The apparent ease with which a former U.S. diplomat convinced the Syrian Kurds to investigate and release a Canadian woman he helped — with no clear evidence that other detainees were being offered ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed Monday that his government plans to scrap laws requiring face masks and physical distancing later this month, though he acknowledged that lifting the r...

The weekend death of a 24-year-old man has sparked widespread condemnation after friends of the victim claim he was targeted and beaten to death for being gay. The death comes amid a spike in attacks ...

Father Stan Swamy, a Jesuit priest and longtime Indian tribal rights activist who was jailed in 2020 under India's harsh anti-terror law, died Monday in the western Indian city of Mumbai. He was 84. ...

Tropical storm Elsa swept over western Cuba with strong rain and winds on Monday, and forecasters said it would move on to the Florida Keys on Tuesday and Florida's central Gulf Coast by Wednesday. ...

People who work fewer hours per week are not only happier, but also more productive at their jobs, according to a large-scale pilot program in Iceland.

Foreign Minister Marc Garneau said he reaffirmed Canada's support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during his recent five-day trip to the Middle East, adding that both si...

Four victims were found dead Monday in the rubble of a collapsed condominium as crews resumed their search following the demolition of the remaining part of the building.

Spain has restored nightlife restrictions weeks after they were lifted due to a surge in COVID-19 cases among unvaccinated young adults. On Friday, the 14-day contagion rate among those aged 20 to 29 ...

Twenty-seven years to the day after he incorporated the company he co-founded, Jeff Bezos is no longer the CEO of Amazon, handing over the reins to Andy Jassy, head of the company's cloud computing di...

Pope Francis, 84, is alert, breathing without assistance and in a good overall condition following surgery to remove half of his colon, the Vatican said on Monday.

Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, is self-isolating and has cancelled her engagements after someone she came into contact with subsequently tested positive for COVID-19, her office said on Monday. ...

Businesses in at least 17 countries, including Canada, are trying to contain a ransomware attack that has paralyzed computer networks, a cybersecurity firm said.

A Philippine air force C-130 aircraft carrying combat troops assigned to fight Muslim militants crashed and exploded while landing in the south Sunday, killing at least 42 army soldiers on board and t...

More than 1,000 soldiers, firefighters and police on Sunday waded through a giant mudslide that ripped through a resort town southwest of Tokyo, killing at least two people and leaving about 20 missin...

Cyprus asked fellow European Union nations on Saturday to help battle a huge forest fire in a mountainous region of the east Mediterranean island nation that has forced the evacuation of at least seve...

Environmentalists criticized Mexico's state-owned oil company Saturday after a gas leak at an underwater pipeline unleashed a subaquatic fireball that appeared to boil the waters of the Gulf of Mexico...

Rescuers suspended their search for the living and the dead in the rubble of a collapsed South Florida condo building Saturday to allow crews to start preparing the unstable remainder of the structure...

England has reached the European Championship semifinals by beating Ukraine 4-0.

A Vatican judge on Saturday indicted 10 people, including a once-powerful cardinal, on charges including embezzlement, abuse of office, extortion and fraud in connection with the Secretariat of State'...