs at the metro station in the German capital of Belin.

One year after the first of 35,000 Syrian refugees landed in Canada, only half of all adults -- approximately 9,000 individuals -- have found work.

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump on Monday said he would appoint Goldman Sachs Group Inc. president and chief operating officer Gary Cohn to head the White House National Economic Council, a group that co-ordinates economic policy across agencies.

A Tennessee Santa Claus says a terminally ill 5-year-old boy died in his arms after he gave the boy a present in the hospital.

"Mug a drunk and send us the cash!" In a warped Christmas appeal, former Morrisons security guard Omar Hussain, urged militants to steal money and mobile phones to fund global terrorism.

A bomb explosion in the Coptic Christian cathedral complex in Egypt's capital kills at least 25.

President-elect Donald Trump moved closer to nominating Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his secretary of State Saturday, meeting privately with the business leader for the second time in a week. Trump's transition team cautioned that no announcement was

Last Thursday, Seweid told WCBS-TV that she was on the subway heading home from a school event when she was verbally attacked by the men, who she said made references to President-elect Donald Trump and called her a terrorist.

At least three tents have been spotted in woodland beside the online retail giant's base in Dunfermline, Fife in recent days, sparking concerns about employee welfare.

Al Gore's climate change documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," is getting a sequel.

With the windchill plunging into the -40 C range and with limited daylight hours, Alberta set three records in a row for electricity consumption.

The veteran singer songwriter asked the orchestra to stop when she became struck by amnesia at the Stockholm ceremony on Saturday.

At least 20 people are believed to have been injured during the explosion, which took place close to the stadium of Istanbul's Besiktas football club.

Witnesses said that during their practice sessions, they would interrupt their shooting to pray. Radio-Canada learned that after one of those practices, a client overheard one of the men say he was unhappy the targets weren't non-believers.

Residents in southern Ontario could see their first big blast of winter this season starting Sunday, when a system out of the U.S. is expected to bring up to 20 centimetres of snow to some areas.

Fifteen former clients of an imprisoned B.C. immigration consultant have been deported to China. And the failed appeals by two women who fought to remain in Canada provide a rare glimpse into the illegal tactics used to carry out what has been labelled as

A D.C. police officer who rose to a pivotal role within the police department was suspended,  but is now back on the streets after taking under-aged interns to a bar and even worse.

It seemed the witch hunt against a school principal in Markham had all but died down after she was forced to apologize for her supposedly anti-Muslim Facebook posts.

Probably just a coincidence, right?

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: The explosion rocked a checkpoint at Al Haram street in the Egyptian capital Cairo this morning on a road used to transport tourists near the pyramids.

The federal government says Canada will spend $2.3 billion to replace the military's ancient search-and-rescue planes with 16 new aircraft from European aerospace giant Airbus.

A bill to simplify crossing the Canadian-U.S. border moved ahead in the American Congress on Wednesday, with little time left to get it passed before lawmakers break to form a post-election legislature in the New Year.

A man convicted of two counts of second-degree murder in a shootout at a 2012 community barbecue in Toronto was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with no chance of parole for seven years.

President-elect Donald Trump was declared Time 'Person of the Year' on Today Wednesday morning, beating out finalists including Hillary Clinton, Beyonce and Vladmir Putin.

Donald Trump intends to nominate a chief critic of the EPA to be its next head, a source confirmed Wednesday. Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt will be named the next Environmental Protection Agency administrator, the source said. Pruitt, who w

John Kelly is a blunt-talking retired Marine general who served as an enlisted Marine.

On 28 November, mine workers used "bird hazing" techniques to try to frighten the birds and prevent them from landing in the water, which is acidic enough to dissolve a motorboat's steel propeller, according to researchers.

People across the country and digging into their closets for gloves and scarves, ahead of the arrival of the first polar plunge this week, which has already brought snow in some states.

Edmonton police have a suspect in custody in regards to a possible hate crime that occurred at the University of Alberta LRT Station last month.

Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie was overcome with emotion during a special Hunka ceremony held by the Assembly of First Nations chiefs.

Doctors say sharing complete medical files with the government is a common practice among Whitehorse doctors, even though it's a violation of medical confidentiality. Some doctors who have chosen to protect patients' privacy and not hand over information

Friends and colleagues of Dr. Elana Fric-Shamji, whose body was discovered in a suitcase in Kleinburg last week, are telling investigators that her brutal murder did not come as a surprise.

Justin Trudeau wiped away tears during a roundtable with Syrian refugees and sponsors, as one newcomer recalled being greeted by the prime minister when he arrived in Canada one year ago.

ISLAMIC terrorists beheaded eight Somali village elders and killed at least seven other people during fighting spurred by a dispute over payment of an Islamic tax, a villager and a local official said today.

Connor McDavid has enough to worry about with opponents trying to keep him off the scoresheet, the last thing he needs is Big Brother shutting him down. But there he was, pulled from the game at a crucial point in the second period Sunday when one of the

Construction of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline has been halted, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has told Standing Rock protesters.

Left-leaning Alexander Van der Bellen's projected victory in Austria's presidential election is being welcomed across much of the political spectrum in Europe and neighbouring Germany.

Police have charged 22-year-old Abas Ahmed Ibrahim (also known as Maxboy or Moe), 21-year-old Omar Kromah (also known as Nef) and 24-year-old Zakariya Mohamed Abdow (also known as Slickthug or Slimthug) with sexual assault

President-elect Donald Trump drew a rebuke from former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Saturday, after turning his attention to another Indiana company planning a move to Mexico.

Roger Pielke Jr., writes that his research was attacked by thought police in journalism, activist groups funded by billionaires and even the White House.

British Columbia grand chief Stewart Phillip says Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr's assertion the police and military will deal with civil disobedience over pipeline projects was 'stupid and clumsy.'

Federal Conservative leadership hopeful Chris Alexander says he didn't stop a crowd calling for Alberta Premier Rachel Notley to be locked up because politicians need to listen to constituents.

A suspected serial tire-slasher in a Surrey, B.C. neighbourhood has been captured on security video, after destroying the tires of several residents.

A researcher has found that a federal subsidy intended to reduce astronomical food prices for northern families has resulted in stale-dated, unreliable food on store shelves without making grocery bills more affordable.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Venezuela said it will issue higher-denominated bills as triple-digit inflation and a currency meltdown leave the country's largest note worth just around 2 U.S. cents on the black market.

THIS place is crazier than the Playboy mansion.

The death toll from a fire that tore through a warehouse hosting a late-night dance party jumped to 30 on Sunday as firefighters painstakingly combed through rubble for others believed to still be missing.

Italians voted Sunday in a referendum on constitutional reforms that Premier Matteo Renzi has staked his political future on, hoping to survive the rising populist forces that have gained traction across Europe.

Victoria's Secret is taking friendly fire from a leading women's magazine for allegedly showcasing "racist" underwear at the Grand Palais in Paris this week.

Just when you thought the lawlessness of the most lawless administration in history couldn't get worse, the Department of Justice files another legal brief. In response to a class action lawsuit by as many as 3,500 ready-to-hire air traffic controller app