Gasoline, diesel and kerosene not only fuel Haiti's economy — they're also at the heart of its civil conflict.

An Edmonton man directly funded "violent acts of terrorism," including the kidnapping and killing of people in Syria, said U.S. Attorney Randy Grossman in a statement.

The death toll from floods in Nigeria this year has increased to 603 as local authorities race to get relief items to hundreds of thousands being evacuated from their submerged homes.

British Prime Minister Liz Truss says she is sorry for "mistakes" in a failed tax cuts policy but vows to stay in the job, as doubts swirl over her future amid slumping investor confidence and dire po...

Waves of explosive-laden suicide drones struck Ukraine's capital early Monday as families were preparing to start their week, the blasts echoing across Kyiv, setting buildings ablaze and sending peopl...

Donald Trump's private company arranged for the Secret Service to pay for rooms at his properties in excess of government-approved rates at least 40 times during his presidency, including two charges ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has ordered ministers to prepare to keep all of Germany's three remaining nuclear plants running until mid-April to fend off a possible energy crisis caused by Russia's war in U...

Facing their biggest challenge in years, Iran's religious leaders are trying to portray the angry protests over the death of Mahsa Amini as a breakaway uprising by her fellow Kurds threatening the nat...

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for accelerating the building of a world-class military while touting the fight against COVID-19 as he kicked off a Communist Party Congress by focusing heavily on ...

Kevin Spacey testified in a New York courtroom Monday that he never made a sexual advance on actor Anthony Rapp, who has sued, claiming the Academy Award-winning actor tried to take him to bed when h...

U.S. rapper Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, has proposed buying Parler, the social media platform popular among American conservatives, parent Parlement Technologies said on Monday.

Sweden's parliament confirmed Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson as prime minister on Monday as head of a three-party minority coalition that for the first time includes a role for the anti-immigra...

The members of K-pop band BTS will serve their mandatory military duties under South Korean law, their management company said Monday, effectively ending a debate on exempting them because of their ar...

A weekend fire at Iran's notorious Evin Prison damaged one of the largest buildings in the complex, according to satellite photos analyzed Monday. Authorities raised to eight the number of inmates kil...

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni says the government is implementing an overnight curfew, closing places of worship and entertainment, and prohibiting movement into and out of two districts affected ...

This weekend the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party will effectively give Xi Jinping a mandate to continue as president for life. That is likely to mean a more belligerent foreign policy and...

Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo is undergoing treatment in Atlanta for a brain tumour, the NBA announced Saturday.

A fire broke out on Saturday in Tehran's Evin prison, where many of Iran's political and dual-national detainees are held, and witnesses reported hearing gunfire.

Britain's new chancellor of the exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, said on Saturday some taxes would go up and tough spending decisions were needed, adding that Prime Minister Liz Truss had made mistakes as she ...