The Outlaw Ocean podcast is a seven-part series that explores the gritty and lawless realm of the high seas.

Electric air taxis are getting more attention as cutting emissions becomes a global priority. And the aviation industry says they could be ready for takeoff sooner than you think.

When Shinzo Abe's family held a funeral service a week after the former prime minister's assassination in July, mourners crowded streets near the temple where it took place. But more than two months l...

Russia has sought to defend its seven-month-old war in Ukraine, with Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov telling the United Nations that regions of Ukraine where widely criticized referendums are b...

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni's electoral alliance appeared to hold a wide lead in Italy's national note, an exit poll on state television suggested shortly after polls closed on Sunday evening. ...

HP Sauce is just one of the late Queen Elizabeth's favourite brands — and they are among hundreds of products that hold royal warrants. Here's what happens to the branding advantage gained from her ...

Russian forces launched new strikes on Ukrainian cities as Kremlin-orchestrated votes took place in occupied regions of Ukraine to create a pretext for their annexation by Moscow.

Canada is expanding a facility it uses in Scotland to ship weapons and other aid to eastern Europe and Ukraine, as that country calls for more aid.

NASA is skipping next week's launch attempt of its new moon rocket because of a tropical storm that's expected to become a major hurricane.

The death toll from a migrant boat that sank off the Syrian coast after sailing from Lebanon earlier this week has risen to 94, Syrian state TV said on Saturday.

Pharoah Sanders, the influential tenor saxophonist revered in the jazz world for the spirituality of his work, has died, his record label announced. He was 81.

A Black man died after a police encounter in a Denver suburb in 2019 because he was injected with a powerful sedative after being forcibly restrained, according to an amended autopsy report publicly r...

Concern is growing that Russia may use its influence over nationalist leaders to stoke tensions in the Western Balkans region.

A Kremlin-orchestrated referendum got underway Friday in occupied regions of Ukraine that sought to make them part of Russia, with some officials carrying ballots to apartment blocks accompanied by gu...

Protesters across Iran have continued to clash violently with security forces following the death of a young woman in police custody, as Iranian state TV suggested the death toll from the unrest could...

Traffic into Finland over its border with Russia was heavy on Friday. But the Finnish government plans to stop all Russians from entering on tourist visas within the coming days.

A bargain hunter who went to an estate sale in Maine to find a KitchenAid mixer, a bookshelf or vintage clothing walked away with a 700-year-old treasure.

Fifty years after the declaration of martial law in the Philippines, survivors and activists in the country and around the world are commemorating what’s widely considered to be a dark chapter in th...

Hong Kong's leader announced the city would no longer require incoming travellers to quarantine in designated hotels as it seeks to remain competitive and open up globally after nearly two years. ...

As Italy heads to the polls this Sunday to elect its next government, the country looks set to take its sharpest turn to the right since Benito Mussolini. Giorgia Meloni is in position to head a righ...