Lizz Truss resigned as British prime minister Thursday, becoming the shortest serving PM in the country's history. So what's next? Political analysts say none of the options for the Conservatives look...

Liz Truss's resignation as British prime minister has triggered another leadership race for the U.K.'s fractured and demoralized Conservative Party. Here's a look at the potential contenders, includin...

The U.S. government is investigating whether Mississippi state agencies discriminated against the state's majority-Black capital city by refusing to fund improvements for its failing water system, the...

The United States says it has evidence that Iranian troops are "directly engaged on the ground" in Crimea supporting Russian drone attacks on Ukraine's infrastructure and civilian population. ...

Hans Niemann, the teenage American grandmaster at the centre of an alleged cheating scandal, sued world champion Magnus Carlsen, online platform Chess.com and others for slander and libel on Thursday ...

Mahnaz Afkhami was Iran’s minister of women’s affairs before the Islamic Republic took power in 1979. She reflects on the Iran she grew up in, and what’s different about recent protests. ...

Just months after enduring floods that destroyed crops and submerged entire communities, thousands of families in the Brazilian Amazon are now dealing with severe drought that, at least in some areas,...

The RCMP is investigating a convicted fraudster and alleged human smuggler in connection with the death of an Indian family at the U.S.-Canada border in January, The Fifth Estate has learned. But ques...

British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced on Thursday she was stepping down, just over six weeks after taking the Conservative Party reins as leader. The Conservatives, in power since 2010, will now ...

A plan outlined by Canada's Chrystia Freeland would have us redirect trade to friendly democracies. That could be good for Canadian workers and a wise defensive strategy in a dangerous world, but brea...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has introduced martial law in four Ukrainian regions he says are part of Russia, as residents flee the Russian-held city of Kherson, which promises to be a pivotal ...

A complex of giant tents built on an island is set to open Wednesday as New York City's latest temporary shelter for an influx of international migrants being bused into the city by southern border st...

Iranian competitive climber Elnaz Rekabi received a hero's welcome on her return to Tehran early Wednesday, after competing in South Korea without wearing a mandatory headscarf required of female athl...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump was deposed on Wednesday in a defamation lawsuit brought in New York by writer E. Jean Carroll after he denied her allegations that he had raped her, lawyers for bot...

A prosecutor on Tuesday described rape allegations by three women against That '70s Show actor Danny Masterson from two decades ago that contained some of the same disturbing elements.

U.S. President Joe Biden promised Tuesday that the first bill he sends to Capitol Hill next year will be one that codifies Roe v. Wade — if Democrats control enough seats in Congress for Biden to si...

Britain's interior minister quit on Wednesday with a thinly-veiled criticism of Prime Minister Liz Truss, who is battling to reassert her authority as lawmakers from her own party openly call on her t...

Three police officers in Ukraine's capital shot down a drone on Monday, but officials are warning citizens not to try it themselves.

Various governments pledged $2.6 billion US on Tuesday toward a global plan to again try to eradicate polio, following its comeback, the World Health Organization says.