Derek Chauvin could have potentially reassessed his actions when irate bystanders yelled at him to get off George Floyd because he was "killing him," a Minneapolis lieutenant who trains police in us...

As you do your taxes, do you wonder why global companies don't pay more? So far, the long battle to make corporations pay their fair share of taxes has failed due to a lack of political will. COVID-19...

Authorities in Myanmar arrested Zarganar, the country's best-known comedian on Tuesday as they continue to crack down on people they accuse of helping incite nationwide protests against February's mil...

Arkansas lawmakers on Tuesday made the state the first to ban gender confirming treatments and surgery for transgender youth, enacting the prohibition over the governor's objections.

The Suez Canal chief said Tuesday that authorities are negotiating a financial settlement with the Japanese owner of the massive vessel that blocked the crucial waterway for nearly a week, halting bil...

New Zealand will allow quarantine-free visits by Australians from April 19, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday, creating a "travel bubble" for the neighbouring nations that have closed th...

Ten officials have been indicted in Iran over the 2020 military shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane that killed 176 people, a prosecutor said Tuesday, an announcement coming just as Tehran begins...

Britain's businesses from barbers to bookstores will be allowed to reopen next week as the U.K. emerges from a three-month lockdown.

The Minneapolis police chief testified on Monday that now-fired officer Derek Chauvin violated departmental policy in pinning his knee on George Floyd's neck and keeping him down after Floyd had stopp...

Israel's embattled leader Benjamin Netanyahu helped a business couple clinch deals worth hundred of millions of shekels in exchange for favourable coverage of him on a news website they controlled, a...

Mediation between Jordan's King Abdullah II and his outspoken half-brother, Prince Hamzah, successfully de-escalated one of the most serious political crises in the kingdom in decades, the palace and ...

North Korea said it will not participate in the Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic. A website run by the North's sports ministry said the decision was made during a national Olympic Co...

India reported its biggest single-day spike in confirmed coronavirus cases since the pandemic began Monday, and officials in the hard-hit state home to Mumbai are resuming the closure of some business...

With at least 160 dead and dozens injured, rescuers in Indonesia and East Timor struggled with continuous rains caused by a tropical cyclone as they tried to cross damaged bridges and roads to search ...

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday vetoed legislation that would have made his state the first to ban gender-confirming treatments or surgery for transgender youth.

Ronald Smith, 63, originally from Red Deer, Alta., has been on death row in Montana for 38 years. His fate could become more tenuous as the state gets closer to removing obstacles that prevent it fr...

Two months after a market phenomenon took shares of GameStop to the moon, the video game retailer said Monday that it will sell up to 3.5 million of its shares with the price still vastly elevated. ...

Jordan's deputy prime minister says King Abdullah's half-brother and former crown prince, Prince Hamza, liaised with foreign parties over a plot to destabilize the country and had been under investiga...

Egypt held a gala parade on Saturday celebrating the transport of 22 of its prized royal mummies from central Cairo to their new resting place in a massive new museum further south in the capital. ...

A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife. It was the second line-of-duty death th...