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Up to 500 schools across France will be partially or totally closed on Monday after clashes between riot police and student protesters in recent days, the French education minister said on Sunday. Lessons will be "totally or partly suspended" in...

Two people were killed and nearly 30 others injured after gunfire broke out at a large homecoming party in the southern US state of Georgia early Sunday, authorities said. Dooly County Sheriff Craig Peavy identified those killed as Jaquevion...

OPEC+ agreed on Sunday to keep its oil production targets unchanged for November, as the conflict in the Middle East continues to keep output from key Gulf producers well below pre-war levels. The decision by the seven core members — Saudi...

A Russian strike has hit a second major bridge in Kyiv, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko has said, as Moscow ramps up attacks on critical infrastructure in Ukraine's capital. The attack on Saturday morning injured two people, and damaged the road surface...

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across Spain calling for greater protections for tenants after the government failed to get emergency housing legislation through parliament on Friday. About 50 planned marches are taking place on...

Around 325 million barrels of oil have been released from strategic reserves, said the International Energy Agency (IEA) on Saturday. It represented over 80 percent of the 400 million barrels originally pledged from the collective action...

Two oil tankers have been struck by "unidentified projectiles" in the Strait of Hormuz region, a British maritime agency said Friday, in the latest threat to shipping in the waterway.  The Hormuz passage, through which a fifth of the world's...

More than 4,000 people have died in Congo's Ebola outbreak, with health authorities reporting 4,018 deaths from 8,300 confirmed cases as efforts to contain the rapidly spreading virus face growing challenges. The latest figures released by the...

About 400 schools in France are expected to remain ​closed on Friday after student protests over education-related grievances turned violent in some ‌places. The protests against teacher shortages and dilapidated school buildings erupted in...

Americans are deeply frustrated with President Donald Trump’s handling of the economy and rising prices, with most panning his performance and blaming his policies as higher costs threaten his party’s chances in November. A new poll...

Iranian officials indicated Wednesday that Tehran has received an official U.S. response to its latest proposal aimed at ending the seven-month war, despite U.S. President Donald Trump publicly rejecting the offer just days earlier. The officials...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Wednesday said greater regional and international support is needed to advance a political solution to the crisis and end the hostilities in Myanmar. The UNHCR called on the international community to maintain...

An advert for Huel meal replacement shakes has been banned by the advertising watchdog for encouraging or condoning "irresponsible" dietary practices. The ad featured Huel brand ambassador Spencer Matthews sharing an anecdote of a person he met...

US President Donald Trump said Sunday that he expects talks with Iran to resume in the coming week, despite his rejection of a truce proposal put forward by Tehran.  Iranian officials brought with them to the UN General Assembly in New York...

Five men have been arrested on suspicion of explosive and terrorism offences after a major incident was declared at an airbase in the west of England. Bomb disposal teams have been examining a number of vehicles near RAF Fairford in...

President Donald Trump has justified the pending U.S. arms sale to Taiwan to Chinese President Xi Jinping by downplaying it as just one of many sales Washington makes around the world — even asking Xi if he’d be in the market for U.S....

Tens of millions of people across the north-eastern US are in the path of a powerful storm bringing coastal flooding, power cuts, travel chaos and cancelled stadium events. The so-called nor'easter is bringing "dangerous coastal flooding and...

US President Donald Trump has rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping within a week. He told reporters at the White House that Tehran "want to make a deal where they open the Strait immediately because...

American news broadcaster CNN said its journalists were not allowed to board Air Force One for a planned trip with President Donald Trump on Saturday. CNN was scheduled to travel on Air Force One to Knoxville, Tennessee, where Trump was expected...

Iran has proposed reopening the Strait of Hormuz within seven days and restarting negotiations with the United States over its nuclear program, provided Washington agrees to several conditions. Tehran wants the U.S. to end its naval blockade of...

President Xi Jinping's summits with Donald Trump have one clear aim. China believes the United States is trying to contain its rise as a superpower, and it wants Washington to stay out of its way - particularly when it comes to trade, technology...

The death toll rose to 11, with three others still missing, after heavy rain brought by a large typhoon lashed the Kanto region in eastern Japan and triggered landslides and flooding earlier this week, local media reported Friday. Among the...

Steve Cargil's family has farmed the flat, dry land around Uvalde, a small city in southwest Texas, since 1953. Cargil, 67, had always assumed that one of his three children would eventually take it over, the way he had from his father. But that...

Upon arriving at Joint Base Andrews, President Xi and his wife were greeted by a 21-gun salute and a military band, and received flowers from American children, according to Chinese state-run news outlet Xinhua. President Trump called Xi a "great...

The United States on Wednesday said it will not allow foreigners to exploit its immigration system and violate the sanctity of US citizenship, announcing a new visa restriction policy for those who engage in or facilitate birth tourism. Foreign...

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that American and Iranian officials held a three-hour meeting shortly after he warned at the UN General Assembly that he could “annihilate” Iran if no deal is reached soon to end the nearly...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Tuesday morning joined the high-level General Debate of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the General Assembly Hall of the UN Headquarters in New York. He joined the General Debate...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman along with his wife Dr Zubaida Rahman today joined a welcome breakfast hosted by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for world leaders and their spouses attending the 81st UN General Assembly. They attended the...

US news outlets CNN, MS NOW, and Politico plan to go to court against Donald Trump's administration, after he banned them from the White House, the three said in a statement on Monday. "This morning, we notified the government that we are filing...

Google has been fined 403 million euros ($463 million) for violating the European Union's strict privacy regulations over its handling of users' location data, the bloc's data protection watchdog said Monday. Ireland's Data Protection Commission...