The United States on Wednesday stepped up warnings to Russia over its Syria policy, saying Moscow was trying to challenge the U.S. presence in northeastern Syria by violating the terms of an agreement and was also helping escalate the conflict in the northwestern province of Idlib.
Bernard Madoff is dying of kidney failure and seeking early "compassionate release" from his 150-year prison sentence for masterminding what prosecutors have called the largest Ponzi scheme ever, according to a court filing on Wednesday.
More than 130 Salvadorans have been killed after being deported from the United States since 2013, the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday, as it stressed the danger migrants face under the Trump administration's hardening immigration policy.
The impeachment drama that has consumed Washington since September will come to an end on Wednesday with Donald Trump's expected acquittal in the U.S. Senate, as the Republican president pivots toward winning re-election in November.
The first treatment for peanut allergies is about to hit the market in the U.S., a big step toward better care for all kinds of food allergies — but still a long way from a cure.
The final accuser at Harvey Weinstein's rape trial is expected to take the witness stand Wednesday as prosecutors wind down the New York City case by highlighting an alleged assault that's part of the pending criminal charges against him in California.
Emboldened by an impending acquittal in his impeachment trial, a sputtering start to the Democratic caucuses and rising approval ratings, U.S. President Donald Trump gave a rousing state of the union address Tuesday aimed squarely at his base.
Turkish media say a plane has skidded off the runway at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport but there were no immediate reports of any casualties.
An avalanche in eastern Turkey killed at least 21 people, including military police and civilians who were working to rescue victims of an earlier snowslide, the local governor said on Wednesday.
Hong Kong's leader says all people entering from the mainland, including Hong Kong residents, will be required to undergo 14 days of quarantine because of the coronavirus outbreak.
Whatever the final Iowa caucus results reveal, this much seems certain: Pete Buttigieg had an impressive showing and Joe Biden did not. CBC spoke to experts to offer their insights on what these results mean, so far, to the campaigns of some of the candidates.
