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The wildfires raging through the eastern city's vicinity have led to the evacuation of at least 16,000 citizens. Prime Minister Trudeau offered up his government's support in the face of the "incredibly serious" flames. Wildfires have raged in...

At least 10 people died and 55 people were critically injured on Tuesday after a bus plunged into a deep gorge in Jammu district. The bus was en route from Amritsar to Katra at the time of the mishap. According to the police, the accident took...

Ukrainian authorities said 37 missiles and 29 drones have been shot over Kyiv. Meanwhile, Denmark pledged billions more in military aid. Kyiv has largely fended off a wave of Russian air strikes, officials said on Monday, but later strikes killed...

President Tayyip Erdogan claimed victory in Turkey's presidential election on Sunday, a win that would steer his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade. Addressing supporters, Erdogan said voters had given him the responsibility to...

France rescued 63 migrants from the Channel over the weekend as they tried to reach Britain in makeshift boats, maritime authorities said Sunday. France's Channel rescue centre coordinated two rescue operations in the waters of the Pas-de-Calais...

The leaders of Germany, Russia and many other countries gave their congrats after Erdogan secured reelection. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz congratulated Erdogan on his election victory. "Congratulations to President Erdoğan - together we want...

Kyiv's mayor said one person was killed in the capital after the latest Russian assault. Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin ordered a bolstering of border security to facilitate "fast movement" into Ukraine. The Ukrainian capital was targeted by a fresh...

As many as 66 US lawmakers have urged Secretary of State Antony Blinken to push for democracy and human rights in Pakistan, although the Biden administration is still reluctant to take sides in the current political dispute. “We write to...

Mild earthquake tremors were felt in Fayzabad, Afghanistan on Sunday morning, as per European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). The epicenter of the earthquake is said to be the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan, where the intensity was...

More than 1,500 people were arrested during a protest by the Extinction Rebellion climate group in The Hague on Saturday, Dutch police said. Activists blocked a section of a motorway during the afternoon in protest against Dutch fossil fuel...

Turks vote on Sunday in a presidential runoff that could see Tayyip Erdogan extend his rule into a third decade and intensify Turkey's increasingly authoritarian path, muscular foreign policy and unorthodox economic governance. Erdogan, 69,...

The World Health Organization said Friday it was helping a growing number of farmers turn away from tobacco to help strengthen food security, particularly in Africa. Ahead of World No Tobacco Day on Wednesday, the WHO said it had teamed up with...

The Taurus cruise missiles requested have a range of over 500 kilometers (310 miles). Chancellor Olaf Scholz reiterated that any German weapons are not to be used to strike Russian territory. Ukraine has requested that Germany provide it with...

Thirty-three supporters of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan have been handed over to the army to face trial in military courts on charges of attacking armed forces' installations, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Friday. The 33...

Nearly 9,000 sea lions, penguins, otters and small cetaceans have died in an avian flu outbreak battering Chile's north coast, the South American country's fisheries service said Thursday. Since the beginning of 2023, more than 7,600 sea lions,...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he was open to talking to Putin again and called for a "fair peace" to end the conflict. Meanwhile, two people were killed in a Russian strike on a Dnipro hospital. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a new parliament complex on Sunday, the centrepiece of a US$2.4 billion project that aims to reconstruct British colonial-era buildings in the capital's centre and give it a distinct Indian...

About 40 crocodiles killed a Cambodian man on Friday after he fell into their enclosure on his family's reptile farm, police said. The 72-year-old was trying to move a crocodile out of a cage where it had laid eggs when it grabbed the stick he...

The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group said his troops started withdrawing from Bakhmut. The Ukrainian military said Russian soldiers are replacing Wagner units in the outskirts of the city. Russia's Wagner mercenary group has started moving...

Six drones were downed or blocked overnight in Russian-annexed Crimea, the region's Moscow-appointed governor said on Thursday. "During the past night, six drones were shot down or blocked ... in different parts of Crimea," Sergei Aksyonov wrote...

After a visit to the eastern frontline, Ukraine's president promised to create new brigades. Elsewhere, the governor of Belgorod has claimed the territory came under drone attack.  Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that...

Six Pakistan security personnel were killed in an overnight siege by dozens of militants on a Hungarian-owned oil and gas exploration site, police and the energy firm said Tuesday. Pakistan has seen an increase in militancy since the Taliban...

The fire at a schoolgirls' dormitory that killed 19 people in Guyana may have been started "maliciously," police said Monday, as anger grew in the small South American country the day after the blaze. Sunday's inferno gutted a building housing...

The country's warring parties continued to fight each other, hours ahead of a cease-fire deal brokered by Washington and Riyadh. Previous truces struck during the past weeks of the conflict have been repeatedly breached. Sudan's armed forces and...

Under current climate change policies, billions will face life-threatening heat. But a global network of heat officers is tackling the problem in their own cities. About 2 billion people will live in hazardous heat conditions by the end of the...

A security guard was one of the three people killed in a shooting at a Kansas City bar early Sunday that also wounded two others, including one critically wounded, according to family members. Police haven’t yet identified the victims, and...

Russia's envoy to the US said that providing F-16 jets to Kyiv would raise the question of NATO's involvement in the Ukraine war. Meanwhile, Ukraine said that Russia had "not occupied" Bakhmut.  The transfer of F-16 fighter jets to Kyiv...

Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound Sunday, a controversial move by the extreme-right politician amid heightened tensions in annexed east Jerusalem. The visit came three days after...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took center stage on the last day of the G7 summit in Japan as leaders committed to unified approach to tackling Russia and China. Although Ukraine isn't one of the G7 member states, Ukrainian President...

The eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut has been the site of fierce fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces for months. A spokesperson for the Ukrainian president, however, said the city had not yet fallen to Russia. Ukrainian President...