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A vote sign is posted as a person enters a polling station in the Vancouver East riding on federal election day in Vancouver., on April 28, 2025. (The Canadian Press/Ethan Cairns)…

People sit outside the TMX Market Centre in Toronto, on Sept. 11, 2024. (The Canadian Press/Paige Taylor White)…

China's army is improving attack helicopter skills against U.S. missile defenses and ground vehicles, and recently practiced live-fire missile strikes against mockups of Patriot anti-missile launchers…

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday called for an end to his country’s war with the United States, appearing to break with radical hardliners. Amid Washington’s blockade of Iranian ports, wh…

Hezbollah supporters wave the group's flag in front of Lebanese army troops, as protesters burn tyres to block the road leading to Beirut's international airport, following the visit of U.S. Deputy Sp…

A student's laptop sits on their desk at an elementary school in Toronto on Jan. 9, 2024. (The Canadian Press/Chris Young)…

A fire truck is seen on a hillside burned by the Bald Range wildfire, in this handout photo, near Summerland, B.C., on Aug. 17, 2026. (The Canadian Press/Handout — Regional District of Okanagan-Similk…

The newly sanctioned president of the International Criminal Court is decrying President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the organization. The State Department announced on Tuesday that it would b…

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez speaks during a joint news conference at Moncloa Palace in Madrid on Jan. 17, 2022. (Susana Vera/Reuters）…

Portuguese President António José Seguro has enacted a measure that bans people from covering up their face while in public places, with some exceptions, AFP reported.…

Soldiers of the U.S. Army load military equipment into a vehicle at Fort Benning, Ga., on April 8, 2026. (John Fredricks /The Epoch Times)…

Health workers care for an Ebola patient in Ituri, Congo, on June 18, 2026. (Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo)…

A person walks with shopping bags on Boxing Day in Richmond, B.C., on Dec. 26, 2025. (The Canadian Press/Ethan Cairns)…

The driver of one of two vehicles struck by a small plane as it made an emergency landing on a road says the aircraft was "speeding right towards us" before crushing the roof of his SUV, as seen in Pr…

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 23: U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee looks on during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on April 23, 2026 in Washington, DC. Trump announced that the Israel-…

The Spanish territory of Ceuta in northern Africa is in chaos as thousands of illegal immigrants linger on its shores and the government is reneging on its promise not to transfer migrants to the cont…

An attacker with a sword wounded several people Friday at a school in central Sweden, and police later arrested a suspect, officials said.…

Vice President JD Vance speaks during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on June 18, 2026. (Ken Cedeno/AFP)…

The mother of a 5-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed after Israeli forces fired on her family's car in Gaza City wants an independent inquiry into her death, saying an Israeli military investiga…

A funeral procession for Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members killed in a strike in Syria, in Tehran on April 5, 2024. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)…

Twenty migrants deported from the United States arrived in Liberia on Thursday, the first group of an eventual 1,200 deportees that the West African country says it will receive from the U.S. under a …

Prince Harry and six others, including Elton John, have been ordered to pay an initial 9.5 million pounds ($13 million) to the publisher of Britain's Daily Mail newspaper following their failed invasi…

Top ministers for Indonesia and China agreed during meetings in Jakarta on Friday to increase their defense cooperation and strengthen food and energy security.…

A donkey on the loose in northern Germany attacked two motorists by jumping into their van on Friday, kicking and biting them along with a third woman who tried to help restrain the aggressive equine,…

A Romanian law enforcement officer works on the site of an explosion at a residential block of flats following a drone hit close to the border with Ukraine, in Galati, Romania, on May 29, 2026. (Inqua…

Nick Kyrgios of Australia reacts on the practice courts on day nine of The Championships Wimbledon 2022 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on July 5, 2022. (Clive Brunskill/Getty Im…

Two former organizers of Hong Kong's annual vigils in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown were convicted Friday for what the government-approved judges ruled was inciting others to over…

The Ebola outbreak that is spreading at unprecedented speed in Congo has not peaked yet and could be three times the current known size, according to data from authorities and Africa's top public heal…

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 09: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a multilateral lunch with African leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House July 9, 2025 in Washington, DC. The leaders of…

The U.S. and South Korean militaries wrapped up their annual drill six days earlier than initially scheduled on Friday in a conciliatory gesture toward North Korea, though the North said the step isn'…

Company signage is seen at the Domtar paper mill in Windsor, Que., Oct. 28, 2021. (The Canadian Press/Perry Beaton)…

Police conduct an operation searching for weapons and drugs as part of an effort to combat criminal groups, in the Nueva Guayaquil neighborhood of Guayaquil, Ecuador, on April 4, 2024. (Cesar Munoz/AP…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky prior a Coalition of the Willing meeting with European leaders in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 24, 2026. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)…

Iran's parliament speaker and chief negotiator in the nuclear talks with the U.S. warned on Friday that his government must find a solution to its economic crisis or face collapse, hinting at the divi…

A police line in Australia, on Nov. 3, 2021. (Tamati Smith/Getty Images)…

Russia has conducted missile tests off Japanese-claimed islands in the Northwestern Pacific, escalating a weeklong Moscow-Tokyo diplomatic row in the area.…

Indonesian authorities warned Friday they would take legal action against anyone who starts an open fire, as huge blazes on Borneo and elsewhere created a choking haze that blanketed cities and dense …

Search teams on Friday found the remains of American climber Mallory Geis, the last missing member of a 10-member international mountaineering team that was killed in an avalanche on Broad Peak weeks …

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during a press conference at Australian Parliament House in Canberra Australia, on Aug. 19, 2026. (Hilary Wardhaugh/Getty Images)…

Newly appointed Victorian Premier Ben Carroll speaks to the media at Victorian Parliament House in Melbourne, Australia, on July 28, 2026. (Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)…

Workers are seen on a building site in the Western Suburbs on Jan. 11, 2024 in Sydney, Australia.(Photo by Jenny Evans/Getty Images)…

Silhouetted against the cosmos, an old windmill stands watch over the infinite universe. (Courtesy of David Holman)…

New single family houses billed as estate cottages are seen in an aerial view, in Delta, B.C., on Aug. 12, 2024. (The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck)…

Chinese tourists take pictures in front of the Sacred Heart Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, or Shishi Catholic Church, in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China on S…

Lee Cheuk-yan, then-chairman of Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, holds a press conference in Hong Kong on June 1, 2020. (Sung Pi-lung/The Epoch Times)…

Dean Cox (L), coach of the Sydney Swans and Callum Mills speak to the media during a Sydney Swans AFL press conference in Sydney, Australia, on Aug. 21, 2026. (Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)…

ICE agents look on as detainees board a plane at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Feb. 24, 2026. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)…

A supplied image obtained on Aug. 9, 2026, shows Van Viet Truong, who died from serious injuries after allegedly being set upon by a group of youths at Sunshine in Melbourne's west on Aug. 1 while try…

Dust floats in the air, following an earthquake in Pausa, Peru, on Aug. 20, 2026, in this frame taken from a video. (Radio Pauza en la Noticia via Reuters)…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attends an event announcing the expansion of a foster care initiative in the Rose Garden of the White House on Aug. 20, 2026. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)…

People are seen lining up at Centrelink in Bondi Junction in Sydney, Australia on March 23, 2020. (Jenny Evans/Getty Images)…

Deportees from Venezuela, Cuba and Colombia arrived in Liberia as the West African nation agreed to accept up to 1,200 foreign nationals from the U.S. over the next year.…

A food delivery worker waits to collect an order at a shop in the Sydney CBD in Sydney, Australia, on Aug. 15, 2026. (George Chan/Getty Images)…

A gender-neutral sign is posted outside a bathroom, in a file photo. (Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)…

The National Disability Insurance Scheme NDIS logo is seen at the head office in Canberra, on June 22, 2022. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas)…

An exterior view shows the entrance to the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Bundesamt fuer Verfassungsschutz, BfV) in Cologne, western Germany on Sept. 22, 2025. (Ina Fassbender/…

A general view of a U.S. State Department sign outside the U.S. State Department building in Washington on July 11, 2025. (Annabelle Gordon/Reuters)…

People run in a marathon. (Shutterstock)…

The Canadian flag in a file photo. (The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld)…

A U.S. Stryker infantry carrier vehicle (C) crosses a river over a floating bridge during a South U.S.–Korea joint river-crossing drill as part of the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield military exercise in …

A Hong Kong court is set to deliver a verdict Friday in a closely watched national security trial of two prominent activists linked to the city's decades-long commemorations of the 1989 Tiananmen Squa…

U.S. immigration officials worked with Iran to deport Iranians in 2025, newly released emails show, revealing a working relationship between the U.S. and Iranian governments despite tensions mounting …

Chinese President Xi Jinping this week challenged President Trump's push to re-establish the Monroe Doctrine in the Western Hemisphere -- a strategy that calls for preventing China and other foreign p…

A test-launch of 600 mm-calibre multiple rocket launchers in North Korea on March 14, 2026. (Korean Central News Agency via Reuters)…

Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, reacts after defeating Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, during the men's singles semifinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York City on Sept. 5, 2025. (Kirsty Wiggles…

An Army unit based in Europe that was specializing in drone warfare has been directed to end its efforts to learn and use the battlefield technology and return to being a traditional infantry battalio…

Taiwanese special operations troops take part in an air-infiltration drill during the Han Kuang 42 military exercises in Taoyuan, Taiwan, on Aug. 12, 2026. (Courtesy of Taiwan Ministry of National Def…

Nathan Cofnas, the postdoctoral researcher whose plagiarism allegations preceded the resignation and death of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday, has himself been suspended by Ghent University in …

An artist's rendering of a KC-46A refueling F-16 Fighting Falcons. (Courtesy of the Boeing Company)…

A paramedic loads his stretcher back into the ambulance after bringing a patient to the emergency room at a hospital in Montreal, April 14, 2022. (The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz)…

For weeks, migrants in the Spanish territory of Ceuta had gathered on a beach away from the city center, sleeping on cardboard sheets, under reed huts and guarding their few possessions in tattered pl…

FILE — Bill Essayli, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California, speaks with reporters during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Nov. 19, 2025, in Washi…

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni waits to welcome Austria's chancellor at the Palazzo Chigi in Rome on Feb. 10, 2025. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP via Getty Images)…

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Tony Wakeham speaks to reporters at an energy conference in St. John's, N.L., on June 2, 2026. (The Canadian Press/Sarah Smellie)…

A man views an example of a deepfake video manipulated using AI in Washington in a file photo. (Alexandra Robinson/AFP via Getty Images)…

While the Trump administration has struggled to maintain a positive spin on the war with Iran, several recent developments have indicated an improved U.S. position in the conflict. After the collapse …

China launched seasonal container service to Europe via Russia's Arctic Northern Sea Route, raising U.S. concerns over the Polar Silk Road strategy.…

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Recep Tayyip Erdoğan not to test Israel's resolve after the Abu al-Duhur airbase strike in Syria.…

The USS George Washington aircraft carrier arrived in the Middle East on Thursday to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been on deployment in the region for nearly nine months, U.S. Central Co…

DNA testing confirmed remains found on a Swiss Alps glacier belong to two Belgian mountaineers who vanished in the Weissmies region in 1992.…

The Israel Guys inaugurated a major visitor center in Har Bracha on the West Bank, inviting Christians in Israel to see Judea and Samaria's biblical heartland firsthand.…

North Korea fired 10 ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Thursday evening, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. The missiles were reportedly launched shortly after 5 p.m. local time…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Wednesday that a U.S. decision to scale back military exercises with South Korea does not change what it sees as the provocative nature of the drills, dampen…

Prince Harry and his wife are moving back to Great Britain over six years after they left the country following a public break with the royal family. The relationship unraveled after Harry married Meg…

Iran is deepening ties with Russia and China through BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to blunt U.S. sanctions, analysts warn.…

Britain's Home Office published a guide reminding asylum seekers not to rape or sexually harass people, noting women can earn money and make decisions.…

A Telemundo executive was one of five Americans who died aboard a sightseeing helicopter that crashed in Kenya on Wednesday. The State Department confirmed the number of dead American citizens. The pi…

Five Americans, including Telemundo executive José Suárez, were killed when a charter helicopter carrying seven people crashed in a mountainous region of northern Kenya.…

Azerbaijan sued CNN for defamation over a bombshell report claiming that Israel had operated drone and commando teams against Iran out of its territory. In June, CNN published a report claiming that d…

A new report says Cuba's ties with Russia, China and Iran create intelligence and military threats just 90 miles from the Florida coastline.…

Marco Rubio called the International Criminal Court "corrupt" as the Trump administration sanctioned two top ICC officials over jurisdiction disputes.…

Liberia agreed to accept 1,200 third-country deportees from the U.S. over the next year, with the first group of 20 expected to arrive on Thursday.…

Iran appoints IRGC veterans of the Islamic Revolution and Iran-Iraq War to top posts, raising questions about its shrinking circle of commanders.…

Lee Jae Myung urged stronger independent South Korean military capabilities after Trump ordered cuts to U.S.-South Korean Ulchi Freedom Shield drills.…

Ceuta residents say they feel scared after 70,000 migrants flooded Spain's North African enclave, as border security concerns grow amid Morocco tensions.…

Toñi, the oldest known Iberian orca, surfaced in the Strait of Gibraltar with wounds conservationists believe were caused by shotgun pellets.…

Jared Kushner warned Hamas it must disarm within 60 to 90 days or face Israel finishing the job, following a rare face-to-face meeting in Cairo.…

Italy and Spain face off over immigration and border controls, highlighting a widening European divide over enforcement, national security and the future of Schengen.…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent promises unprecedented economic isolation of Iran as the 60-day nuclear deal deadline passes with no final agreement.…

VEB.RF, Russian state development bank, economist Andrei Klepach warned Russia is losing the war of attrition before his firing, as the European Union prepares sweeping sanctions.…

Trump confirmed a direct backchannel with the IRGC for peace talks and issued an extraordinary bombing warning to Oman as the ceasefire expires.…

New South Wales will be the first Australian state to launch a gun buyback scheme, offering up to $700 per firearm after the Bondi Beach terror attack.…

Diego Garcia supports U.S. carrier strike groups and supply chains after an Iranian strike on Bahrain forced the Pentagon to shift logistics.…

Iran-backed Houthis exploit Yemen's fractured state to threaten Bab el-Mandeb, raising fears it could become a second Strait of Hormuz choke point.…

The IDF Tzrifin Base in Central Israel stores a massive arsenal seized from Hezbollah and Hamas, including Iranian rockets, drones and Nazi-era guns.…