The death toll from devastating floods across parts of western Germany and Belgium rose above 90 on Friday, as the search continued for hundreds of people still unaccounted for.

Authorities in Haiti on Thursday forcefully pushed back against reports that current government officials were involved in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, calling them "a lie." ...

The gap between the Biden administration and the Trudeau government this week on Cuba was wider than the straits that separate Havana from Key West.

In one of the largest deployments of soldiers since the end of white minority rule, 25,000 South African troops began taking up positions Thursday to help quell weeklong riots sparked by the imprisonm...

An Israeli technology company sold a tool to hack into Microsoft Windows, Microsoft and technology human rights group Citizen Lab said on Thursday.

More than 60 people have died and dozens were missing Thursday as severe flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to colla...

Minnesota state Sen. Foung Hawj was never a fan of the “Asian carp” label commonly applied to four imported fish species that are wreaking havoc in the U.S. heartland, infesting numerous rivers an...

The head of the World Health Organization says he's hoping for better co-operation and access to data from China in the search for the origins of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

California lawmakers on Thursday approved the first state-funded guaranteed income plan in the U.S., which will see $35 million US for monthly cash payments go to qualifying pregnant people and young ...

More than 10,000 species of plants and animals are at high risk of extinction due to the destruction of Brazil's Amazon rainforest — 35 per cent of which has already been deforested or degraded, a...

The European Union is unveiling ambitious new climate change rules on Wednesday that will include forcing more emitters to pay for their carbon output, and forcing foreign companies to pay a levy for ...

American immigration laws have gathered dust for decades. Reform efforts have stalled amid partisan bickering. And that's why some U.S. politicians cast a jealous glance at Canada on Tuesday. ...

A judge allowed Britney Spears to hire an attorney of her choosing at a hearing Wednesday in which she broke down in tears after describing the "cruelty" of her conservatorship.

Guests began leaving a Genting Cruise Lines "cruise to nowhere" Wednesday night after nearly 3,000 passengers and crew were confined to their staterooms for most of the day following a passenger testi...

The U.K. government announced Wednesday it plans to introduce a statute of limitations for alleged crimes committed during decades of violence in Northern Ireland, a move that would end prosecutions f...

Websites run by the ransomware gang REvil suddenly became unreachable on Tuesday, sparking widespread speculation that the group had been knocked offline.

Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming is on a fundraising hot streak. However, as the face of the anti-Trump movement within the Republican Party, she is up against significant opposition in her home state. CBC ...

COVID-19 deaths and cases are on the rise again globally in a dispiriting setback that is triggering another round of restrictions and dampening hopes for an almost normal summer of fun. ...

Pope Francis was discharged from a Rome hospital and returned home to the Vatican on Wednesday, 10 days after undergoing surgery to remove half his colon.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday he might order more troops onto the streets as the army and police struggled to quell days of looting and violence, while some citizens armed ...