As the top candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination prepare for their last debate before the all-important Iowa caucuses, two of the progressive front-runners are on the attack over a conversation they had more than a year ago.
Iranian security forces fired live ammunition and tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting against the Islamic Republic's initial denial it shot down a Ukrainian jetliner, online videos purported to show Monday.
Niger is in the midst of three days of national mourning after a savage jihadist attack on an army base. Next door, in Mali and Burkina Faso, the military situation is even more dire, despite the presence since 2013 in Mali of 4,500 French special forces sent to clean out the extremists.
David Calhoun took over Monday as Boeing's third CEO in the last five years, following the firing last month of Dennis Muilenburg. Calhoun will receive a $7 million US bonus if he gets the grounded 737 Max back in service.
The U.S. is removing nearly two dozen Saudi military students from a training program and sending them back to Saudi Arabia following an investigation into a deadly shooting by a Saudi aviation student at a Florida navy base last month.
Democrat Cory Booker dropped out of the presidential race Monday, ending a campaign whose message of unity and love failed to resonate in a political era marked by chaos and anxiety.
Traveller from Wuhan, China, was identified by Thai officials on Jan. 8 and hospitalized that day.
Lawyer Robert Abela, 42, has been sworn in as Malta's prime minister, succeeding Joseph Muscat who resigned over his handling of investigations into the murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
A Pakistani high court on Monday revoked a guilty verdict and death sentence for former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for treason, declaring the formation of the court that sentenced him was unconstitutional, a government law officer said.
Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou has replaced the head of the army after two attacks killed at least 160 soldiers and prompted a rethink in the battle against jihadist groups, the government said.
Saturday’s election victory for Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen was big, but the defeat for Beijing was bigger, a stark lesson the dictatorship next door — no matter how powerful or prosperous — holds little appeal for the only part of "Greater China" that gets a real vote on its own democratic future.
Goody, an endangered olive ridley sea turtle, can swim with ease again, after receiving the first prosthetic flipper developed in Thailand.
Former soldier Miroslav Marcek admitted on Monday to killing a Slovak journalist and his fiancée, a crime that sparked mass protests leading to the resignation of Prime Minister Robert Fico.
Canada is considering convening a high-level Lima Group meeting after the Venezuelan opposition defeated a government attempt to replace Juan Guaido as head of the National Assembly.
Ahead of an unprecedented meeting with Queen Elizabeth, Princes William and Harry issued a statement Monday challenging the accuracy of a newspaper report that there's a severe strain on the relationship between the two brothers.
Marijuana seizures at the U.S. border jumped in the year after Canada legalized recreational cannabis use. Figures provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) show seizures were up by 75 per cent in volume the year after legalization.
As Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou prepares for her extradition hearing, Canada is still trying to decide if the Chinese telco should be part of this country's 5G network. Is it possible to make that decision without considering the fate of the two Canadians jailed in China following Meng's arrest?
Schools and businesses shut across the Philippine capital on Monday as a volcano belched clouds of ash across the city, and seismologists warned an eruption could happen at any time, potentially triggering a tsunami.
