The governors of New York and New Jersey declared a state of emergency late on Wednesday as record-breaking rains from tropical storm Ida led to flooding and hazardous conditions on the roads, wi...

The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Wednesday to block a Texas ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, dealing a major blow to abortion rights by leaving in place a state law that prohibits ...

Homes are underwater and communities badly damaged after Hurricane Ida tore through New Orleans on Sunday as the most powerful storm to hit the region since Katrina 16 years ago.

Food stocks in Afghanistan could run out this month, a senior UN official warned Wednesday, threatening to add a hunger crisis to the challenges facing the country's new Taliban rulers as they endeavo...

Months ago, Israel had wrestled down its daily COVID-19 case counts to double digits. This week, it spiked to around 11,000. This reversal of fortune provides lessons for countries like Canada about...

A Texas law banning most abortions in the state took effect at midnight, but the U.S. Supreme Court has yet to act on an emergency appeal to put the law on hold.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control says that, based on available data on vaccine effectiveness, there was no urgent need for the administration of booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine...

Across Louisiana and parts of Mississippi battered by Hurricane Ida, lights came back on for a fortunate few, some corner stores opened their doors and crews cleared fallen trees and debris from a gro...

Britain's media regulator on Wednesday cleared TV personality and journalist Piers Morgan of any violations for making comments about Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, that drew more than 50,000 viewer c...

Weather disasters such as hurricanes, floods and droughts are striking the world four to five times more often and causing seven times more damage than in the 1970s, the United Nations weather agency ...

More students in India will be able to step inside a classroom for the first time in nearly 18 months on Wednesday, as authorities gave the green light to partially reopen more schools despite apprehe...

Britney Spears and her new lawyer say her father is trying to get about $2 million US in payments before stepping down from the conservatorship that controls her life and money.

U.S. President Joe Biden defended his handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, including the frantic final evacuation from Kabul airport in an address to the nation Tuesday.  ...

New tests show that Ivory Coast did not have its first case of Ebola in more than 25 years after all, the World Health Organization said, reversing course after the reported case last month prompted t...

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam granted posthumous pardons Tuesday to seven Black men who were executed in 1951 for the rape of a white woman, in a case that attracted pleas for mercy from around the worl...

Louisiana communities beginning the huge task of clearing debris and repairing the damage inflicted by Hurricane Ida are facing the dispiriting prospect of weeks without electricity in the oppressive,...

Canadians are growing frustrated with current U.S. travel rules that allow them to fly — but not drive — to the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mike Richards is out as executive producer of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune days after he stepped down as the quiz show's newly appointed successor to beloved host Alex Trebek because of past misogy...

A day after an explosive wildfire emptied a resort city at the southern tip of Lake Tahoe, a huge firefighting force braced for strong winds Tuesday as some residents in neighbouring Nevada were order...

American railway regulator the Surface Transportation Board has blocked Canadian National Railway's bid to buy Kansas City Southern in its current form because the deal would include a voting trust th...