As the U.S. Congress scrambled to come up with a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown Friday, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump insisted that a debt ceiling increase be included in any such deal, then went a step further by seeking to su...

People in Lebanon are burying their dead and trying to rebuild their lives while a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah holds, as CBC News hears divided opinions on the future of the weakened militant group.

The Israeli military said it failed to intercept a missile from Yemen early on Saturday that fell in the Tel Aviv-Jaffa area, where the ambulance service said 14 people received mild injuries.

The Royal Family gathers for Christmas celebrations, but amid the festivities, there will be ongoing concerns for the health of King Charles, as his cancer treatment continues and a notable absence sparked by a high-profile controversy involving an a...

A car plowed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, killing at least two people and injuring at least 60 others in what authorities suspect was a deliberate attack.

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Friday that would avert a midnight government shutdown, defying president-elect Donald Trump's demand to also greenlight trillions of dollars in new debt.

It’s been a tumultuous week in Canadian politics, and Donald Trump has been paying attention, weighing in on Chrystia Freeland's resignation and repeating taunts about America’s “51st state.” CBC’s chief political correspondent Rosemary Bar...

French President Emmanuel Macron faced widespread frustration and anger from residents of Mayotte during his visit to the Indian Ocean archipelago, which is still reeling from the damage of the strongest cyclone to hit the region in nearly a century.

Malaysia's government has agreed in principle to accept a second "no find, no fee" proposal from a U.S. company to renew the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which is believed to have crashed in the southern Indian Ocean more than 10 years ag...

A spending bill backed by Donald Trump failed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday as dozens of Republicans defied the U.S. president-elect, leaving Congress with no clear plan to avert a fast-approaching government shutdown that could di...

In Gaza, where banknotes are in short supply, Palestinians are forced to digitally transfer money to men known as exchangers who give them cash after taking a large cut for themselves. What's left doesn't stretch very far as wartime inflation has sha...

U.S. authorities are struggling to convince a skeptical public that reports of mystery lights flying over New Jersey and other states are nothing to worry about, but observers say how those officials are communicating that message is hampering t...

Senior U.S. diplomats visiting Damascus on Friday met with Syria's de-facto new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa and held a "good" and "very productive" meeting with him about Syria's political transition and decided to remove a bounty on his head.

Selling off or privatizing Canada Post is just one of many significant and potentially drastic remedies tossed around by analysts who say the Crown corporoation cannot continue in its present form.

As president-elect Donald Trump and his supporters continue to troll Canada about becoming the 51st state, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Canada has weighed in on the taunts.

Amazon.com workers at seven U.S. facilities walked off the job early on Thursday during the holiday shopping rush as workers protest what they say is the retailing giant's unfair treatment of its employees.

During a carefully choreographed annual press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about Ukraine, Syria and U.S. president-elect Donald Trump.