U.S. President Donald Trump has given Americans a short list of his objectives in attacking Iran, but when it comes to the justification for launching the war and how the conflict is expected to play out, he and his team are sending mixed messages.

For the past two days, CBC News has been speaking with Iranians who have recently fleed the country, including those who were at the border, and those who had relocated to the Turkish city of Van, which is 100 kilometres away.

Air travel in the Middle East appears to be resuming after being suspended since Saturday amid airstrikes on Iran by the U.S. and Israel and the Islamic Republic's retaliatory attacks on other countries in the region.

Oil prices jumped Monday as the widening war in Iran disrupted tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, highlighting how important the passageway is to the world's oil supply.

The U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran were described on Monday as a "massive, overwhelming attack" that came just hours after approval from U.S. President Donald Trump, the commander-in-chief of the military.

Washington's Western allies have stressed they were not involved in the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran — but they've also carefully skirted judgment of its legality.

U.S. women's hockey gold medal-winning captain Hilary Knight revealed Monday in a television appearance she played in Milan with a torn medial collateral ligament in one of her knees.

Former U.S. president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton distanced themselves from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in closed-door depositions with lawmakers, according to videos that were released Monday by a House comm...

At least 153 people, including children, have been killed after a reported strike on a school in southern Iran. Iranian officials there blame the United States and Israel, while the U.S. military says it is reviewing the reports, and Israel's militar...

CBC's senior business correspondent Peter Armstrong explains what's happening around the critical shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday as conflict escalates following U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.

The U.S.-Israeli war against Iran entered its third day on Monday, spreading across the Mideast, with Hezbollah also entering the fray.

Even if its institutions ultimately survive the pressure — from outside and from within — Iran’s authoritarian regime is in its most precarious state since the revolution that catapulted it to power almost a half century ago.

Unpacking the seismic developments in the war between U.S., Israel and Iran and what could come next.

A proposal to revive parts of the cancelled Keystone XL pipeline could increase Canada's crude exports to the U.S. by more than 12 per cent, if it gets a green light from U.S. President Donald Trump and additional links to U.S. refining hubs are buil...

Brent crude jumped 10 per cent to about $80 US a barrel over the counter on Sunday, oil traders said, while analysts predicted that prices could climb as high as $100 US after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran plunged the Middle East into ​a new wa...

Following a joint U.S.-Israeli missile strike that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran is experiencing a volatile mix of state-sanctioned mourning and celebratory street protests. The assassination has sparked international fear that t...

Canada's energy minister says the country is poised to become one of the world's biggest suppliers of liquefied natural gas, exporting as much as 100 million tonnes per year.

Canada's airline regulator says it will probe the recent flight disruptions that occurred in the popular tourist destination of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

This time it was Hilary Knight's turn to provide a big laugh, with an assist from the Saturday Night Live writers, in the wake of a weeklong dust-up involving the United States women's and men's Olympic gold medal-winning hockey teams.