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Fires were still blazing on Sunday after a massive explosion tore through Iran’s largest commercial port the day before, killing at least 25 people and leaving hundreds more injured, according to local media. The blast…

Several people have been confirmed after a car drove into a crowd at a street festival celebrating Filipino heritage in Vancouver on Saturday night, according to…

Unrest within the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party could see Kemi Badenoch booted out as leader after poll ratings for the party have dipped ahead of next week’s local elections. The Tories are expected to lose…

Pope Francis was laid to rest in Rome Saturday after a Vatican funeral for the “pope among the people” attended by hundreds of thousands of mourners and world leaders including US President Donald Trump. Around…

Former First Lady Michelle Obama has spoken about her decision to skip President Donald Trump’s second inauguration earlier this year — a choice that stirred speculation and criticism. Obama, who was also notably…

Transgender women have been banned from the female category of Ultimate Pool Group (UPG) events following last week’s UK Supreme Court ruling. The sport in this country has been mired in controversy over its transgender…

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said a deal on halting the Ukraine war was “very close,” but slammed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over his refusal to formally cede Crimea to Russia. “It’s inflammatory…

Several measures of Americans’ economic mood, including their perceptions of the U.S. economy and their own finances, have weakened in April compared with their prior readings — in some cases, substantially. Most…

Harvard sued US President Donald Trump’s administration Monday in a sharp escalation of the fight between the prestigious university and the Republican, who has threatened its funding and sought to impose…

The funeral of Pope Francis will take place on Saturday at 10:00am (0800 GMT) in the square in front of St Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican announced on Tuesday. The coffin of the Argentine pontiff, who died on…

The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis died of a stroke that led to a coma and irreversible heart failure, according to a medical report released Monday evening. Dr. Andrea Arcangeli, Director of the…

The passing of Pope Francis at 88 sets in motion the centuries-old process of electing a new Pope. The election of a new pope is a rigorous process involving several stages and rituals. Here is how it works:  The…

Pope Francis has died at the age of 88, the Vatican has announced. The pontiff, who was Bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic Church, became pope in 2013 after his…

Donald Trump’s simmering discontent with the US Federal Reserve boiled over this week, with the president threatening to take the unprecedented step of ousting the head of the fiercely independent central bank. Trump…

The Home Office has updated its requirements for travellers who are mandated to take English tests as part of their visa applications to the United Kingdom (UK). In a statement issued on Monday, the Home Office said…

At least 40 Palestinians were killed and 73 others were injured in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours as a result of the ongoing Israeli genocide in the region, according to the enclaved strip medical sources.…

The Donald Trump administration may shut down nearly 30 United States embassies and consulates around…

Iran is not far from having an atomic bomb, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog was quoted as saying in a Le Monde interview published Wednesday, just hours before a visit to Tehran. International Atomic Energy…

Britain’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday the legal definition of a “woman” is based on a person’s sex at birth, a landmark decision with far-reaching implications for the bitter debate over trans rights. In a…

Elite US university Harvard risked billions of dollars in federal funding Monday as it rejected a list of sweeping demands that the Trump administration said are intended to crack down on campus antisemitism. The call for…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has strategically secured the buy-in of other European Union countries and Japan that own part of the $8.53 trillion foreign countries hold in US debt to lead a coordinated…

The helicopter tour company behind a crash in New York that killed six people last week is shutting down, US authorities said Sunday. A senior business executive, his wife and three children died along with the pilot…

The United States Supreme Court has ordered President Donald Trump’s government to take steps to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran immigrant who was mistakenly deported to a prison camp in El Salvador…

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has said his nation is “not afraid,” in his first public comment on the escalating trade war with the United States that has tanked international markets and fueled fears of a global recession.…