Asif Ali Zardari, widower of assassinated politician Benazir Bhutto, is the new president of Pakistan following a vote by the country's legislators.

Toronto Liberal MP Bob Rae says his party has a "great chance of being successful" in the looming election as a new NDP ad takes direct aim at Prime Minister Stephen Harper's leadership.

Tropical storm Hanna made landfall near the Carolinas early Saturday morning, buffeting beaches as it began a dash up the Eastern Seaboard towards Canada.

The Quebec government has ordered the recall of a total of 11 cheese products that may contain the Listeria bacterium after one person died of infection and 14 other cases were confirmed.

The Damascus-based leader of Hamas has agreed to deliver a letter to a captured Israeli soldier from his father, an official for the Palestinian group said Saturday.