The White House said U.S. President Joe Biden expressed "support" for a ceasefire in a call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, the eighth day of fighting between Israeli forces a...

The Indian navy is working to rescue crew members from a sunken barge and a second cargo vessel that was adrift Tuesday off the coast of Mumbai after a deadly cyclone struck the western coast. ...

Manitoba health officials are warning that tighter restrictions, including a stay-at-home order, are on the table as rising COVID-19 cases stretch the health-care system.

Microsoft conducted a probe into co-founder Bill Gates's involvement with an employee almost 20 years ago after it was told in 2019 that he had tried to start a romantic relationship with the person, ...

A powerful cyclone that emerged in the Arabian Sea made landfall on India's western coast on Monday, hours after authorities evacuated hundreds of thousands of people and suspended COVID-19 vaccinatio...

Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit will not contend in next month's Belmont Stakes after the New York Racing Association temporarily suspended the horse and its famed trainer, Bob Baffert, on Monday ...

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider a major rollback of abortion rights, saying it will decide whether states can ban abortions before a fetus can survive outside the womb.

A COVID-19 vaccine developed by Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline showed a robust immune response in early-stage clinical trial results, enabling them to move to a late-stage study, the companies announced o...

Israeli warplanes unleashed a series of heavy airstrikes at several locations of Gaza City early Monday local time, hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signalled the fourth war with ...

AT&T will combine its massive media operations that include CNN, HBO, TNT and TBS in a $43 billion US deal with Discovery, the owner of lifestyle networks including the Food Network and HGTV. ...

A prominent Canadian Jewish advocacy group hosted a virtual event in solidarity with Israel on Sunday, and pro-Palestinian demonstrations continued in Canadian cities, amid ongoing violence between I...

Groups alleging human-rights abuses against minorities in China are calling for a full-blown boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, a move likely to ratchet up pressure on the International O...

A leader whose popularity has seemed virtually unassailable is now dealing with deep anger over his COVID-19 response, with scenes of the country's health system failing, crematoriums overwhelmed, and...

More than a dozen U.S. states quickly embraced new federal guidelines that say fully vaccinated Americans no longer need to wear masks indoors or outdoors in most cases. But others hesitated amid doub...

China has cancelled attempts to climb Mount Everest from its side of the world's highest peak because of fears of importing COVID-19 cases from neighbouring Nepal, state media reported. ...

Amid the worst violence since the 2014 war, here is a look at the ongoing conflict and the history of confrontations between Israel and Palestinian militants.

As another day of violence unfolds in Gaza and Israel, many with loved ones in the region watch with anxiety and heartbreak, unable to look away as the threat of a ground war looms.

ViacomCBS said Friday that former CBS CEO Les Moonves will not get his $120 million US severance package following his ouster in 2018, ending a long-running dispute over the money.

Back-to-back tornadoes killed 12 people in central and eastern China and left more than 300 others injured, authorities said Saturday.

China landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time on Saturday, a technically challenging feat more difficult than a moon landing, in the latest step forward for its ambitious goals in space. ...