An unnerving story has emerged from southeastern Russia involving the death of 28-year-old woman from pneumonia and fears that she may have been exposed to a form of plague at the lab where she worked. But the

The U.S. Coast Guard has named all six people, including four Canadian crew members and two Bermudian passengers, aboard an Ontario-based air ambulance that went missing off the coast of Massachusetts on Saturday.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a statewide disaster emergency on Monday over a measles outbreak, the first such declaration ​by a U.S. state since cases began surging in ​2025. New York has reported 108 measles ‌cases so far this year, wit...

A teenager's hand was blown off as high-school protesters clashed with riot police in northern France on Monday, a local official said, on ‌the eve of a national demonstration by the pupils' union against underfunding, overcrowding and dilapidation...

A former music pastor in Ohio who appeared briefly on American Idol was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole, after a jury convicted him last week of murdering his wife while he was having an affair.

Canadian troops battled frostbite, failing batteries, communications problems and gaps in basic winter skills during a major Alaska exercise, according to an internal evaluation. Despite achieving their training objectives, the experience exposed how...

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is taking the police to court to challenge his February arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office over allegations he sent confidential government documents to Jeffrey Epstein.

Daniil Medvedev was disqualified from his semifinal against Novak Djokovic at the China Open after he hit a ball into the stands that struck a spectator in the front row on Monday in Beijing.

Marvel's Avengers: Endgame has recaptured its title as the highest-grossing movie of all time this weekend (not accounting for inflation). It overtook James Cameron's biggest release with a gross of $2.9255 billion US, narrowly superseding Avatar's $...

Norwegian authorities say a ban on the use of smart glasses could apply to places where "privacy is particularly important," like health-care facilities or fitness centres with changing rooms and showers.

U.A.E. authorities and FlyDubai have not publicly disclosed the identity of the co-pilot, who stabbed his captain in ‌a suspected attempt to crash a plane en route to Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv last week.

Scientists Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg ‌Nagel won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or ​Medicine for "discoveries concerning light-gated ​ion channels and optogenetics," the award-giving body ​said Monday.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called an early election for Nov. 29 on Monday, in a bid to strengthen his mandate after a fragmented parliament rejected the government's key housing decrees last week amid widespread protests.

In late August, the U.S. signed a sweeping oil deal with Venezuela's interim authorities to control a share of the country's oil. In one of the largest oil-producing regions, residents welcome promises to revitalize the industry, they also have a mor...

The woman who has alleged she was drugged and raped by ‌Cornell University students has been the target of threats, her lawyer said on Sunday.

Clayton, director of U.S. national intelligence, will head the Trump administration's newly created AI task force, the "Super Intelligence Force."

A dozen B-1 bombers used in U.S. strikes on Iran had been deployed to RAF Fairford, northwest of London, which was targeted in a suspected terror plot.

Bosnian Serb nationalist politician Milorad Dodik has declared victory for his party in an election in Bosnia on Sunday that was shaped by economic pressures, the prospect of the Balkan nation joining the European Union and ethnic tensions that have ...

Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil's veteran president, will face off on Oct. 25 in a run-off for the top job of Latin America's powerhouse economy.