Palestinian families fled neighbourhoods on the outskirts of Gaza City on Friday as Israel unleashed heavy artillery fire at what it said was a large network of tunnels used by Palestinian militant gr...

Amid the worst violence since the 2014 war, here is a look at the ongoing conflict and the history of confrontations between Israel and Palestinian militants.

China has landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time in the latest advance for its space program.

Two tornadoes have killed at least seven people in central and eastern China and left more than 200 others injured, officials and state media reported Saturday.

More than a dozen U.S. states quickly embraced new federal guidelines that say fully vaccinated Americans no longer need to wear masks indoors or outdoors in most cases. But others hesitated amid doub...

The emergence of the B1617 variant — which was first identified in India  — in parts of northern England and London has prompted some scientists to call for a slowdown in the U.K.'s plans to ...

Canadian vaccine experts say a British study that showed a boost in immune response among seniors who received their second Pfizer-BioNTech shot later supports Canada's dose-spacing strategy. ...

Japan has declared a state of emergency in three more prefectures hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday, a surprise move that reflects growing concer...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sounded the alarm over the rapid spread of COVID-19 through India's vast countryside on Friday, as 4,000 people died for the third straight day and total infections...

Lightning is believed to have killed a herd of 18 wild Asiatic elephants in remote northeastern India, a forest official said Friday.

A Toshiba Corp unit said it was hacked by the DarkSide ransomware group believed to be behind the U.S. pipeline attack, while Ireland's health service operator shut down all its IT systems on Friday t...

Republican lawmakers recently passed a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for minors. That means the care some transgender kids see as essential to helping them become their true selves wil...

A deal has been reached on the parameters of a bipartisan, independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 events at the U.S. Capitol.

On the road to post-pandemic life, Canada and the United States are seemingly driving at different speeds — and perhaps along different lanes.

Bitcoin was heading on Friday for its worst week since February, while dogecoin leapt by a quarter, as the latest tweets on cryptocurrencies from Tesla boss Elon Musk sent the digital coins on a wild ...

Amit Sherman and Hala Shoman live 38 kilometres apart, in Israel and Gaza respectively. They share what it’s been like to watch the escalating violence unfold where they are.

In a striking move to send the country back toward pre-pandemic life, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is easing indoor mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, allo...

During a recent conversation on a podcast, Prince Harry compared his royal experience to being on The Truman Show and "living in a zoo."

A run on gas following a computer hack of the nation's largest fuel pipeline had North Carolina tow-truck driver Jonathan King worried about whether he could do his job.

Manitoba reported its highest ever single day total of new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, while neighbouring Ontario announced an extension of its ongoing stay-at-home order to try to shrink its third wa...