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The Iranian government held an emergency meeting on Monday after President Ebrahim Raisi was declared dead today. Mr Raisi…

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has died in a helicopter crash, the Islamic Republic News Agency reports. The demise of the Iranian president was announced early Monday morning. Mr Raisi’s…

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman is suffering from “high temperature” and joint pain and will undergo his second round of medical tests in less than a month, state media reported Sunday. The tests will take place at a…

A helicopter carrying Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, has been involved in an incident while he was visiting neighbouring Azerbaijan, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on X on Sunday according to CNN.…

Benny Gantz, a popular centrist member of Israel’s three-member War Cabinet, threatened Saturday to resign from the government…

Some Canadian provinces have logged a jump in unclaimed dead bodies in recent years, with next of kin citing funeral costs as a growing reason for not collecting loved ones’ remains. The phenomenon has prompted at…

President of the United States, Joe Biden, has said that the mere purchase and usage of Marijuana was not enough reason for anyone to be jailed. President Biden formally made this proposal on Thursday on his…

Pope Francis has clarified his position on allowing Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples. In December, the 87-year-old pontiff said that allowing same-sex couples to be blessed is “as an expression of the…

Universities in England face a looming funding crisis as a result of a fall in student applications, with some requiring deep cuts to avoid closure, the sector’s regulator has found. The warning will be issued…

A man has been charged with the attempted murder of Robert Fico, Slovak Prime Minister, after the politician was seriously hurt in a shooting attack. The suspect has not been formally named, but Slovak reports have…

Schools in England will be banned from teaching sex education and gender identity to children below nine under new government proposals due to be published Thursday. It follows concerns over the content of lessons…

For two men who agree on so little, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump could agree on…

A New York state court has upheld the gag order preventing former President Donald Trump from publicly criticising witnesses and others involved in his New York…

Singapore's long-serving Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is stepping down, marking the end of a political era for the island nation. After 20 years in power, Mr Lee will formally hand over the reins to deputy PM…

The head of the Main Personnel Directorate of the Russian Defence Ministry, Lieutenant General Yury Kuznetsov, has been arrested, the Investigative Committee has announced. The spokesperson for the Russian Investigative…

The Biden administration has been taking criticism as of late for what some have described as conflicting messaging on key subjects relating to the United States' top Mideast ally: Israel. During a daily briefing last…

Melinda French Gates has resigned from her co-chair position at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and will take $12.5 billion to continue her philanthropic work focused on women and families. Ms Gates announced her…

Israel’s airstrikes and ground offensive in Gaza have left more Palestinian civilians dead than Hamas fighters, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has acknowledged.…

A United States lawmaker, Senator Lindsey Graham has urged Israel to do whatever needs to be done to win its “existential” war with Hamas, just like the US was “justified” to drop nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities…

The world’s first patient with a transplanted pig kidney has died, almost two months after the operation. In March, Massachusetts General Hospital transplanted the genetically-edited pig kidney into Rick Slayman, a…

Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, released from prison in December after serving 16 years for crimes against humanity, said on Friday he had been diagnosed with a malignant tongue tumour. President from 1990 to…

The United States has issued a stunning criticism of Israel’s use of American weapons in the Gaza war after Israeli forces intensified operations around the…

The United Nations General Assembly has voted by a wide margin to back a Palestinian bid to become a full UN member, according to an official statement released Friday. The assembly also called on the UN Security…

The talks on reaching a truce in the Gaza Strip resumed with the participation of all parties in the Egyptian capital city of Cairo, Al-Qahera Al-Ekhbariya broadcaster reported on Wednesday, citing a source. “Truce talks…