As the Syrian military besieged rebellious areas Wednesday, President Bashar Assad ordered a referendum for later this month on a new constitution that would open the way to political parties other than his ruling Baath Party. The referendum was announced on Syrian state TV, but it was not immediately clear how a nationwide vote could [...]

Five children around the world die every minute because of chronic malnutrition, according to a new report. Wednesday’s report also said that almost half a billion children are at risk of permanent damage over the next 15 years. The report from Save the Children said the deaths of 2 million children each year could be [...]

A fire started by an inmate tore through a severely overcrowded Honduran prison, burning and suffocating inmates in their locked cells and killing as many as 356 people in one of the world’s deadliest prison fires in a century, authorities said Wednesday. Survivors told investigators that an unidentified inmate screamed “We will all die here!” [...]

Beginning of Story Content How does one avoid clichés when the topic at hand has a storyline that could be optioned by the some of the most schmaltzy 1980s B-grade Hollywood producers? To say that the stars are currently aligning perfectly for Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks would be like saying water is [...]

Join in the conversation and have your say in a live interactive chat as Hockey Night In Canada commentator Craig Simpson focuses this week on the NHL playoff races in the Fan’s Corner: