Hundreds of people were rescued from a ferry that caught fire between Greece and Italy in the early hours of Friday, the Greek coast guard said.

As NATO countries warn that the Russian military is poised to strike Ukraine at any time, there are mixed feelings in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Some residents are horrified while others are recruiting vo...

A New York judge ruled on Thursday that former U.S. president Donald Trump and two of his adult children must answer questions under oath within 21 days in the state attorney general's civil probe int...

Anthropologist Darren Byler sees a confluence in Xinjiang province in China of constant surveillance, state data harvesting and private companies driven by profit. How does this apply to the global ra...

A grand jury in Minneapolis has indicted a man who was arrested near the Manitoba-U.S. border last month, accused of involvement in a human smuggling operation.

France and military allies said on Thursday they would leave Mali after almost a decade based there fighting Islamist insurgents around West Africa, moving instead to Niger despite public disenchant...

Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci says it is time for the United States to start inching back towards normality, despite remaining risks from COVID-19.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday at a United Nations Security Council meeting on Ukraine that Russia "plans to manufacture a pretext for its attack on Ukraine" in coming days that ...

The federal government says it has secured escape routes through four neighbouring countries to allow Canadians to evade a Russian military incursion into Ukraine.

People in Ontario, British Columbia and Prince Edward Island will face fewer COVID-19 restrictions as of Thursday as more provinces ease public health measures on businesses and social gatherings ...

The United States, the European Union and others pledged $600 million US in additional funds to help Haiti Wednesday as hundreds of thousands of people are still struggling six months after a powerful...

The death toll from devastating mudslides and floods that swept through a mountainous region of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state has reached 78, Gov. Claudio Castro said Wednesday afternoon. ...

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador broadened his campaign against the mainstream media Wednesday, demanding information on the incomes of several prominent journalists. He has accused jou...

Walt Disney World in Florida has announced that masks will be optional for fully vaccinated visitors in all indoor and outdoor locations.

The family of comedian and actor Bob Saget has filed a lawsuit to block Florida officials from publicly releasing photographs and other records from an investigation into his death last month, court d...

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin lost her libel lawsuit against The New York Times on Tuesday when a jury rejected her claim that the newspaper maliciously damaged her reputation by erroneously linking ...

A U.S. patient with leukemia has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus tha...

The timing of the bridge blockade in Windsor, Ont., couldn't be more awkward for Canada's economy. It comes at a historic moment for the auto industry, and U.S. lawmakers are looking for reasons to 'B...

The families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have agreed to a $73 million US settlement in a lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used to kill 20 children in first grade...