Eleven-week campaign likely to focus on sluggish economy

Countries intend to wean economies off carbon fuels but stop short of binding targets

Omar Khadr, captured in Afghanistan aged 15, had pleaded guilty to killing a US soldier

Appeal judge says initial trial failed to provide conclusive evidence the defendants had helped the banned Muslim Brotherhood

South Korean group hoping to get hold of valuable patents

‘Reboot Ireland’ must think that significant chunks of the Irish political spectrum are perhaps business-hostile

Russian president skips leaders’ lunch after sharp criticism over Ukraine

G20 unveils plans to grow economies and to support action on climate change

John Kerry says killing of Corporal Nathan Cirillo was clearly a ‘terrorist attack’

That gunman got so close to Canadian prime minister raises security concerns

Michael Zehaf-Bibeau (32) fatally shot soldier at war memorial in Ottawa

Stephen Harper insists country will not be intimidated by terrorist acts

Stephen Harper says attack by gunman on parliament will strengthen response to ‘terrorist organisations’

Militants bombard Kobani, adjacent to Syria’s border with Turkey

Vessel vanished on doomed 19th century Franklin expedition to Northwest passage

Couple who ran coffee shop on border with North Korea accused of stealing state secrets

UN summit in September seen as critical

Obama says fate ‘of human history’ hung on French beaches on this day in 1944

Canada sends special forces to help search effort

Michael Noonan pays tribute to politican who ‘championed the promotion of Irish related projects in Canada’

Move comes after a heated city council debate in which Rob Ford knocked down a councillor

Channel 4 team was in the country to cover a Commonwealth summit

Meeting of Commonwealth leaders overshadowed by war crimes accusation

British PM says he has better chance of securing change if he attends Colombo meeting

The pact will eliminate about 98 per cent of tariff lines on the first day of implementation

30 people injured after front of the double-decker bus sheared off

Cameron tells G20 summit of new scientific evidence showing chemical weapons use in Syria

Britain and US on brink of intervention, stressing regime change is not the goal

Petroleum blast in small Quebec town destroyed dozens of buildings

Pressures being exerted on government over its proposed public health policies

Taoiseach says he can support inititative because it does not mean tax harmonisation

‘Washington Post’ focus on Sligo, where White House press corps stayed

Harper sparks diplomatic row in Dublin saying Putin supports Syrian ‘thugs’

David Cameron embarrassed by revelations that British secret service spied on delegations at G20 meetings in London

Stephen Harper greeted at Dublin Airport by Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore

Son of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau overwhelming favourite in election