The courtyard of the Ofatma hospital in Les Cayes, Haiti, is a scene of abject misery right now, as patients await treatment and hospital staff struggle with a lack of supplies in the wake of the 7.2 ...

Taliban soldiers riding in Afghan army vehicles visited apartments in Kabul on Tuesday, looking for former Afghan government staff and other Afghans who worked with international organizations, accord...

U.S. health officials Wednesday announced plans to dispense COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and signs that the vaccines' effectivene...

R&B star R. Kelly is a predator who lured girls, boys and young women with his fame and dominated them physically, sexually and psychologically, a prosecutor said Wednesday, while a defence lawyer war...

Pressure for a co-ordinated response to Haiti's deadly weekend earthquake mounted Wednesday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble and the injured continued to arrive from remote areas in search o...

The chaos that ensued following the hasty withdrawal of remaining U.S. forces from Afghanistan may have been prevented had President Joe Biden executed a more gradual and protracted pullout, military...

The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed changing how asylum claims are handled, aiming to reduce a huge backlog of cases from the U.S.-Mexico border that has left people waiting years to find o...

Tens of thousands of students in Florida went back to school this week, and board officials opted to defy state directives banning masks as COVID-19 cases soar.

The former president and board chair of Purdue Pharma told a court Wednesday that he, his family and the company are not responsible for the opioid crisis in the United States.

CBC's Ellen Mauro visits a makeshift camp in Les Cayes, Haiti, where anger and frustration is growing among those displaced by the deadly earthquake last weekend.

Zara Rutherford, a Belgian-British 19-year-old, took to the skies Wednesday in her quest to become the youngest woman to fly around the world solo.

The British government said it would take in 5,000 Afghan refugees this year, primarily women and children, as lawmakers packed Parliament Wednesday for a heated emergency debate on the U.K. response ...

A fossil egg found by a Chinese farmer has turned out to have a rare surprise inside: A baby turtle nearly ready to hatch. For the first time, that’s allowed scientists to figure out what kind of an...

Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Grace forced a temporary halt to the government's response to the deadly earthquake that battered the impoverished Caribbean nation on Saturday. 

At least three people were killed in anti-Taliban protests in the Afghan city of Jalalabad on Wednesday, witnesses said, as the militant group tried to set up a government and Western countries steppe...

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said today that Canada has no plans to recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.

The wildfire started Monday evening, in the height of France's summer vacation season, about 40 kilometres inland from the coastal resort of Saint-Tropez.

The Taliban vowed Tuesday to respect women's rights, forgive those who resisted them and ensure a secure Afghanistan as part of a publicity blitz aimed at convincing world powers and a fearful populat...

U.S. officials on Monday declared the first-ever water shortage from a river that serves 40 million people in the West, triggering cuts to some Arizona farmers next year amid a gripping drought. ...

As the Taliban takes over the Afghan capital and residents scramble to leave the country, groups are calling on countries offering humanitarian support to relax visa requirements. Radio-Canada spoke w...