The Arab League opened a summit meeting in Baghdad on Thursday with only 10 of the 22 leaders in attendance, amid a growing rift over how far the group should go to end the conflict in Syria. The meeting carries historical weight because Iraq is stepping out of the shadows after a decade of bloodshed [...]

Spanish workers enraged by austerity-driven labour reforms to prevent the nation from becoming Europe’s next bailout victim has slowed down the country’s economy in a general strike, closing factories and clashing with police as the new-centre right government tried to convince investors the nation isn’t headed for a financial meltdown. Tens of thousands held protest [...]

Seeking to force from power the mutinous soldiers that seized control of Mali last week, the body representing countries in the region announced late Thursday that it will close all its land borders with the landlocked Mali, as well as freeze the nation’s bank account if the junta does not step aside. The financial sanctions [...]

Beginning of Story Content One guy who wasn’t mentioned much as a candidate to become the next general manager of the Montreal Canadiens is right under owner Geoff Molson’s nose in 60-year-old Montreal native Larry Carriere. Carriere is respected in the hockey community and is admired in the business community in Montreal. On the day the [...]

The Pierre Gauthier era in Montreal is over. The Montreal Canadiens fired their general manager on Thursday, team owner and president Geoff Molson announced during a news conference. “Effective immediately, Pierre Gauthier has been relieved of his duties as the team’s general manager,” Molson said in Brossard, Que. Molson said there is a deadline to [...]