A Russian-manned freighter that went missing last month in the Atlantic Ocean has been located and its crew has been taken aboard a Russian naval vessel, media reports quoted the country's defence minister as saying Monday.

Hundreds of Via Rail passengers fled a train after it caught fire in Ottawa's southwest outskirts Sunday night, waiting in a mosquito-filled swampy area until buses could arrive.

The economic downturn has affected how Canadians care for their health, particularly those in the lowest income groups - with people sleeping and eating less, spending less on prescriptions and skipping medical and dental appointments, according to a new study released Monday in Saskatchewan.

Following the lead of other major world indices, the Toronto Stock Exchange opened up to a 350-point drop early Monday morning.

There is a tragic twist to the story of a woman who drowned in central Newfoundland while attempting to rescue a child.

A fire that killed 43 people in a wedding tent in Kuwait was a criminal act by a perpetrator motivated by personal reasons, a Kuwaiti spokesman said Monday.

There is "credible information" that terrorist groups based in neighbouring Pakistan are planning new attacks in the country, India's prime minister said Monday

The U.S. National Hurricane Centre upgraded a storm churning in the Atlantic to a hurricane early Monday morning as the first named storm to hit land this year made landfall in Florida.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper will arrive in Iqaluit on Monday as part of an Arctic trip that will include observing an anti-submarine warfare exercise.

Federal New Democratic Party members wrapped up their weekend convention in Halifax with no movement taken on changing the party name.

Three separate storms gathering over the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea are expected to hit the U.S. coast early this week, including Tropical Storm Claudette, which should make landfall overnight in the Florida Panhandle.

An earthquake struck off Japan's southern coast and rattled Taiwan on Monday, prompting Japan's Meteorological Agency to issue a tsunami warning.

Security remained high in Afghanistan Sunday, with reports that voters' lives were being threatened if they take part in elections on Thursday for both president and provincial councils.

Suaad Hagi Mohamud's lawyer said Sunday that his client is seriously ill and also said a Kenyan lawyer had "no authority" to talk about launching a lawsuit on her behalf.

Lightly regarded Y.E. Yang of South Korea outduelled world No. 1 Tiger Woods to capture the PGA Championship on Sunday at Hazeltine National in Chaska, Minn.

Tuesday's lotto draw in Italy's popular SuperEnalotto is worth $135.9 million euros, Europe's largest ever jackpot.

Usain Bolt yucked it up for the television cameras and then turned on his game face, shattering his own world record in the men's 100 metres in a time of 9.58 seconds at the world track and field championships in Berlin on Sunday.

A 25-year-old man facing deportation to Burma has won ministerial permission to remain in Saskatoon.

A 35-year-old woman from central Newfoundland is dead following her attempt to rescue a child from drowning.

A massive auction of Beatles memorabilia in Britain will include photos of Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr when they were schoolboys.