The U.S. just lost Afghanistan to the Taliban. Can it really deter Russia's Vladimir Putin from invading Ukraine? We're about to find out whether an old superpower, using new sanction threats, can sti...

With the year nearly over, only about a tenth of the 40,000 Afghan refugees Canada promised to bring into the country have made it here so far — and Ottawa now says it could take up to two years ...

In a virtual meeting on Tuesday, U.S. President Joe Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin of "consequences" if he were to invade Ukraine, according to U.S. security officials. ...

A Japanese billionaire and his producer rocketed to space Wednesday as the first self-paying space tourists in more than a decade.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Wednesday that Australia will join the U.S. in a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Games over human rights concerns. Morrison said it should come a...

One of the suspected killers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was arrested at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris on Tuesday as he was about to board a flight to Saudi Arabia, several sources said...

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday criticized Brazil's health regulator, Anvisa, for proposing a vaccination requirement for travellers arriving in the country to help prevent the spread of...

Government officials in Burundi say 38 inmates have been killed and dozens more injured in a prison fire in Gitega, the country's political capital.

This year's list, compiled by the U.S. Captioning Company, identifies the words that proved most challenging for newsreaders and people on television to pronounce.

China will take part in the men's hockey tournament at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing after initial concerns that the team would be embarrassed on home ice against NHL-level competition. ...

A day before the head of the company is scheduled to tell U.S. lawmakers about what it is doing to help keep kids safe online, Instagram is launching a new feature that urges teenagers in Canada and o...

Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are suing Meta Platforms Inc, formerly known as Facebook, for $150 billion over allegations that the social media company did not take action against anti-Rohingya hate ...

The U.S. will stage a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing to protest Chinese human rights abuses, the White House confirmed Monday — a move that China has vowed to greet wi...

How did Beijing land the Winter Olympics so soon after it was host to the Summer Olympics in 2008? It will become the first city in Olympic history to host both the Winter and Summer Games. ...

The World Health Organization on Monday advised against using the blood plasma of patients who have recovered from COVID-19 to treat those who are ill, saying current evidence shows it neither improve...

The Sunday night concert took place even as human rights campaigners and activists called on Bieber to cancel his performance to protest the kingdom's arrests and crackdown on critics.

A woman who says Ghislaine Maxwell groomed her for abuse by late financier Jeffrey Epstein while she was a teenager testified on Monday that she initially looked up to the British socialite, calling h...

The organization behind the Grammys says Drake is taking himself out of contention for the celebrated music awards.

Aung San Suu Kyi, the civilian leader of Myanmar who was ousted in a de facto coup this year, was convicted of incitement and another charge Monday and sentenced to time in prison. State television re...