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Palestinian men gesture from inside a bus after being released from the Ofer military prison located between Ramallah and Beitunia in the occupied West Bank on October 13, 2025 in exchange for hostages held by Hamas in Gaza since the October 7 attacks. Several buses left Israel’s Ofer jail with …

The two sides have skirmished along the border in the past, but Saturday night’s heavy clashes underscore the deepening tensions.  Clashes underscore deepening tensions as Afghan authorities accused Pakistan of bombing Kabul. Afghanistan said Sunday it killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in overnight border operations, in response to what it called …

Canadian economist Peter Howitt is among a group of three researchers who won the Nobel memorial prize in economics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Monday.  Howitt among those awarded for ‘having explained innovation-driven economic growth.’ Canadian economist Peter Howitt is among a group of three researchers who won …

The U.S. president is expected to touch down in Israel, where many credit Trump for pushing through a ceasefire that promises the return of 48 hostages still in Gaza, 20 of whom are believed to be alive.  U.S. president heads to Israel, where some already celebrate him as ultimate peacemaker. …

A handout underwater picture taken in September, 2025, and released on September 24, 2025 by Indonesian NGO Auriga Nusantara shows coral reefs near Batang Pele Island in Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua (Handout via AFP)  PARIS, France — The world’s tropical coral reefs have almost certainly crossed a point of no …

Authorities said Saturday that a Friday blast in rural Tennessee that levelled an explosives plant killed 16 people and left no survivors.  Investigators combing rubble for evidence as cause yet to be determined. A blast in rural Tennessee that levelled an explosives plant and was felt for miles around killed …

(File photo) TOKYO – The internet has become the main source of daily news in Japan, overtaking commercial television for the first time, a survey by the Japan Press Research Institute has shown. When asked about which news source they use on a daily basis, a question added in fiscal 2018, …

While the deal to halt the war in Gaza matters most for its potential to save the lives of Israeli hostages and Palestinian civilians, it could also become a personal political triumph for U.S. President Donald Trump.  U.S. president’s pressure on Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu was key to making agreement happen. …

Voting technology company Dominion Voting Systems (DVS), founded in Toronto and a target of conspiracy theories in the 2020 U.S. presidential election spread by Republican Donald Trump and his allies, has been sold.  New company Liberty Vote vows to align with Trump executive order that’s being challenged in court. Voting …

A blast levelled an explosives plant Friday in rural Tennessee, leaving behind a mass of twisted metal, burned-out shells of cars and at least 18 people missing and feared dead, authorities said.  ‘There’s nothing to describe. It’s gone,’ says county sheriff. Multiple people killed, others still unaccounted for, says Tennessee …