Five UN rapporteurs have written to the government of Canada calling on it to do more to protect Sikh activist Moninder Singh, who has received four "duty to warn" letters for his activism in favour of a separate Sikh homeland. The UN experts say Singh may have been targeted for speaking to the world body, and ask for the Canadian government to respond.

Ariana Grande spoke directly to her fans at a Chicago concert on Monday about her decision to step back from the public eye.Over the weekend, a representative for Grande, 33, released a statement saying that "Ariana will be taking a step back from visibility after she completes the Eternal Sunshine Tour." Scrutiny of Grande has intensified in recent weeks, fuelled by public discussion of Grande’s physical appearance and overall health.

South Korea recorded its highest temperature on Friday since modern weather observations began, as a prolonged heat wave pushed temperatures above 40 C for a third straight day in parts of the country.

A Toronto-based company that made Coldcard, a bitcoin-only hardware wallet that has been the latest target of a data breach, has reportedly lost $100 million US worth of bitcoin as a result of the hack.

People have become greedy for details about Tate McRae's political views, and a new interview with Variety offers an answer — sort of.

Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc is back in Washington, D.C., for another slate of meetings as the latest U.S. tariff threat is just over two weeks away.

On a warm summer evening in 1976, a 17-year-old girl vanished while driving along rural roads south of Edmonton. Now, five decades later, the Alberta RCMP and the victim's family are renewing calls for tips in the case.

A Winnipeg Sea Bears player who the team says was assaulted and seriously injured has been released from hospital. The organization says security at a downtown Winnipeg nightclub is to blame for his injuries.

Spain's Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska gave a fresh estimate of the migrants who pushed into Ceuta last week, as European Union ministers discussed the crisis on Tuesday.

Health Canada has given Moderna the green light to launch a clinical trial for a vaccine targeting the Bundibugyo form of the Ebola virus, which continues to surge throughout the Democratic Republic of the Congo.