Alexander Lukashenko has survived as Belarus's authoritarian ruler for 27 years by knowing how to play Russia off against the West. But did his gambit to "hijack" an Irish airliner to arrest a governm...

Governors and legislatures in Republican-controlled states across the U.S. are moving to define what race-related ideas can be taught in public schools and colleges, a reaction to the country's racial...

New COVID-19 restrictions took effect in Manitoba on Saturday as the province reported 357 new cases and three additional deaths.

B.J. Thomas, who announced in March that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer, died from complications of the disease Saturday at his home in Arlington, Texas, a statement released by his representa...

Chelsea won the Champions League for the second time Saturday, beating Manchester City 1-0 thanks to Kai Havertz's first-half goal as Pep Guardiola's overthinking proved costly again in the all-Englis...

An automated spacecraft docked with China's new space station Sunday carrying fuel and supplies for its future crew, the Chinese space agency announced.

The U.S. State Department says Arnold Chacon has been named to serve as charge d'affaires to Canada at the American embassy.

Gavin MacLeod, the veteran supporting actor who achieved stardom as Murray Slaughter, the sardonic TV news writer on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, before going on to even bigger fame as the cheerful Cap...

Federal parties have shifted their positions on the Israel-Palestine issue after a long period of stasis. The Gaza conflict is also causing tensions within the Liberal Party, the NDP and Green Party. ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he does not believe the COVID-19 virus escaped from a Chinese lab in Wuhan province but is keeping an eye on new evidence as it emerges.

The Wuhan lab-leak theory of COVID-19 isn't new, and no major evidence has suddenly appeared. What has changed is calls from scientists in the field, the Biden administration, and others to investigat...

Nigerian authorities confirmed that at least 60 people have died in a boat accident on the Niger River and that 83 missing passengers are also feared dead.

Republicans in the U.S. Senate have blocked the creation of a bipartisan panel to study the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Japan extended a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas for 20 more days on Friday, with infections still not slowing as it prepares to host the Olympics in just over 50 days. ...

Nova Scotia's gradual COVID-19 reopening plan is set to begin on June 2 at 8 a.m. AT, with expanded outdoor gatherings and the reopening of restaurants and certain businesses with limitations, off...

Hong Kong media tycoon and outspoken pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai was sentenced to more jail time Friday over his role in an anti-government protest in 2019, as authorities crack down on dissent i...

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin is one of the rare voices in Russia calling people out for not doing their civic duty and getting vaccinated against COVID-19. Unlike many countries that have struggled ...

Louisiana State Police troopers involved in the violent arrest of Ronald Greene, a Black motorist who died in police custody in 2019, should be immediately fired and charged with crimes, leaders of ...

EU foreign ministers met in Lisbon on Thursday to determine new economic sanctions against Belarus after it arrested a dissident journalist aboard an intercepted passenger jet on the weekend. ...

In an effort to fully open the Golden State on June 15, California residents who receive the COVID-19 vaccine by then stand to win lottery-style prizes worth $116.5 million in cash and gift cards. ...