These Afghan cycling sisters escaped the Taliban to compete in Paris
When Fariba and Yulduz Hashimi started cycling in Afghanistan, they had to do it secretly. Their goals at the 2024 Olympics go way beyond the medal podium.
Plant-based drinks recalled in Canada amid listeria deaths, illnesses
Citing suspected links to a listeria outbreak, Canada's health agency has issued a recall notice for 18 plant-based drinks sold under the Silk and Great Value brands.
Canadians worry a U.S. company may be emitting toxic gas into their air
Residents of a Toronto suburb tell CBS News they're worried a U.S. company may be emitting a cancer-causing gas in their community.
Floods hammer Afghanistan, with storms blamed for at least 40 deaths
One aid agency boss says deadly floods show why "climate-induced disasters in Afghanistan ought to be cause for grave concern," as they're likely to keep killing.
1,000 days after Taliban ban on girls in school, the resistance lives
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers bar girls over 12 from receiving a formal education, but some brave young women refuse to accept the draconian edict.
Weather, avalanche threat stymies hunt for missing climbers in Canada
Officials say adverse conditions are holding up efforts to locate 3 experienced mountaineers in Canada's rugged Garibaldi Park.
Why does Canada have so many wildfires?
Crews in Western Canada are currently facing 130 active wildfires, including 14 considered out of control. Here's why it's so bad.
Sightings of invasive, toxic hammerhead flatworm increasing in Ontario
It's invasive, harmful and can regenerate from a tiny piece of its body — it's the hammerhead land planarian, and its been increasingly sighted in Ontario.
Moscow attack fuels concern over ISIS risk from Taliban's Afghanistan
The Taliban promised the Trump administration it wouldn't allow terror groups to plot attacks on Afghan soil. That vow has gone unfulfilled.
Canada wildfire season smolders on as "zombie fires" burn through winter
It's the middle of the winter, but there are still 149 wildfires burning across Canada, including 2 deemed out of control.
13 men arrested, charged with luring minors for sexual abuse in Canada
Canadian police arrested 13 men, including one U.S. national at a hotel in Niagara Falls and charged them all with child sex trafficking offenses.
Al Qaeda setting up new training camps in Afghanistan, U.N. report says
A report compiled for the U.N. Security Council says the Taliban has allowed al Qaeda to continue posing "a threat in the region and potentially beyond."
6 killed in small plane crash in Canada's Northwest Territories
A regional jet carrying workers to Rio Tinto's Diavik diamond mine in Canada's Northwest Territories crashed, killing an unknown number of people.
Taliban jails women to protect them from gender-based violence, U.N. says
The report is a snapshot of legal and judicial responses by the Taliban to complaints of gender-based violence, including murders, honor killings and rapes.
Report warns Taliban crackdown, abuse in schools harming girls and boys
The Taliban's draconian school policies are "causing irreversible damage to the Afghan education system for boys as well as girls," rights group warns.