Mary Simon, a longtime advocate for Indigenous rights, was named as Canada's next governor general on Tuesday. CNN —Indigenous leader and advocate Mary Simon has been installed as Canada’s governor general. Simon is the first Indigenous person to serve as t...

(CNN) Civilian casualties in Afghanistan reached record levels in the first half of 2021, the United Nations warned Monday, noting that deaths and injuries spiked markedly from May when the United States and its allies began withdrawing troops from the coun...

Tunisia's President dismissed the government and froze Parliament on Sunday, prompting crowds to fill major cities in support of a move that dramatically escalated a political crisis, but that his opponents called a coup. President Kais Saied said he would...

London Metropolitan Police said the flooding had caused "severe disruption" on the North Circular Road, one of the major roads surrounding central London. Several London Underground train stations were heavily flooded, disrupting services. The "significant...

New York (CNN) Veteran journalist and author Carl Bernstein called former President Donald Trump a "war criminal" on "Reliable Sources" Sunday. "I think we need to calmly step back and maybe look at Trump in a different context," Bernstein told CNN's chief...

London (CNN) Nearly two-thirds of women in the UK military have experienced bullying, sexual harassment and discrimination during their career, a landmark parliamentary report revealed on Sunday. The UK defense subcommittee, which described its inquiry into...

London (CNN) UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid, who recently tested positive for and recovered from Covid-19, has apologized after suggesting people shouldn't "cower" from Covid-19. "I've deleted a tweet which used the word "cower," he said. "I was expressing...

So whether the best performing stock of 2020 can get back on track will depend greatly on what investors hear Monday evening, when Tesla releases its second quarter results. Here are the top issues they'll be looking at:How are things going in China? Unlike...

Tehran, Iran (CNN) At least three people have been killed during violent protests over water shortages in Iran, according to state media. The protests started in southwest Khuzestan province and spread to the nearby city of Aligoodarz in western Lorestan pr...

"Nana in Australia" is the pixelated face on my laptop, the voice cutting out on my phone. A country of 25 million people, it has recorded just over 900 coronavirus-related deaths since the pandemic began. A police vehicle is seen near Sydney Opera House in...

The 41-year-old driver is one of more than 45,000 Indians infected with black fungus -- or mucormycosis -- since the start of the country's second Covid-19 wave in late March. Like Srinivas, the vast majority of sufferers -- around 85% -- were Covid-19 pati...

(CNN) — If you're planning to travel to the islands of the Caribbean, here's what you'll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the Covid-19 pandemic. Some islands require quarantines, even for vaccinated travelers, while others don't even requ...

For Szolnoki, only a "revolutionary approach" would change the status quo in Hungary, where last month, right-wing populist ministers passed a law essentially banning LGBTQ issues from being discussed in school. Andras Szolnoki, 55, says a "revolutionary ap...

London (CNN Business) Just seven months after singing its praises , British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is attempting to rewrite the Brexit deal he signed with the European Union. the return of a physical border between Northern Ireland, which is part of t...

(CNN) — Which countries are tightening their Covid corsets and which are letting it all hang loose? CNN Travel reveals all in our latest weekend round-up. Western Australia Police ForceFirst, controversial British media personality Katie Hopkins was deporte...

Taipei, Taiwan (CNN Business) As China steps up military pressure on Taiwan, the self-governing island is preparing for the next big frontier of warfare: crippling cyberattacks. Taiwan says it has been able to defend against the overwhelming majority of att...

(CNN) A weakening In-fa is beginning to track away from the southern Japanese islands but has its eye set on eastern China by the end of this weekend. The storm could bring extremely heavy rainfall to millions in China. And behind In-fa, there is a growing...

Washington (CNN) On Thursday, the software company Kaseya announced that it could help unlock any of its customers' systems that were still inaccessible following a devastating ransomware attack early this month that took down as many as 1,500 businesses wo...

He was Tucker Carlson of Fox News, the most-watched host on one of the most-watched networks in all of America. But though Carlson might be more overt about it than most of his colleagues, what he's been doing fits neatly into the broader theme pushed by Fo...

(CNN) Scientists have discovered previously unknown viruses dating from 15,000 years ago in ice samples taken from a glacier in the Tibetan plateau. The viruses are unlike any that have been cataloged by scientists before, according to a study published ear...