The gap between the Biden administration and the Trudeau government this week on Cuba was wider than the straits that separate Havana from Key West.

At least seven people have died and several people are missing in Germany after heavy flooding turned streams and streets into raging torrents, sweeping away cars and causing some buildings to collaps...

More than 10,000 species of plants and animals are at high risk of extinction due to the destruction of Brazil's Amazon rainforest — 35 per cent of which has already been deforested or degraded, a...

The European Union is unveiling ambitious new climate change rules on Wednesday that will include forcing more emitters to pay for their carbon output, and forcing foreign companies to pay a levy for ...

American immigration laws have gathered dust for decades. Reform efforts have stalled amid partisan bickering. And that's why some U.S. politicians cast a jealous glance at Canada on Tuesday. ...

A judge allowed Britney Spears to hire an attorney of her choosing at a hearing Wednesday in which she broke down in tears after describing the "cruelty" of her conservatorship.

Guests began leaving a Genting Cruise Lines "cruise to nowhere" Wednesday night after nearly 3,000 passengers and crew were confined to their staterooms for most of the day following a passenger testi...

The U.K. government announced Wednesday it plans to introduce a statute of limitations for alleged crimes committed during decades of violence in Northern Ireland, a move that would end prosecutions f...

Websites run by the ransomware gang REvil suddenly became unreachable on Tuesday, sparking widespread speculation that the group had been knocked offline.

Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming is on a fundraising hot streak. However, as the face of the anti-Trump movement within the Republican Party, she is up against significant opposition in her home state. CBC ...

COVID-19 deaths and cases are on the rise again globally in a dispiriting setback that is triggering another round of restrictions and dampening hopes for an almost normal summer of fun. ...

Pope Francis was discharged from a Rome hospital and returned home to the Vatican on Wednesday, 10 days after undergoing surgery to remove half his colon.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday he might order more troops onto the streets as the army and police struggled to quell days of looting and violence, while some citizens armed ...

Cuba has restricted access to social media and messaging platforms including Facebook and WhatsApp, global internet monitoring firm NetBlocks said on Tuesday, in the wake of the biggest anti-governme...

An Iranian intelligence officer and three alleged members of an Iranian intelligence network have been charged in Manhattan with plotting to lure a U.S. resident and human rights activist to Iran, aut...

The COVID-19 curve in the U.S. is rising again after months of decline, with the number of new cases per day doubling over the past three weeks, driven by the fast-spreading delta variant, lagging vac...

The death toll rose to 72 in South Africa Tuesday following riots and unrest that began last week after the imprisonment of former president Jacob Zuma.

Pressure is mounting on the man who claims to be Haiti's leader in the aftermath of the president's assassination last week, with at least two other officials claiming to be the legitimate head of gov...

The death toll from a fire at a hospital coronavirus ward in Iraq climbed to 92 on Tuesday as anguished relatives buried their loved ones and lashed out at the government over the country's second suc...

The Red Cross says a surge of coronavirus infections with the delta variant is overwhelming hospitals in Southeast Asia and outpacing vaccinations.