Saturday marked the first full day of a cease-fire, and Egyptian mediators held talks to firm up the truce which ended the fourth Israel-Hamas war in just over a decade.

Twenty-one people were killed when extremely cold weather struck during an ultramarathon on Saturday in China's northwestern Gansu province, state media reported on Sunday.

Congo's Mount Nyiragongo erupted for the first time in nearly two decades Saturday, turning the night sky a fiery red and sending lava onto a major highway as panicked residents tried to flee Goma, a ...

Move over sequins, disco beats and power ballads. A four-piece band of Italian rockers won the Eurovision Song Contest in the early hours of Sunday.

An expert climbing guide from Austria says he estimates a COVID-19 outbreak on Mount Everest has infected at least 100 climbers and support staff.

Canada marked a pandemic vaccination milestone on Saturday, as half of the population has now received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

A freelance camera operator who works for CBC News in New York City says he's happy to be alive and fortunate he was able to help someone after intervening in a stabbing that took place on a subway p...

Practically handed a world-class scorer by one of its top rivals, Atletico Madrid rode the goals of Luis Suarez burning to prove his former team wrong and the competitive all-for-one spirit preached b...

The two Bureau of Prisons workers tasked with guarding Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself in a New York jail have admitted they falsified records, but they will skirt any time behind bars und...

World Athletics has declared 23 Russian track and field athletes eligible to compete under a neutral flag ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.

Animal rights protesters are blockading four McDonald's distribution centres in the U.K. in an attempt to get the burger chain to commit to becoming fully plant-based by 2025.

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday said he and South Korean President Moon Jae-in remain "deeply concerned" about situation with North Korea, and announced he will deploy a new special envoy to the re...

As Palestinians across the region celebrate the ceasefire declaration between Israel and Hamas, the CBC's Margaret Evans is reporting from Gaza. She says the air campaign between the two sides prevent...

Palestinians rallied by the thousands early Friday after a ceasefire took effect in the latest Gaza war, with many viewing it as a costly but clear victory for the Islamic militant group Hamas. Israel...

Prince Harry said he abused alcohol to numb the pain of his mother's death in 1997, and accused the Royal Family of neglecting him and his wife, Meghan, as she contemplated suicide.

Apple CEO Tim Cook on Friday told a court that threats to iPhone security and privacy required tight control of the App Store, which Fortnite game maker Epic Games says is a monopoly that Apple illeg...

European Union citizens can start packing for summer vacations in the bloc's 27 nations without having to worry about quarantines: they soon should be able to travel freely across the EU. ...

An inquiry into how the BBC secured the 1995 interview with Princess Diana in which she disclosed intimate details of her failed marriage concluded on Thursday that the journalist involved had acted d...

The mixed city of Lod, in central Israel, is under a state of emergency after uncharacteristic violence broke out last week between Jewish and Arab Israelis in response to fighting between Israel and ...

The first person charged under the national security law in Hong Kong will face a trial without jury, the city's High Court ruled on Thursday, in a landmark decision that marks a departure from the gl...