U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday branded as "a traitor" former White House national security adviser John Bolton, who has accused President Donald Trump in a book of sweeping misdeeds and said he is not fit for office.
Australia is under increasing attack from a "sophisticated state-based cyber actor," the Australian prime minister said Friday, without naming the state.
Britain's foreign secretary has drawn criticism after he suggested in an interview that taking a knee appeared to be from Game of Thrones and was a symbol of subjugation.
Facebook said on Thursday it took down posts and ads run by the re-election campaign of U.S. President Donald Trump for violating its policy against organized hate.
Canada and Hungary will co-host a virtual conference of signatories to the Open Skies Treaty on July 6 to discuss the pending U.S. withdrawal from an international accord designed to build trust and prevent wars, say officials at Global Affairs Canada.
Defence ministers from NATO nations agreed today to stockpile medical equipment — and to ask member nations to contribute to an emergency fund to buy even more supplies — as the alliance braces for a second wave of the pandemic.
Alaska's congressional delegation has asked federal regulators to investigate possible discrimination against Alaska Natives by large banks refusing to fund Arctic oil and gas projects.
Scientists say tiny particles of plastic and other man-made fibres are everywhere in the waters of Canada's Eastern Arctic.
Ukrainian prosecutors dropped a demand on Thursday for former president Petro Poroshenko to be taken into custody while he awaits trial in a criminal case he says is politically motivated.
The United States Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump's effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants, a stunning rebuke to the president in the midst of his re-election campaign.
In the United States, which has the most confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths in the world, authorities wrestled Wednesday with balancing demands for constitutional rights and personal freedom with warnings from health officials that being lax will have deadly consequences.
Carnival Corp. on Thursday reported a fiscal second-quarter loss of $4.37 billion US, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.
Here's a look at what's happening around the world with COVID-19 on Thursday.
India on Thursday cautioned China against making "exaggerated and untenable claims" to the Galwan Valley area, as both nations tried to end a standoff in the Himalayan region where their armies engaged in a deadly clash earlier this week.
Jean Kennedy Smith, the youngest sister and last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy, has died at 92, her daughter confirmed to The New York Times.
Dame Vera Lynn, the endearingly popular Forces' Sweetheart who serenaded British troops abroad during the Second World War, has died at 103.
Some police critics view the culture in U.S. forces as so rotten that only the stick of defunding, dismantling, and denying certain legal protections might force them to change. Some cities are going that route. In Washington, however, the carrot approach is winning the day.
Latest sanctions by U.S. against International Criminal Court staff involved in Afghanistan probe, including Canadians, are an irresponsible escalation that warrants a strong response from the Liberal government, writes Mark Kersten.
The Lloyd's of London insurance market has apologized for its role in the 18th and 19th Century Atlantic slave trade and has agreed to fund charities and organizations promoting opportunities for black and ethnic minority groups.
The head of the U.N. refugee agency says he is "very worried" about the impact of the coronavirus in Latin America, where millions of Venezuelans have fled upheaval at home and could face hardship abroad among lockdowns and other restrictive measures to fight the pandemic.
