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The parole board hearing Oscar Pistorius' application ruled he would be able to apply again in August 2024.

Ukraine has said Russia must withdraw its troops as a precursor to any peace deal, and says any temporary ceasefire would only allow Russia to regroup for future military action.

Tom Boneham was just 19 when he learned of a new unit being formed in the British Army in late 1942. Not much was known of it other than it was “hazardous.”

The government is investigating the source of contagion as well as others who were in contact with the patient. Chile has reported cases of the H5N1 bird flu since late last year.

Biden issued an executive order on Monday aimed at restricting the U.S. government’s use of spyware that poses risks to national security.

Russia's top security agency said Evan Gershkovich was detained in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg while allegedly trying to obtain classified information.

A Calgary charity says it has found a temporary fix to a serious housing shortage an influx of Ukrainian evacuees has caused.

The case alleges Associated Newspapers engaged in unlawful acts that included hiring private investigators to bug homes and cars and record private phone conversations.

Tuesday's protests in Paris saw dozens of arrests and flare ups of violence, though significantly fewer people participated in the action nationwide.

As Britain's head of state, the king meets weekly with the prime minister and retains his mother's role as leader of the Commonwealth.

Mexico’s National Immigration Institute, which ran the migrant detention facility, said it was cooperating in the ongoing investigation.

Thabo Bester was believed dead after charred remains were found in his cell in 2022. However, a recent autopsy found the remains belong to someone else.

The recommendations on Russian and Belarusian athletes relate only to international competitions but not the 2024 Olympics, where a separate decision will be taken at a later date.

Demonstrations got underway peacefully Tuesday morning, with large crowds in multiple cities. But police braced for violence later in the day.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion, now into its 14th month, has been bogged down for months amid fierce fighting along the eastern front.

A female shooter killed three children and three adults at a Nashville elementary school on Monday before being killed by police, according to officials.

Scotland's governing Scottish National Party elected Humza Yousaf as its new leader on Monday after a bruising five-week contest that exposed deep fractures.

The sanctions follow criticism of the Liberals this weekend at a large rally called the Tirgan Festival at Toronto's Scotiabank Arena.

The strike by the Histadrut umbrella group, which represents nearly 800,000 workers in health, transit and banking, among many other fields, could paralyze Israel’s economy.

Moscow sees capturing the city as vital to completing the capture of the Donbas industrial region in eastern Ukraine, one of its main war goals.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Yoav Gallant, a day after he called for a halt to the planned overhaul of Israel's judiciary that has fiercely divided the country.

"The world must be united against someone who endangers the future of human civilization.," Ukraine's foreign minister urged in his call.

Russia has struck a deal with neighboring Belarus to station tactical nuclear weapons on its territory but will not violate non-proliferation agreements, Putin said.

Pope Francis also reaffirmed that vulnerable adults and not just children can be victims of abuse when they are unable to freely consent.

Paul Rusesabagina, who saved hundreds of countrymen from genocide in the 1990s, was captured and convicted of terrorism offences in Rwanda in 2020 in a widely criticized trial.

A three-year-old zebra named Sero escaped a Korean zoo on Thursday after a streak of rebellious behaviour following the death of his parents.

Avi Loeb, the chairman of Harvard’s astronomy department, will scour the depths of the ocean in search of remnants that could prove aliens have contacted Earth.

The trip has been postponed indefinitely as France grapples with widespread protests over pension reforms, putting a damper on the new monarch's debut on the international stage.

Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 in what it calls a "special military operation," saying Ukraine's ties to the West were a security threat.

The British defense ministry on Monday confirmed it would provide Ukraine with armor-piercing rounds containing depleted uranium, which Russia said would spark escalated attacks.

Israel's parliament on Thursday passed the first of several laws that make up its contentious judicial overhaul as protesters staged another day of demonstrations.

The Kremlin says the International Criminal Court arrest warrant is an outrageously partisan decision, but meaningless with respect to Russia

The Russian campaign has yielded few gains, and Ukraine, which had looked likely to pull out of the small eastern city of Bakhmut.

The United Nations' first conference on water security in almost half a century aims to establish voluntary commitments and create "political momentum."

Johnson said that he was assured by “trusted advisers” that neither the legally binding rules nor the government's coronavirus guidance had been broken.

Despite the bloodiest fighting of the war, which both sides describe as a meat grinder, the front line has barely moved for four months.

Dozens of others were injured in the quake, which was centered in Afghanistan and also felt in bordering Tajikistan, and more were taken to hospital suffering shock.

The money would help shore up Ukraine, which has suffered extensive damage to its infrastructure and economy during Russia's year-long invasion.

Four experts found that Lucy has very severe hypoxemia and hypercapnia. Two of the veterinarians found she breaths solely through her mouth, which they've never seen before.

Alberta is particularly concerned about the effect the law might have on its ability to export its oil through pipelines.

Billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch is set to marry Ann Lesley Smith, a former police chaplain, in summer 2023.

Raccoon dogs are small, fluffy, rotund creatures — and now some are postulating that they may be involved in the COVID-19 pandemic spread.

Kyiv’s western allies have expressed concern that China might help Russia’s war effort, though Beijing insists it is a neutral broker in peace efforts.

Throughout the current war, reports have surfaced of attacks on Russian military bases, assassinations and other targets in Crimea.

The tight result in the first vote led some lawmakers to call for resignations, as mass protests against the unpopular bill continued across the country.

Freeland’s comments Monday come as Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow for a three-day visit in the nation that’s at war with its neighbour, Ukraine.

Officials in Niger unexpectedly announced Monday morning that the two men had taken a special flight to the country's capital but provided no details.

Humanity still has a chance, close to the last one, to prevent the worst of climate change 's future harms, a top United Nations panel of scientists said Monday.

Investors and banking industry analysts were still digesting the deal, but at least one analyst suggested it might tarnish Switzerland’s global banking image.

Xi’s trip to Russia comes after the International Criminal Court on Friday issued a warrant for Putin’s arrest on war crimes charges.