A decisive moment for Joe Biden’s presidency is on the verge of unfolding, even before he takes the oath of office. Two elections in Georgia will determine which party controls the U.S. Senate and t...

U.S. President Donald Trump badgered and pleaded with Georgia's election chief to overturn Joe Biden's win in the state, suggesting in a telephone call that the official "find" enough votes to hand Tr...

England's National Health Service says a retired maintenance manager has received the first injection of the new coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and drug giant AstraZeneca. ...

Pope Francis condemned on Sunday people who had gone abroad on holiday to escape coronavirus lockdowns, saying they needed to show greater awareness of the suffering of others.

In a rebuke of U.S. President Donald Trump, All 10 living former secretaries of defence are cautioning against any move to involve the military in pursuing claims of election fraud, arguing that it wo...

The U.S. Congress convened Sunday for the start of a new session, swearing in lawmakers during a tumultuous period as a growing number of Republicans work to overturn Joe Biden's victory over Presiden...

Former CNN talk show host Larry King has been hospitalized with COVID-19 for more than a week, the news channel reported Saturday.

A mock funeral procession marked the anniversary of the assassination of Iran's top general and a senior Iraqi militia leader in a U.S. drone strike that heightened fears of a military escalation in t...

Rescue teams searching for survivors four days after a landslide carried away homes in a Norwegian village found no signs of life Saturday amid the ruined buildings and debris.

A growing number of Republican lawmakers are joining U.S. President Donald Trump's extraordinary effort to overturn the election, pledging to reject the results when Congress meets next week to count ...

The reasons Israel been able to vaccinate its populations so quickly are multifaceted, and there may be lessons that Canada can learn, some experts say. 

Iran says it plans to enrich uranium up to 20 per cent at its underground Fordo nuclear facility "as soon as possible," pushing its program a technical step away from weapons-grade levels. ...

Several hundred French police on Saturday shut down an illegal rave party in northwestern France that had been underway since New Year's Eve in defiance of a curfew and coronavirus restrictions on...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson claims the Brexit deal with the European Union will make the United Kingdom an independent coastal state with full control of its own waters, but some fishermen sa...

Congress on Friday overrode U.S. President Donald Trump's veto of a defence policy bill, a first by lawmakers since he took office nearly four years ago, ensuring that the measure becomes law despite ...

As midnight rolled from Asia to the Middle East, Europe, Africa and the Americas, the New Year's experience mirrored national responses to the coronavirus itself. Some countries and cities cancelled o...

Australia has changed one word in its national anthem to reflect what the prime minister called "the spirit of unity" and the country's Indigenous population.

Britain has completed its economic break from the European Union after the Brexit transition period expired, ending its 48-year partnership with the trading bloc and starting a new and more distant re...

Uncertainty persists for hundreds of migrants whose relocation from a fire-damaged tent camp in Bosnia was cancelled amid protests by residents, reflecting confusion in the Balkan country's handling o...

Chinese health regulators said Thursday that they have given conditional approval to a coronavirus vaccine developed by state-owned Sinopharm.