Women in Afghanistan will be allowed to study in universities as the country seeks to rebuild after decades of war — but segregation by sex and a dress code will be mandatory, the Taliban's new hi...

Yet another billionaire entrepreneur is set to ride into space this week, strapped inside the capsule of a SpaceX rocketship as part of an astro-tourist team poised to make history as the first all-ci...

The head of Iran's civilian nuclear program says Tehran will allow United Nations inspectors to install new memory cards into surveillance cameras at its sensitive atomic sites and to continue filming...

North Korea says it successfully test fired what it described as newly developed long-range cruise missiles over the weekend, its first known testing activity in months that underscored how it continu...

When HBO launched a cartoon show mocking eight-year-old Prince George this summer, it was only the latest instalment in a long history of royal satire. But reaction to The Prince may point to an evolv...

Visitors to Paris were surprised on Sunday when strolling on the Champs-Élysées as dozens of workers began enveloping in a shimmering wrapper a posthumous installation by artist Christo at the Arc d...

A return to a freer level of international air travel likely won't be possible until there's greater agreement among nations on the COVID-19 tests and vaccination documentation needed to travel abroad...

Several COVID-19 outbreaks across Canada have marred the first week of back-to-school, prompting school closures and class cancellations.

Russia and Belarus are talking about further integrating their economies, but experts are watching what is going on with their military as Russia seeks an expanded presence for its armed forces in Bel...

Two former Afghan officials who watched the country's collapse from the inside say the Taliban had an ally in the endemic corruption, nepotism and wishful thinking afflicting the government of Ashraf ...

More than 2,000 Turks demonstrated in Istanbul on Saturday against official coronavirus-related mandates, including vaccinations, tests and masks, responding to new government measures and an inoculat...

Cristiano Ronaldo's two goals, two chances to stage his trademark celebration in a 4-1 win over Newcastle in Manchester, England on Saturday ensured the performance matched the club hype fans young an...

Abimael Guzman, the leader of the brutal Shining Path insurgency in Peru who was captured in 1992, died on Saturday in a military hospital after an illness, the Peruvian government said. ...

Rescuers planned to resume the search Saturday for victims of a landslide that brought tons of massive boulders down on a steep hillside neighbourhood outside Mexico City, killing at least one person ...

New U.S. studies released Friday show COVID-19 vaccines remained highly effective against hospitalizations and death even as the extra-contagious delta variant swept the country.

A federal judge in the U.S. ordered Apple to dismantle part of the competitive barricade guarding its closely run App Store, threatening one of the iPhone maker's biggest moneymakers.

Ten more Canadians were evacuated from Afghanistan today on a civilian flight bound for Qatar, Canadian officials say.

Much of the United States is preparing to mark the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in both New York City and Washington.

BioNTech is set to request approval across the globe to use its COVID-19 vaccine in children as young as five over the next few weeks and preparations for a launch are on track, the biotech firm's tw...