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A woman walks among the ruins of flash floods in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Sept. 1, 2026. (Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images)…

Cockroach milk, kissing evolution and the underwear soil test were among the unusual real studies honored at the Ig Nobel ceremony in Zurich.…

Dolkun Isa, president of the World Uyghur Congress, at a U.S.-backed Uyghur photo exhibit of dozens of people who are missing or alleged to be held in CCP-run camps in Xinjiang, China in front of the …

Police have arrested and charged Roshvin Crofton, 24, in relation to a fire fire set outside the home of Scarborough-Centre MP Salma Zahid’s home. (Handout/Toronto Police Service)…

Solar panels at a site near Drumheller, Alta., in a file photo. (The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh)…

A rendering of Alberta's new “Welcome to Alberta” border crossing signs released by the province. (Alberta government handout photo)…

A voter casts her ballot in the Quebec provincial election in Montreal on Oct. 3, 2022. (The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz)…

Video from Ceuta shows migrants pulling a dolphin calf from the water and striking it with a stick as outraged residents tried to intervene on the beach.…

Oil rigs in Cabimas, south of Lake Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela, on Jan. 31, 2026. (Maryorin Mendez / AFP via Getty Images)…

The logo for cross-border fast fashion e-commerce company Shein at a garment factory in Guangzhou, in China's southern Guangdong province, on July 18, 2022. (Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images)…

The public statements around the new alliance between Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have been unfailingly diplomatic. But make no mistake, the pact the three Muslim nations signed last month has c…

U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (L) delivers a press conference flanked by businessman Jared Kushner upon the signing of the declaration on deploying post-ceasefire force in Ukraine during the Coalit…

U.S. Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby speaks as part of a meeting of NATO Ministers of Defense Summit at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on Feb. 12, 2026. (John Thys/AFP via Getty Im…

The Nova Institution for Women in Truro, Nova Scotia, in a file photo. (The Canadian press/Andrew Vaughan)…

Pedestrians walk past an LED display welcoming U.S. service personnel aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in Pattaya, Thailand, on Sept. 2, 2026. (Anthony Wallace/AFP via G…

Voters leave a polling station after casting ballots in an Alberta byelection for the Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills riding, in Cremona, Alta., on June 23, 2025. (The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh)…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Washington on Aug. 24, 2026. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)…

A Cosco container ship from China passes the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on May 14, 2019. (Eric Risberg /AP Photo)…

The Department of Justice in Washington on March 10, 2025. (Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times)…

A China Coast Guard ship (R) and a vessel identified by the Philippine Coast Guard as a Chinese navy ship (L) during a supply mission to Sabina Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea on Aug. …

A woman views the Toronto skyline from Sheldon Lookout during sunrise on Nov. 5, 2021. (The Canadian Press/Evan Buhler)…

The OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken June 11, 2026. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)…

Then-B.C. Conservative MLA Peter Milobar reacts to the provincial budget during a press conference at the legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Feb. 17, 2026. (The Canadian Press/Chad Hipolito)…

A multinational group of scientists was able to use the Jurassic fossils of katydid ancestors to reproduce the sounds they made.…

A Vancouver Police officer is pictured in Vancouver, on Dec. 4, 2024. (The Canadian Press/Ethan Cairns)…

President Trump this week nominated Assistant Secretary of the Army Adam Telle for the service's top civilian job following the abrupt resignation this week of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll.…

The Treasury Department building is pictured at dusk in Washington on June 6, 2019. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)…

House Committee on Rules chairwoman US Representative Virginia Foxx, Republican from North Carolina in Washington, DC on September 2, 2026. (Kent Nishimura / AFP via Getty Images)…

President Donald Trump confirmed Friday that special envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff will hold a meeting at the Kremlin with Russian President Vladimir Putin before their planned arrival in Ukr…

The Volkswagen logo stands illuminated at dusk on the main administrative building at the Volkswagen automobile factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, on Oct. 28, 2024. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)…

The U.S. Treasury Department targeted several Turkish financial institutions over their ties to Iran as Washington expands its efforts to isolate Tehran economically.…

A member of former rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham stands guard near an image of Syria's Bashar al-Assad at the fourth division headquarters in Damascus on Jan. 23, 2025. (Yamam Al Shaar/Reuters)…

Women with their children were gathered in the house and yard, waiting for the bride and groom to arrive to kick off a wedding celebration in this small town in southern Iran. Then an explosion turned…

Two Miracinonyx hunt in this artistic rendering. (The Canadian Press/Handout — Julius Csotonyi)…

A Vancouver Police officer wears an Axon body camera, in Vancouver, on June 10, 2026. (The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck)…

The Gander, N.L. airport sign, now famous thanks to the Broadway musical "Come From Away," is seen through the fog from inside the airport on July 6, 2023. (The Canadian Press/Sarah Smellie)…

Vice President JD Vance speaks during a press briefing at the White House on Sept. 3, 2026. (Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times)…

Anti-immigration party Reform UK suspended two senior officials on Friday after they were filmed appearing to discuss accepting funds from a foreign donor in potential breach of British electoral law.…

Israel has released four more Lebanese civilians who had been detained by its forces in southern Lebanon. Ship traffic remains low on the Strait of Hormuz days after the U.S. and Iran exchanged attack…

Tunisia's highest court has upheld the convictions of dozens of prominent opposition figures, lawyers and human rights defenders in a high-profile conspiracy case against state security.…

Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha compared Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) to former President Joe Biden, after Dingell’s reaction to President Donald Trump renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America. “T…

A former Japanese defense minister on Friday described a U.S. decision to sanction the International Criminal Court and its Japanese president as an outright attack on the rules-based international or…

An attempt to steal oil from a loading vessel in Nigeria's oil-producing Rivers state left at least 37 people dead, most of them from inhaling toxic fumes, an advocacy group said Friday.…

Argentinian President Javier Milei speaks at the Madrid Forum in Santiago, Chile, on Sept. 3, 2026. (Esteban Felix /AP)…

Kuching riverside in the city center is shrouded in thick haze in Kuching, Sarawak state, Malaysia, on Sept. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Xpin Voon)…

A woman walks among the ruins of flash floods in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Sept. 1, 2026. (Arun Sankar / AFP via Getty Images)…

Two workers were pulled alive from a Nepal hydropower tunnel nine days after catastrophic floods, and one rescued man says more people are trapped inside.…

Voters went to the polls in three byelections in Ontario on Sept. 3, 2026. (The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick)…

Construction cranes are seen in Toronto in a file photo. (The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn)…

Ukraine's General Staff said Russia has lost almost 1.5 million soldiers on the battlefield since President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of their smaller neighbor in February 2022.…

It's been more than a week since deadly flash floods killed hundreds and left thousands missing along the China-Nepal border - and practically nothing is known about the victims on the Chinese side.…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Jan. 25, 2026. (Petras Malukas/AFP via Getty Images)…

Argentine President Javier Milei escalated his rhetoric over the Falkland Islands overnight after President Donald Trump appeared to question whether the United States would support the United Kingdom…

U.S. Southern Command interdicted a vessel operating in international waters of the Eastern Pacific on Sept. 3, 2026. (U.S. Southern Command)…

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday gave one of the clearest outlines of his country's regional war strategy in a response to his Jordanian counterpart, insisting that Arab countries tha…

Rescuers in Nepal pulled two workers alive from a tunnel at a hydropower plant Friday, raising hopes of reaching dozens of others believed to be trapped nine days after deadly floods swept away villag…

Russian attacks overnight killed at least three people in Ukraine, local officials said Friday, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said U.S. envoys are expected to visit Kyiv within the coming days a…

A mother and daughter attend an event to commemorate the Nepal flood disaster that has claimed nearly 1,000 lives. Hurstville in Sydney is home to one of Australia's largest Nepalese communities. This…

Motorists drive past a political billboard at Valiasr Square in central Tehran, Iran, on Aug. 8, 2026. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)…

China's "East Data, West Computing" initiative is rapidly expanding AI infrastructure, but a major chip constraint complicates Beijing's push.…

Jordan, a staunch U.S. ally that hosts American forces in the Mideast, has paid a price for its relationship with Washington, which has made the kingdom's military bases a target of repeat Iranian str…

A general view of Police tape in Melbourne, Australia, on Nov. 9, 2018. (Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)…

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KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers in Nepal pulled two workers alive from a hydropower tunnel Friday as emergency teams continued an operation to reach others believed to be trapped inside, officials sa…

Rescue team members work to enter the tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station as they search for survivors and retrieve bodies in Rasuwa, Nepal, on Sept. 3, 2026. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)…

An audience member watches the Meta Connect Developer Conference keynote while wearing Ray-Ban Meta 2nd generation smart glasses at Meta's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 27, 2023. (J…

A robot hand reaches out to the letters AI (Artificial Intelligence) in an image taken at an undisclosed location on June 23, 2023. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)…

A man carries paint buckets with water ahead of an announcement by Cuba's grid operator UNE that it had reconnected most of the country to the national grid, in Havana, Cuba, on July 7, 2026. (Norlys …

Leaders and ministers of the Pacific Islands pose for a family photo after the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' plenary meeting in Koror, on Sept. 2, 2026. (Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images)…

Chinese President Xi Jinping (not pictured) and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi review the honour guard during a welcome ceremony for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the Great Hall …

An aerial view shows houses lying deluged in sludge after flash floods at Devighat, Bidur Municipality in Nepal's Nuwakot district, on Aug. 27, 2026. (Prabin Ranabhat/AFP via Getty Images)…

Voters leave a polling station after casting ballots in an Alberta byelection for the Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills riding, in Cremona, Alta., on June 23, 2025. (The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh)…

A woman pauses at a makeshift memorial for Paul Stanley Schmidt, 37, who died after being stabbed outside a Starbucks in downtown Vancouver, on March 29, 2023. (The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck)…

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway speaks to reporters at her office in Jefferson City, Mo., on Nov. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)…

The U.S. government on Thursday slapped new sanctions on Cuba in a fresh push to strangle the island's economy and deepen its multiple crises.…

A human rights activist says Iran's regime fears its own population more than U.S. airstrikes, using Strait of Hormuz friction for survival.…

U.S. President Donald Trump raised doubts about whether the United States would support Britain in another conflict over the Falkland Islands in an interview with a British broadcaster aired Thursday,…

Brazil's government and exporters of meat, poultry, eggs, honey and other animal products were scrambling Thursday after a European Union deadline passed, triggering a suspension of imports over conce…

The leader of the United Kingdom’s Green Party has announced his intentions to run for the seat in Parliament vacated by former Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Zack Polanski, leader of the Greens, has le…

The prime minister of Spain is promising to release all files related to the invasion of Ceuta by illegal immigrants, as thousands rally across the country in protest of how the situation has been han…

Tens of thousands protested Pedro Sanchez across Spain as 50,000 marched in Madrid over the migrant crisis in Ceuta following July's border surge.…

Trump administration Iran sanctions threaten India's commercial and energy ties with Tehran, putting India-U.S. relations to the test over secondary sanctions.…

President Sandu's national security advisor, Stanislav Secrieru, says Russia's strikes on Ukrainian-Moldovan border infrastructure aim to sever vital grain export corridors to European markets.…

Russia announced that it would close all German Goethe-Institut cultural centers throughout the country in retaliation for Germany closing the Russian House cultural center in Berlin earlier this week…

Russian President Vladimir Putin is denying reports that there will be a mass mobilization of troops to replenish manpower on the front lines of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has cla…

President Donald Trump does not believe the Iranian public is currently capable of rising up against their government due to overwhelming violence, but he would not say if he would materially assist d…

Vladimir Putin declared full solidarity with Iran as an expert said both nations "need each other desperately" during the escalating U.S.-Iran conflict.…

Pattaya police ramped up patrols and raids ahead of the USS Abraham Lincoln's arrival, arresting over 50 people as 5,000 sailors hit the resort city.…

Video shows rescue workers using cable cars and ziplines to ferry stranded citizens across flooded rivers in Nepal after the deadly mudslide.…

Trump asking when Iranians will “rise up and fight" revives questions over whether the administration’s Iran strategy is shifting beyond economic pressure and negotiations…

Video shows flames engulfing a restaurant in Bali, Indonesia, after a reported balloon explosion during a birthday party sparked a massive inferno.…

Two Ukrainian citizens suffered minor injuries in the Augsburg train station explosion as police investigate a possible motive amid rising tensions.…

Germany closed Russia's Bonn consulate after linking Moscow to a failed drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport targeting a Ukrainian cargo aircraft.…

Keir Starmer is stepping down from his seat in the British Parliament to seek greener pastures outside government. The former British prime minister announced Tuesday that he will be vacating his offi…

António Guterres met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, but a U.N. readout omitted any mention of detained protesters or torture allegations.…

Multiple U.S. embassies warned Americans in the Middle East to "exercise caution and heightened vigilance," while CENTCOM launched fresh strikes on Iran.…

Ceuta residents burned migrant shelters as Pedro Sánchez accused Russian and Israeli-linked networks of spreading disinformation that fueled the crisis.…

Israel Katz says IDF forces captured Hamas security chief Mu'in al-Arabid during a deep raid in Gaza, with airstrikes covering the withdrawal.…

U.S. strikes on Iranian launchers near the Strait of Hormuz triggered ballistic missile retaliation as Brent crude climbed above $90 a barrel Monday.…

Nepal and China's death toll climbed to 903 as roughly 4,200 people remained unaccounted for following the devastating flood and debris flow.…

The bunkered Natanz structure was built between 2010 and 2017, raising urgent questions about Iran's uranium enrichment capabilities after two wars.…

Russia launched nearly 1,500 drones in four days as Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Moscow aims to exhaust Ukraine, with daytime attacks now disrupting Kyiv.…

A 49-year-old visitor was airlifted to a hospital after suffering fractures in both legs on a Batman-themed roller coaster in Spain, lcoal reports say.…

Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro appeared in his first photos from a New York prison, smiling as he awaits trial on federal drug trafficking charges.…