Canada records almost 50,000 deaths from fentanyl since 2016
Former US President Bill Clinton hospitalised with fever
Iran-allied militant group Hezbollah has confirmed in a statement that its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed, confirming the Israeli military's earlier claim that it had killed him in a series of strikes. "Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, secretary-general of Hezbollah, has joined
The Israeli military announced on Saturday that Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed in a strike on Beirut. "Hassan Nasrallah is dead," military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani announced on X. Military spokesman Captain David Avraham also confirmed to AFP
Swiss cyclist Muriel Furrer has died after suffering a serious head injury at the world championships in Switzerland. The 18-year-old crashed during the junior road race on Thursday and was taken to hospital by emergency helicopter. Torrential rain fell during much of Thursday's
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met Donald Trump to try and shore up US support against Russia and Vladimir Putin. The meeting in New York on Friday came amid anxiety that if Trump wins the presidency in November, his administration’s support would likely be less
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged Israel will fight until “total victory” in its continuing war on Gaza and promised to continue attacks on the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, as hopes faded for a ceasefire that could head off an all-out regional war. Several
Israel has carried out several air raids in Lebanon’s capital Beirut that it said targeted the headquarters of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. A series of massive explosions sent huge clouds of smoke soaring above the densely populated Haret Hreik neighbourhood in Dahiyeh,
At least 43 people have died and millions left without power on Friday as Hurricane Helene roared through the south-eastern US. It was the most powerful storm on record to hit Florida's Big Bend and moved north into Georgia and the Carolinas after making landfall overnight on
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the country’s military to continue fighting with “full force” against the armed group Hezbollah, despite calls from the US and other allies for a ceasefire. Lebanon's health ministry said at least 92 people were
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with US President Joe Biden and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, as the Ukrainian leader sought to shore up more support ahead of the United States election in November. The series of Washington, DC meetings on Thursday
Tunisian authorities announced Wednesday that the bodies of 13 irregular migrants of African descent had been recovered off the coast of the city of Mahdia in the eastern part of the country. Farid ben Haja, the official spokesman for the Mahdia and Monastir courts, told Anadolu that
Japan has sent a destroyer through the Taiwan Strait for the first time, Japanese media reported, amid increasing military activity around Japan by China. The Sazanami entered the strait from the East China Sea on Wednesday morning, spending more than 10 hours sailing south to complete
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday survived a vote of no confidence in the first major test of his minority Liberal government whose popularity has waned after nine years in office. His tenuous grip on power, however, is already set to face more challenges in the
The US and France have called for a 21-day temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah to make way for broader negotiations, as the UN secretary general, António Guterres, told a UN security council meeting that “hell is breaking loose” in Lebanon.
Israeli attacks killed 72 people across Lebanon on Wednesday, Lebanon’s Ministry of Health says, as the death toll from Israel’s bombings surpasses 620. Some 500,000 people may now have been displaced by Israel’s massive bombing campaign across Lebanon,
Amid the threat of a wider Middle East war, Israeli warplanes pounded towns and villages in Lebanon on Monday, conducting airstrikes on what the Israeli military said were more than 1,100 Hezbollah targets. The strikes killed 492 people and wounded 1,645 others, including 58 women and
Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad said the death toll in Israeli strikes Monday rose to 274, including 21 children, the bloodiest daily toll in nearly a year of cross-border clashes. The toll stood at "274 dead including 21 children and 39 women -- that's who we know about
A mass shooting involving several assailants has left at least four people dead and dozens wounded in the US state of Alabama, police said on Saturday. “We believe that multiple shooters fired multiple shots on a group of people” in the Five Points South district of
The Israeli military said on Monday it was conducting extensive strikes against targets of the Hezbollah group in Lebanon. The military gave no further details of the strikes, which come amid some of the heaviest cross-border exchanges of fire in nearly a year of conflict. Source:
A blast caused by a gas leak at an Iranian coal mine has killed at least 51 people, state media said on Sunday, in one of the country’s deadliest work accidents in years. “The number of dead workers increased to 51” in the explosion at the Tabas mine in eastern Iran,
Sri Lanka's election commission declared a previously fringe Marxist politician the country's president-elect on Sunday after a vote coloured by discontent over the island nation's response to an unprecedented financial crisis. Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, the 55-year-old