New Zealand authorities said Friday they shot and killed a violent extremist after he entered a supermarket and stabbed and injured six shoppers.

The U.S troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and the fall of Kabul is reminding some Toronto-area former "boat people" of American's departure from Vietnam after losing the war, which prompted thousands ...

On Sept. 7, Canada plans to open its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from across the globe, and let them to skip the country's 14-day quarantine requirement.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Friday he won't run for leadership of the governing party at the end of this month, paving the way for a new Japanese leader after just a year in office. ...

The operator of a limousine company was spared prison time Thursday in a 2018 crash that killed 20 people when catastrophic brake failure sent a stretch limo full of birthday revelers hurtling down a ...

A stunned U.S. East Coast woke up to a rising death toll, surging rivers and destruction from the remnants of Hurricane Ida, which walloped the region with record-breaking rain days after hitting the ...

The remnants of Hurricane Ida remained powerful while moving along the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S., dumping historic rain with at least 14 deaths linked to flooding in New York, New Jersey and Pennsy...

The CBC's Susan Ormiston reports from Torkham border crossing in Pakistan on the critical goods waiting to cross between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday that Virgin Galactic cannot launch anyone into space again until an investigation is complete into a mishap that occurred during July's flight wi...

U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday lambasted the Supreme Court's decision not to block a new Texas law banning most abortions in the state and directed federal agencies to do what they can to "insul...

Swedish pop group Abba announced Thursday that they will release a new album — their first in 40 years — and "perform" a concert as digital characters in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. ...

Apple is relaxing rules to allow some app developers such as Spotify, Netflix and digital publishers to include an outside link so users can sign up for paid subscription accounts.

Canada will donate more than 1.3 million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine to three African countries through the COVAX vaccine-sharing facility, GAVI said on Thursday. ...

The town of Alcanar in northeastern Spain assessed the damage Thursday to homes and businesses caused by flooding produced by intense rain that fell over large areas of the country.

Food stocks in Afghanistan could run out this month, a senior UN official warned Wednesday, threatening to add a hunger crisis to the challenges facing the country's new Taliban rulers as they endeavo...

Homes are underwater and communities badly damaged after Hurricane Ida tore through New Orleans on Sunday as the most powerful storm to hit the region since Katrina 16 years ago.

Months ago, Israel had wrestled down its daily COVID-19 case counts to double digits. This week, it spiked to around 11,000. This reversal of fortune provides lessons for countries like Canada about...

A Texas law banning most abortions in the state took effect at midnight, but the U.S. Supreme Court has yet to act on an emergency appeal to put the law on hold.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control says that, based on available data on vaccine effectiveness, there was no urgent need for the administration of booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine...

Across Louisiana and parts of Mississippi battered by Hurricane Ida, lights came back on for a fortunate few, some corner stores opened their doors and crews cleared fallen trees and debris from a gro...