CBC | World News

The capture and planned prosecution of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro under U.S. law rattled European leaders gathered in Paris on the eve of planned meetings over specific security guarantees for Ukraine.

Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of teenage diarist Anne Frank and a tireless educator about the horrors of the Holocaust, has died. She was 96.

Venezuelans travelling over the Colombian-Venezuelan border say people in the country are trying to live normal lives in the face of an uncertain future.

Leaders in Greenland, Mexico and Colombia are asserting their respective nations' sovereignty and pushing back on pressure from Washington after it removed Nicolas Madurofrom power in Venezuela over the weekend.

A strange lull has taken over the capital of Venezuela as people wait to find out what the future holds for their country, says Caracas resident Benigno Alarcon Deza.

Cuban officials on Monday lowered flags before dawn to mourn 32 security officers they say were killed in the U.S. weekend strike in Venezuela, Cuba's closest ally, as residents of the island nation wonder what the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro means for their future.

Now that we're at a crisis point - with the United Nations sayingU.S. President Donald Trump's weekend invasion of Venezuela contravened its charter and with Nicolas Maduro appearing in a U.S. court - it's a good time to review what led to this moment.

A Texas judge seated a jury Monday in the trial of a former school police officer in Uvalde who was part of the hesitant law enforcement response to one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history and has been charged with failing to protect children from the gunman.

A Paris court has found 10 people guilty of cyberbullying France's first lady, Brigitte Macron, by spreading false online claims about her gender and sexuality, including allegations that she was born male.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is ending his bid for a third term, less than four months after announcing his reelection campaign. Walz was the Democratic vice-presidential nominee during the 2024 election campaign.

Delcy Rodriguez, at least for now, has taken over as leader of Venezuela after her ally Nicolas Maduro was seized by the United States to face criminal indictment in New York. With the events from Maduro's stunning capture still fresh, there are more questions than answers about Rodriguez's future dealings with the U.S.

Longtime Liberal Chrystia Freeland says she'll step down as a member of Parliament in the "coming weeks" after accepting a new role advising Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Airlines in Canada could be under pressure soon to improve their services as the federal government opens up its skies to more competition from the Middle East.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is headed to Paris where he will meet with "coalition of the willing" partners to talk about specific security guarantees for Ukraine should there be a ceasefire and peace settlement with Russia.

U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to take control of Venezuela's oil industry and ask American companies to revitalize it after capturing leader Nicolas Maduro in a raid is likely to face many hurdles - both logistically and legally.

The leaders of Denmark and Greenland on Sunday urged U.S. President Donald Trump to stop threatening to take over Greenland, after he reiterated his wish to do so in an interview with The Atlantic magazine.

Venezuelan migrants around the world erupted in celebration on Saturday following theU.S.-ledcaptureof President Nicolas Maduro, whose government oversaw one of the world's largest migration exoduses in recent history.

The first comments by 86-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei come as violence surrounding the demonstrations sparked by Iran's ailing economy has killed at least 10 people.

Key facts about Nicolas Maduro, the Venezuelan leader who U.S. President Donald Trump said had been captured by U.S. forces on Saturday.

The United Arab Emirates said early Saturday it had withdrawn all its troops from Yemen, after escalating tensions in the war-torn country that pitted the UAE against fellow Gulf powerhouse Saudi Arabia.

Musk's xAI was under international scrutiny over allegations on Friday that it was filling its platform with sexualized, AI-generated images of women and minors.

The teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made her first known visit to a sacred family mausoleum, a step that experts say bolstered her status as her father's potential heir.

U.S. President Donald Trump and top Iranian officials exchanged duelling threats on Friday as widening economic protests swept across parts of the Islamic Republic, further escalating tensions between the countries.

Initial investigations suggest the fire that tore through a Swiss ski resort bar started when "fountain candles" attached to champagne bottles were carried aloft too close to the ceiling, the local prosecutor said on Friday.

Several people were killed during unrest in Iran, Iranian media and rights groups said on Thursday, as the biggest protests to hit the Islamic Republic for three years over worsening economic conditions sparked violence in several provinces.

Zohran Mamdaniwas sworn in as the mayor of New York City just after midnight Thursday, taking the oath of office at a historic, decommissioned subway station in Manhattan.

About 40 people are dead and 115 others injured, most of them seriously, after a fire tore through a crowded bar during a New Year's Eve party in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana in Switzerland, officials said on Thursday.

As the era of bilateral bad blood between Canada and the U.S. drags on, some snowbirds are facing a choice this January: Go south to warmer climes, or boycott a country that has gone from friend to somewhat of a foe.

Sunset bathed the north of Gaza City in golden light Tuesday evening as Izzat Al-Qawasmeh and his 11-year-old son Mohamed climbed through rubble to the top of a building that once housed hundreds of people.The duo had decided to visit the tent city with gifts, dressed in Santa Claus costumes.

The Trump administration's recent recall of 30 career diplomats from around the world as part of its "America First" priority push is unprecedented, according to experts who say it may serve to politicize the American Foreign Service while populating it with those who lack the skills to deal with challenging diplomatic issues.

The U.S. military said Wednesday it struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days, killing a total of eight people while others jumped overboard and may have survived.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he's dropping - for now - his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Ore., a move that comes after legal roadblocks hung up the effort.

Retired Tennessee teacher Glenda Akin has lived and worked through a whole lot of history. And now she's made history herself as the Guinness-certified longest serving teacher at the same school.

Smallwood died Tuesday of complications due to kidney failure, according to his representative. Singer and songwriter Chaka Khan said Smallwood's music "didn't just inspire me, it transformed me."

Zach Sutton drives the bak2bak, his name for what he created. The front half is an old 1993 Dodge Caravan, the back a 1991 Plymouth Voyager.

Paris city hall is offering a rare chance to be buried among some of history's most celebrated artists. Dec. 31 was the deadline to register for a draw to purchase a burial spot in Pere-Lachaise, one of the city's iconic cemeteries.

Seven Canadians are among those injured after two trains collided head-on in Peru on Tuesday, Global Affairs Canada confirmed to CBC.

Here's a look at how countries around the world are ringing in the new year.

Turkish authorities on Wednesday pressed ahead with countrywide operations against suspected ISIS members, detaining 125 people in simultaneous raids across 25 provinces.

The U.S. Justice Department revealed it has 5.2 million pages of Epstein files left to review and needs 400 lawyers from four different department offices to help with the process through late January, according to a government document reviewed by Reuters on Tuesday.

Israel is banning more than two dozen humanitarian organizations from Gaza for failing to comply with new registration rules.

A darling of the artificial intelligence startup scene was just acquired by Meta - capping off a year of intense competition between U.S. tech giants vying for dominance of the world's most coveted technology.

Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of the late U.S. president John F. Kennedy, has died. She was 35. The environmental journalist revealed in November that she had acute myeloid leukemia

New England Patriots star wide receiver Stefon Diggs is facing strangulation and other criminal charges in connection with a dispute with his former private chef, police said.

Pups and their humans filled the streets of Madrid on Tuesday for the annualSanperrestre festive dog walk.The event aims to raise awareness about animal abuse and abandonment, and highlightsadopting over buying dogs and cats.

A new investigation has found that months before Sean Gardner's arrest on allegations of installing cameras in a girls' gym bathroom, the American was willing to accept a lifetime ban from coaching gymnastics as part of a deal where he would admit to the abuse, according to three people involved with U.S. SafeSport and its handling of the case.

A new search for the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 aircraft is underway, more than 10 years after the Boeing 777's mysterious and baffling disappearance.

The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that it was pulling out its remaining forces in Yemen after Saudi Arabia backed a call for the U.A.E. forces to leave the country within 24 hours, in a major crisis between the two Gulf powers and oil producers.