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...

The New Zealand government plans to ban young people from ever buying cigarettes in their lifetime in one of the world's toughest crackdowns on the tobacco industry.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday ordered an inquiry and said he was "furious" after a leaked video showed senior members of his staff joking about holding a lockdown-breaching Christm...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced tighter restrictions Wednesday to stem the spread of the omicron variant, urging people in England to again work from home and mandating COVID-19 passes ...

A suburban Minneapolis police officer who has said she drew her gun instead of her Taser when she fatally shot Black motorist Daunte Wright went on trial for manslaughter charges Wednesday. ...

The head of a U.S. Senate panel examining social media's negative effects on young people has dismissed as "a public relations tactic" some safety measures announced by Instagram, the popular photo-s...

A U.S. Coast Guard diver recovered a body from a submerged vehicle stuck in the rapids just metres from the brink of Niagara Falls on Wednesday.

Calgary pilot Jameel Janjua tells Power & Politics about his role in the upcoming Virgin Galactic space flights for tourists.

A campaign to turn a derelict prison into an arts hub has been given a major boost by Banksy — who says he didn't know about the building until he passed it, by chance, on a bus.

French authorities announced Wednesday that a man arrested at Paris-Charles De Gaulle Airport for allegedly being linked to the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was misidentified. ...

California abortion clinics and their allies in the state Legislature on Wednesday revealed a plan to make the state a "sanctuary" for those seeking reproductive care, including possibly paying for tr...

Gen. Bipin Rawat, chief of defence staff for India's military, was killed along with 12 others on Wednesday in a helicopter crash in southern Tamil Nadu state.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by actress Rose McGowan alleging that Harvey Weinstein engaged in racketeering to silence her and derail her career before she accused him of rape. ...

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 ...

A photograph of a cube-like object captured by a Chinese rover on the far side of the moon has fanned speculation over what it could be.

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...