High waters are not uncommon in Dernau, Germany, but on July 14, 2021, they reached a record height of seven metres, as torrential rains turned the Ahr River into a forceful rush of water that swept a...

Western nations, including Canada, should brace themselves for the possibility of increased cyber and ransomware attacks if the current tension between Ukraine and Russia becomes worse — or even ex...

Hong Kong police say they have arrested six current and former staff members of an online media company for conspiracy to publish a seditious publication.

John Madden, the Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster whose exuberant calls combined with simple explanations provided a weekly soundtrack to NFL games for three decades, died Tuesday morning, the NF...

The decision by U.S. health officials to shorten the recommended COVID-19 isolation and quarantine period from 10 days to five is drawing criticism from some medical experts.

Harry Reid, the former U.S. Senate majority leader and Nevada's longest-serving member of Congress, has died. He was 82.

Russia's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that one of the country's oldest and most prominent human rights organizations should be shut down.

Hundreds of thousands of people in the Philippines, Asia's largest Roman Catholic country, marked the Christmas season without homes, adequate food and water, electricity and cellphone connections aft...

At least 38 people were killed Tuesday when a defunct gold mine collapsed in Sudan's West Kordofan province, according to authorities.

As COVID-19 cases continued to rise in Quebec on Tuesday, with 12,833 new cases and 15 additional deaths, the health minister said health-care workers who test positive will be able to continue to wo...

U.S. health officials on Monday cut recommendations for isolation restrictions for Americans diagnosed with coronavirus from 10 to five days, and similarly shortened the time that close contacts need ...

A lone gunman shot dead four people and wounded three, including a police officer, on Monday during a Denver-area shooting rampage that unfolded at various locations and ended with police killing t...

Artist Wayne Thiebaud, whose luscious, colourful paintings of cakes and San Francisco cityscapes combined sensuousness, nostalgia and a hint of melancholy, has died. He was 101.

Canadian air travellers are experiencing an uptick in flight cancellations this holiday season, but airlines say weather is a bigger factor than COVID-19.

British police said Monday they were investigating a video linked to a man armed with a crossbow who was arrested at Windsor Castle on Christmas Day.

Desmond Tutu, South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa annou...

Several countries are considering implementing more COVID-19 restrictions ahead of New Year celebrations.

The Taliban have dissolved Afghanistan's two election commissions, as well as state ministries for peace and parliamentarian affairs, after deeming them unnecessary for the country's current situation...

New restrictions on gatherings and restaurants are taking effect in Quebec on Sunday as Canada crossed the threshold of two million cases of COVID-19.

U.S. airlines called off more than 1,300 flights on Sunday as surging COVID-19 infections due to the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus grounded crews and forced tens of thousand...