Iran's hard-line judiciary chief won a landslide victory Saturday in the country's presidential election, a vote that both propelled the supreme leader's protege into Tehran's highest civilian position and saw the lowest turnout in the Islamic Republic's history.
A new United Nations report reveals that last year, 82.4 million people around the world were forcibly displaced from their homes. Filippo Grandi, the UN's High Commissioner for Refugees, spoke with CTV's Chief News Anchor and Senior Editor Lisa LaFlamme about the worsening refugee crisis.
Three California children got in trouble after catching an alligator by its neck and dragging it to shore while vacationing near a Florida lake. Authorities said the children hooked a noose around the gator at Fay Lake Wilderness Park in Port St. John and dragged it to shore Thursday night.
An Italian court late Saturday convicted four African men in the drugging, aggravated sexual assault and murder of an Italian teen in Rome, a crime that spurred calls in Italy for quick expulsions of migrants illegally living in in the country, state TV and private Italian media said.
Police in Show Low, Arizona, on Saturday shot a suspect who they say struck multiple cyclists with a vehicle during a bicycle race.
Marching bands sparked loud cheers and quieter reflections about racial justice from crowds gathered on Saturday to mark Juneteenth as a new U.S. federal holiday commemorating the end of the legal enslavement of Black Americans.
Authorities in Alabama say a suspected tornado spurred by Tropical Storm Claudette demolished or badly damaged at least 50 homes in a small town just north of the Florida border.
Dozens of human rights advocates briefly blocked Croatia's border with Bosnia on Saturday to protest the European Union's migration policies. The protesters demanded that EU's border agency, Frontex, be dismantled and countries end their pushbacks of migrants trying to reach Western Europe.
U.S. President Joe Biden announced Saturday that Champ, the older of the family's two dogs, had died'peacefully at home.' The German shepherd was 13.
Anti-government protesters took to the streets in more than a score of cities across Brazil on Saturday as the nation's confirmed death toll from COVID-19 soared past half a million -- a tragedy many critics blame on President Jair Bolsonaro's attempt to minimize the disease.
Queen Elizabeth II was smiling broadly as she attended the final day of the Ascot races on Saturday, where environmental protesters urged the monarch to press politicians to act faster against climate change.
A Hong Kong court ordered the top editor of pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily and the head of its parent company held without bail Saturday in the first hearing since their arrest two days ago under the city's national security law.
A warehouse holding a reported 15 metric tons of fireworks in central Moscow caught fire on Saturday, sending a huge cloud of smoke and a fusillade of explosions over the area.
An Indigenous elder forced to attend Day School as a child says it robbed her of an education, and caused a cycle of trauma that her son has struggled to break.
A man has been arrested in connection with a violent, homophobic assault on Toronto Island that left a man with significant injuries earlier this month, Toronto police say.
Police officers in Vancouver say they responded to a 'large fight and a possible assault' at English Bay on Friday evening, and a person who witnessed the incident is accusing the police of racism.
Several Black and Indigenous families whose loved ones have been harmed and killed by police came together in Ottawa to mark Juneteenth and demand accountability and changes to the justice system.
Having immunized 70 per cent of its eligible population with at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, Alberta will lift public health restrictions in two weeks, Premier Jason Kenney announced Friday.
]No winning ticket was sold for the $70 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw.
Iran's hard-line judiciary chief won a landslide victory Saturday in the country's presidential election, a vote that both propelled the supreme leader's protege into Tehran's highest civilian position and saw the lowest turnout in the Islamic Republic's history.
A new United Nations report reveals that last year, 82.4 million people around the world were forcibly displaced from their homes. Filippo Grandi, the UN's High Commissioner for Refugees, spoke with CTV's Chief News Anchor and Senior Editor Lisa LaFlamme about the worsening refugee crisis.
Three California children got in trouble after catching an alligator by its neck and dragging it to shore while vacationing near a Florida lake. Authorities said the children hooked a noose around the gator at Fay Lake Wilderness Park in Port St. John and dragged it to shore Thursday night.
An Italian court late Saturday convicted four African men in the drugging, aggravated sexual assault and murder of an Italian teen in Rome, a crime that spurred calls in Italy for quick expulsions of migrants illegally living in in the country, state TV and private Italian media said.
Police in Show Low, Arizona, on Saturday shot a suspect who they say struck multiple cyclists with a vehicle during a bicycle race.
Marching bands sparked loud cheers and quieter reflections about racial justice from crowds gathered on Saturday to mark Juneteenth as a new U.S. federal holiday commemorating the end of the legal enslavement of Black Americans.
A 22-year-old man lost his hand and several others were also injured amid clashes as police tried to break up an unauthorized rave party in western France, authorities said Saturday.
Quebec director Denis Villeneuve will debut his highly anticipated sci-fi feature 'Dune' at the Venice Film Festival in September. The festival says the big-screen adaptation of Frank Herbert's 1965 novel will make its world premiere out of competition on Sept. 3.
Daredevil Alex Harvill died Thursday while practising for a world record motorcycle ramp jump, officials in Washington state said. He was 28 years old.
A global action plan on alcohol laid out by the World Health Organization (WHO) has come under fire after some interpreted that the WHO had proposed to ban people of childbearing age from drinking alcohol entirely.
While health officials are warning most about the Delta variant, other coronavirus variants are also keeping scientists up at night.
Canada has hit a major milestone with 20 per cent of the eligible population now fully vaccinated, a target government officials have said was needed before the country could proceed with the easing of COVID-19 health restrictions.
By the end of July, Canada will have received 'over 68 million' doses of COVID-19 vaccines, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday, resulting in more Canadians being able to receive their second doses earlier than expected.
Canada is extending a ban on nonessential travel with the United States and the rest of the world until July 21, officials said on Friday, prompting frustration from businesses and U.S. legislators.
The national intelligence watchdog says Canada's cyberspy agency may have broken the law in disclosing personal information about Canadians.
Researchers from the University of Cambridge in the U.K. have discovered the first evidence that European victims of the Black Death were buried with care in individual graves and not just in mass gravesites.
Data from the Hubble telescope has confirmed the existence of galaxies without dark matter, once thought to be an essential part of the celestial body’s makeup, a new study suggests.
The coelacanth -- a giant weird fish still around from dinosaur times -- can live for 100 years, a new study found.
A Belgian court ruled Friday that coronavirus vaccine-maker AstraZeneca had committed a 'serious breach' of its contract with the European Union amid a major legal battle over delivery obligations that has tarnished the company's image.
Wall Street is in a rush to get workers back in the office to bring back the face-to-face camaraderie, training and to negate security concerns
On CTVNews.ca, CTV News' Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid shares her advice for the winner of the Lotto Max draw, the largest prize pool in Canadian lottery history with a projected jackpot of $70 million.
A federal judge on Friday said he won't allow an Arkansas man arrested after he was photographed sitting at a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot to travel for a classic-car swap meet.
Canada's biggest food and drugstore retailer is expanding its loyalty program at Esso gas stations, allowing PC Optimum members to both earn and redeem points when they fuel up.
Ford's second-quarter outlook is improving, with large numbers of customers making reservations for four of its new vehicles.
Police are appealing for information on how two original paintings from 17th century European artists ended up in a roadside dumpster in southeast Germany.
When Ashley Callingbull was crowned Mrs. Universe in 2015, she was the first Canadian and Indigenous woman to every hold that title. Since then, she hasn't stopped breaking barriers for Indigenous women and girls while using her voice to be a changemaker.
Dolce & Gabbana are coaxing men off their sofas and back into the world with a resplendent collection inspired by the extravagant lighting installations of southern Italian street festivals.
Germany finally clicked into gear at the European Championship, with a little help from defending champion Portugal. The Portuguese became the first team to score two own-goals in one game at the continental tournament, giving the Germans a 4-2 victory on Saturday and ending fears of another group-stage exit.
Montreal Canadiens assistant coach Luke Richardson's daughter is never far from his thoughts -- or his heart.
Legendary Indian sprinter Milkha Singh has died at the age of 91 after a month-long battle with COVID-19, according to a family statement
