The U.S. struck Iran on Friday to respond to a drone attack a day earlier on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz. It's the most significant test yet to an interim understanding reached a week ago by the two countries to begin working to end their mo...

After the largest Ukrainian drone offensive on the Russian capital and other strikes on energy infrastructure, confidence in Putin's leadership has seemed to waver among civilians and prominent nationalists alike. But analysts are skeptical whether i...

As the official death toll continues to rise following Wednesday's earthquakes, Venezuelans say the civilian population has shouldered the brunt of the rescue and recovery work.

An appeals court on Friday upheld Harvey Weinstein's 2022 rape and sexual assault conviction in California, but ordered his trial judge to resentence him.

OpenAI says its new AI product, called GPT-5.6 Sol, will only be initially available to a "small group of trusted partners" approved by the Trump administration. The move comes after OpenAI's rival, Anthropic, took two of its models offline shortly a...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio joined Israel and Lebanon's ambassadors to the U.S. Friday to announce a framework agreement that was described as a first step toward peace following months of conflict between Israel and the Lebanese militant gro...

NASA and the commercial company Katalyst Space have concocted a plan to stop a powerful astrophysics satellite from hurtling towards Earth and burning up in the atmosphere.

John Bolton, national security adviser during Donald Trump's first presidential administration, pleaded guilty on Friday to illegally retaining classified information, sealing a deal with federal prosecutors.

Russian air defences intercepted 660 Ukrainian drones in a major nighttime attack on 12 Russian regions as well as the Russia-held Crimean peninsula, the Black Sea and the Azov Sea, Russia's Defence Ministry said Friday.

Hundreds of people are dead from Europe’s heatwave, in a continent where air conditioning is not the norm. But while ACs may save lives, they can also make the problem worse.

A Saudi doctor was sentenced to life in prison in Germany on ‌Friday for killing six people and injuring hundreds, after he rammed a rented BMW into crowds at a historic market in the eastern city of Magdeburg days before Christmas in 2024.

The UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) paused its program to shepherd ships and seafarers through the Strait of ‌Hormuz on Thursday after a cargo ship reported a suspected attack, reigniting fears over a preliminary deal to end the Iran w...

Charles III will not live at Buckingham Palace after the completion of a 10-year, 369-million-pound ($692 million Cdn) refurbishment program as the monarchy seeks to increase public access to the historic building that has been the centre of royal li...

Prime Minister Mark Carney says a lengthy conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump went well beyond NATO, covering Iran, Middle East security, Arctic defence and Canada's military spending plans. Carney also predicted Canada will hit four per ce...

Canada is "at a disadvantage" in countries like Iran where it lacks a diplomatic presence, but his government is not looking to re-establish relations with Tehran, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Thursday.

CBC/Radio-Canada became a full member of the European Broadcasting Union on Thursday, which means Canada is now eligible to enter the Eurovision Song Contest, but the country’s public broadcaster won’t say whether it will participate in the popul...

Harvey Weinstein avoided a fourth trial on a New York rape charge after his accuser said she could not endure testifying again, leading prosecutors to drop the #MeToo-era case on Thursday.