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Violence linked to ongoing protests in Iran over the country’s worsening economy has claimed at least two more lives, raising the overall death toll to 10, authorities said Saturday, as demonstrations show no signs of easing.The new deaths occurred overnight. In Qom, a man was killed when a gr...
Myanmar’s military-appointed election body has released early results from the first phase of the country’s three-part general election, showing the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) leading in most constituencies, as widely expected.The Union Election Commiss...
Canada’s transport authority has warned Air India that it could lose its flight authorisations if it fails to comply with regulations on alcohol consumption by flight crew, following the arrest of one of the airline’s pilots at Vancouver International Airport.Transport Canada said the in...
Swiss investigators said Friday they believe decorative sparklers attached to Champagne bottles sparked a devastating fire at a crowded ski resort bar after coming too close to the ceiling during New Year’s Eve celebrations.Authorities are examining whether the ceiling’s soundproofing ma...
U.S. President Donald Trump and senior Iranian officials exchanged sharp warnings on Friday as protests expanded across Iran, further heightening tensions between the two countries following U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities in June.Violence linked to the demonstrations has left at least...
At least seven people drowned and many are missing after a boat carrying some 200 people capsized during the night of Wednesday to Thursday off the coast of Gambia, the government said.At least 96 were rescued, many of whom were seriously wounded. "The Government of The Gambia is aware of a tra...
Pakistan suffered its most lethal year in more than a decade in 2025, with deaths linked to militant violence rising by 74%, according to a report published by an independent research organization.The Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) said a total of 3,413 people were kill...
Afghanistan’s first major rainfall and snowfall of the season ended weeks of dry weather but unleashed flash floods in several regions, leaving at least 17 people dead and 11 others injured, officials said Thursday.Among the victims were five members of a single family who died when the roof o...
Protests driven by Iran’s worsening economic conditions expanded into rural provinces on Thursday, leaving at least seven people dead in the first reported fatalities involving both demonstrators and security personnel, according to authorities.The deaths — two on Wednesday and five on ...
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A United Nations humanitarian team has visited Sudan’s el-Fasher city for the first time since it was seized by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in October, finding hundreds of civilians living in desperate conditions amid severe shortages of food, medicine and shelter.The hours-lon...
Russian-installed authorities in Ukraine’s occupied Kherson region said on Thursday that a Ukrainian drone strike killed at least 24 people and injured more than 50 others during New Year celebrations, amid rising tensions despite ongoing peace efforts.According to Vladimir Saldo, the Moscow-a...
A 21-year-old volunteer in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was killed Wednesday night in Lorestan province during protests driven by economic hardship, authorities said Thursday, marking the first reported security force fatality in the demonstrations.State-run media said the Basij vol...
Dozens of people are presumed dead and around 100 others injured, most seriously, after a fire broke out at Le Constellation bar in the Swiss Alps resort town of Crans-Montana during New Year celebrations, police said Thursday.Valais Canton police commander Frédéric Gisler said the exa...
Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank watched as Israeli military bulldozers tore down their homes Wednesday in Nur Shams refugee camp, part of an almost year-long campaign in northern West Bank camps.Since early 2025, Operation "Iron Wall" has damaged or destroyed at least 850 st...
Britain’s Queen Camilla on Wednesday publicly shared her experience of indecent assault for the first time, highlighting her long-standing campaign against domestic violence.The queen, who has made fighting abuse one of her key causes, recalled being attacked by a man on a train in the 1960s a...
Zohran Mamdani officially became New York City’s mayor shortly after midnight on Thursday, taking his first oath of office inside a historic, long-closed subway station in Manhattan.A Democrat, Mamdani made history as the first Muslim mayor of the nation’s largest city, swearing in with ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday highlighted his country’s advances in technology, including artificial intelligence, semiconductors, military equipment, and space exploration, while reiterating that Beijing intends to annex self-ruled Taiwan.In his New Year’s Eve address broadc...
The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on four Venezuelan oil companies and added four more oil tankers to its list of blocked property, accusing them of supporting President Nicolás Maduro’s government through a shadow fleet.The move is part of the Trump administration’...
China’s military announced Wednesday that it has wrapped up two days of large-scale exercises near Taiwan, concluding a show of force that heightened regional tensions as 2025 drew to a close.In a statement released late Tuesday, the People’s Liberation Army said the drills, dubbed &ldqu...
Zohran Mamdani is set to take office as New York City’s next mayor at the stroke of midnight ushering in 2026, beginning a day-long series of inaugural events.The Democrat will participate in two separate swearing-in ceremonies on Thursday. The first will be a private, family-only oath shortly...
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