The family of Rania Al-Abbasi and Syrian authorities say that investigations have unveiled that her six children, who were detained along with Rania and her husband in 2013 by Syria's former Assad regime, are believed to be dead.

Russian air attacks on ‌major Ukrainian centres including Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv killed at least five people and wounded dozens early on Tuesday, authorities said, after days of warnings that Moscow was planning a major assault.

Authorities in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí recently arrested two people linked to a Facebook page critical of the local government under a new artificial intelligence law that human rights and press freedom groups warn is being used to supp...

International Paralympic Committee president Andrew Parsons wants to see more women competing and more sports on the Paralympic program.

The U.S. Justice Department said Monday it will comply with a court ruling temporarily blocking a nearly $1.8 billion US fund meant to compensate allies of U.S. President Donald Trump, effectively agreeing to pause the plan for at least two weeks.

In another of a series of moves restricting media access at the Pentagon, the U.S. Defence Department has declared that its press office is now a classified space — and therefore inaccessible to journalists.

The Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement is up for review on July 1. It's the free trade deal that impacts more than $1 trillion of the Canadian economy each year. Trump has previously threatened to abandon the agreement, but some trade experts are ...

Divers in Laos are attempting to find two men trapped in a flooded cave network, days after one person was rescued and four others crawled to freedom. Cave diving expert Edd Sorenson says lack of access to clean water is one of many hazards they face...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that talks with Iran were ongoing, despite a ‌report that Tehran had suspended indirect negotiations with the United States to end hostilities over Israel's ongoing attacks in Lebanon.

An experimental drug that doubles survival time for pancreatic cancer is being hailed as a breakthrough for combating one of the world's deadliest cancers.

You can't spell "Toy Story" without TS. And Jessie? Confirmed Swiftie. Taylor Swift revealed Monday she'll be featured on the fifth Toy Story film's soundtrack with an original song titled, I Knew It, I Knew You, out Friday June 5.

U.S. President Donald Trump claims the results of a recent cognitive exam show his 'extreme intelligence.' Andrew Chang breaks down the test questions and how the results are calculated. (Photo credits: The Canadian Press, Reuters, Adobe Stock and G...

Scammers have created dupes of FIFA's World Cup website designed to steal your personal info and sell fake tickets.

Colombian right-wing outsider Abelardo de ‌la Espriella is set to compete in a run-off election for president against leftist Sen. Ivan Cepeda, according to voting results from the first-round election.

U.S.-based artificial intelligence giant Anthropic said Monday it has filed for an initial public offering (IPO), teeing up what could become a watershed moment for Wall Street's AI frenzy.

The American Meteor Society said that the booms people heard were caused by a meteor nearly 1 meter wide entering the atmosphere around the New Hampshire border with Massachusetts, north of Boston.

Serena Williams is returning to professional tennis at age 44 after nearly four years away from the sport. The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion has accepted a wild card invitation to play doubles at the upcoming Queen's Club grass-court tournament...

U.S. President Donald Trump celebrates his 80th birthday in June, and will do so amid questions about whether his physical health and mental sharpness are on the decline. A memo from his physician that was released by the White House on Friday says T...

The death toll from a chemical tank rupture in the U.S. state of Washington climbed to 11 ‌as crews recovered the bodies of all nine missing people, authorities said on Saturday.

French police detained 780 people involved in violent clashes in Paris and other French cities that erupted Saturday night after Paris Saint-Germain won the Champions League title.