Seven years after Yazidi women and children were kidnapped and enslaved by the Islamic State in Iraq, thousands are still missing. Abdullah Shrem has built a secret network of cigarette smugglers and ...

Eight people were shot and killed in a late-night shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, and the shooter has killed himself, police said.

Russia has reportedly sent thousands of troops to the border areas with Ukraine, worrying some that it may be poised for another invasion. The prospect of a summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and...

Saying it was "time to end America's longest war" after two decades, U.S. President Joe Biden has announced his country's pending military withdrawal from Afghanistan. For Americans, the war will soon...

Chicago's police review board released body camera video footage on Thursday of a police officer's fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy late last month.

The former Minnesota police officer charged with the shooting death of a Black man during a traffic stop in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center made her first court appearance Thursday. Kim Pott...

India's two largest cities imposed stringent restrictions on movement and one planned to use hotels and banquet halls to treat coronavirus patients as new infections in the country shot past 200,000 T...

Prince William and Prince Harry won't walk side-by-side Saturday as they follow their grandfather's coffin into the church ahead of Prince Philip's funeral, minimizing the chances of any awkward momen...

'It's crisis upon crisis,' says Canadian/Vincentian lawyer Louise Mitchell about the conditions in St. Vincent and the Grenadines after the volcanic eruption of La Soufrière that filled the sky with ...

The defence at the murder trial of former Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd rested its case Thursday without putting Chauvin on the stand, presenting a total of two days of testimony ...

Beijing's top official in Hong Kong is warning foreign forces not to interfere with the "bottom line" of national security in the city, threatening retaliation amid tensions between China and Western ...

The Google Earth app is adding a new video feature that draws upon nearly four decades of satellite imagery to vividly illustrate how climate change has affected glaciers, beaches, forests and other p...

The U.S. administration on Thursday announced the expulsion of 10 Russian diplomats and sanctions against dozens of people and companies as it moved to hold the Kremlin accountable for interference in...

George Floyd died from a cardiac arrhythmia as a result of his heart disease — with drugs along with carbon monoxide poisoning as contributing factors — and his death should be classified as "...

The Ontario government is considering a further slate of restrictions to stem a rising tide of coronavirus infections, as the province wrestles with continued spread of the virus and its variants. ...

U.S. President Joe Biden said Wednesday he will withdraw remaining U.S. troops from Afghanistan, declaring that the Sept. 11 attacks "cannot explain" why American forces should still be there 20 year...

A blistering internal report by the U.S. Capitol Police describes a multitude of missteps that left the force unprepared for the Jan. 6 insurrection — riot shields that shattered upon impact, expire...

Kim Potter, a police officer in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center who fatally shot Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop, was charged with second-degree manslaughter o...

Four Canadian provinces reported four-digit totals of new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, as British Columbia saw a record number of coronavirus patients in its hospitals and Yukon confirmed the presence...

The Tokyo Olympics are scheduled to open in 100 days on July 23. But instead of a global spectacle, these Games will be all about restrictions and protocols to protect the health and safety of athlete...