U.S. authorities on Wednesday announced the discovery of the longest smuggling tunnel ever found on the Southwest border, stretching more than 1.2 kilometres from an industrial site in Tijuana, Mexico, to the San Diego area. The tunnel is longer than 14 American football fields.
The European Parliament gave final approval to Britain's divorce from the European Union on Wednesday, paving the way for the country to quit the bloc on Friday after nearly half a century and delivering a major setback for European integration.
Australian wildlife officials say dozens of endangered slugs found only at the top of an extinct volcano have survived the bushfires that ripped through their habitat.
Days before it leaves the European Union, Britain put itself at odds with European allies on Wednesday in warmly welcoming U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan while France and the wider EU warned that it must respect international law.
U.S. President Donald Trump's impeachment trial is shifting to questions from senators, a pivotal juncture as Republicans appear to lack the votes to block witnesses like former Trump national security adviser John Bolton.
The BBC said on Wednesday it will axe 450 jobs from its news division in a cost-saving plan that will result in cuts at the World Service and its 5Live radio station and in fewer reports being made by analysis show Newsnight.
Russia's emergency services rescued 536 ice fishermen after they got stranded on a giant ice floe that broke off the island of Sakhalin in eastern Siberia, officials said.
A drastic escalation in fighting between the Saudi-led military coalition and Houthi rebels in Yemen has killed and wounded hundreds of people over the past week, officials and tribal leaders said Monday.
The European Union unveiled security guidelines for next generation high-speed wireless networks that stop short of banning Huawei, in the latest setback for the U.S. campaign against the Chinese tech company.
Sea birds with radar detectors attached to their backs can detect illegal fishing boats in real-time, potentially helping authorities identify and catch such operations, which threaten both fish and birds, a new study shows.
The impeachment trial of Donald Trump is moving into its next phase Wednesday, with senators preparing to question the prosecution and defence. We take a look at some of the arguments they will be weighing as each side uses its allotted eight hours of questioning with the help of two experts in constitutional law.
By cautiously allowing Huawei into only select parts of its 5G cellular networks, Britain is charting its own course in cybersecurity, while seeking to appease both China and the U.S. Canada will no doubt be watching closely as it makes its own complicated choice regarding the Chinese telco.
