Two months after the Taliban swept into Kandahar — part of its march toward the ultimate collapse of Afghanistan — CBC News went back to the southern region where Canadians had fought and died. ...

Canada has committed to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 to fight climate change. At the upcoming COP26 climate summit, hitting net-zero globally by 2050 is a key goal. What does it involve? Why is...

Brazilians will turn their focus on Wednesday to the Senate, where a report six months in the making will recommend President Jair Bolsonaro be indicted on criminal charges for allegedly bungling the ...

Two roadside bombs exploded near a bus carrying troops during the morning rush hour in the Syrian capital early Wednesday, killing 13 people and wounding three others, state TV reported. ...

A gang that kidnapped 17 members of a U.S.-based missionary group demanded $1 million US ransom per person, although authorities were not clear whether that amount included the five children being hel...

The Taliban have promised plots of land to relatives of suicide bombers who attacked U.S. and Afghan soldiers, in a provocative gesture that seems to run counter to their efforts to court internationa...

The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection voted Tuesday evening to hold at least one of Donald Trump's allies in contempt as the former president pushed...

The recent hit show Squid Game, the dystopian survival drama from South Korea, and other popular series and movies helped propel Netflix to sharply higher third-quarter earnings, released Tuesday. ...

Facebook is paying a $4.75 million US fine and up to $9.5 million US to eligible victims to resolve the U.S. Justice Department's allegations that it discriminated against American workers in favour o...

The world is gripped by an energy crunch — a fierce squeeze on some of the key markets for natural gas, oil and other fuels that keep the global economy running and the lights and heat on in homes. ...

North Korea announced Wednesday that it had tested a newly developed missile designed to be launched from a submarine, the first such weapons test in two years and one it says will bolster its militar...

An Israeli scuba diver has salvaged an ancient sword off the country's Mediterranean coast that experts say dates back to the Crusaders.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police says it's working with police in Haiti and the U.S. on the abduction of a group of 17 missionaries — one of them a Canadian — as the Caribbean country once agai...

A Los Angeles judge on Monday approved the request of the rapper, producer and fashion designer to legally change his name from Kanye Omari West to just Ye, with no middle or last name. ...

Moon rocks that a Chinese robotic spacecraft brought back to Earth last year have provided new insights into ancient lunar volcanic activity, a researcher said Tuesday.

Many scientists are pressing the British government to reimpose social restrictions and speed up booster vaccinations as coronavirus infection rates, already Europe's highest, rise still further. ...

Colin Powell, a former U.S. secretary of state and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, died of complications from COVID-19 on Monday, according to his Facebook page. He was 84.

The usually chaotic streets of Haiti's capital were quiet and largely empty Monday as thousands of workers angry about the country's lack of security went on strike in protest two days after 17 member...

Five people killed in the small Norwegian town of Kongsberg last week were all stabbed to death and not shot with a bow and arrows as initially suspected, police said on Monday.