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U.S. President Joe Biden leaves on Tuesday on a whirlwind trip to Israel and Jordan to get an update on Israel’s war aims in its looming battle with Hamas militants and stress the need to get humanitarian assistance to Gaza civilians.  Biden has given full support to Tel Aviv, but …

A Canadian woman whose marriage to a notorious ISIS fighter linked to the abduction, torture and beheading of Western hostages is being made public for the first time says she was “oblivious to what was going on” when she lived with him in Syria. Dure Ahmed appeared in Brampton, Ont., …

U.S. President Joe Biden leaves on Tuesday on a whirlwind trip to Israel and Jordan to get an update on Israel’s war aims in its looming battle with Hamas militants and stress the need to get humanitarian assistance to Gaza civilians.  Biden has given full support to Tel Aviv, but …

Police in Belgium on Tuesday shot dead a suspected Tunisian man accused of killing two Swedish soccer fans in a brazen shooting on a Brussels street.  Suspect is described as a Tunisian man denied Belgium asylum in 2019. Police in Belgium on Tuesday shot dead a suspected Tunisian man accused …

The U.S. worked to break a deadlock over delivering aid to millions of increasingly desperate civilians in the Gaza Strip, which has been besieged by Israel since a brutal attack by Hamas militants, as U.S. President Joe Biden prepared to head to the region.  Wounded rushed to hospital after heavy …

Government officials in the U.K. are proposing a smoke free generation law, following in the footsteps of New Zealand. Canadian experts say a generational ban could help.  Officials elsewhere want to create the first ‘smoke-free generation.’ As some countries move toward banning the next generation from smoking, experts here say …

Belgian authorities raised the terror alert to its highest level in the capital and a Belgium-Sweden soccer match was suspended after the fatal shooting of two Swedes in Brussels late Monday.  Suspect still at large as prosecutor’s office investigates ‘possible terrorist motivation.’ A gunman fatally shot two Swedes in Brussels …

Palestinians in besieged Gaza crowded into hospitals and schools on Monday, seeking shelter and running low on food and water. More than a million people have fled their homes ahead of an expected Israeli ground invasion aimed at destroying Hamas after its fighters attacked southern Israel.  U.S. and international mediators …

A 71-year-old Illinois man accused of fatally stabbing a six-year-old boy and seriously wounding a 32-year-old woman was charged with a hate crime Sunday. Police allege he singled out the victims because of their Islamic faith and as a response to the war between Israel and Hamas.  Stabbing also injured …

Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk declared the beginning of a new era for his country after opposition parties appeared to have won enough votes in Sunday’s election to oust the governing nationalist conservative party.  Incumbent wins plurality but not enough to overcome coalition formed by rivals. Polish opposition leader Donald …