2+ hour, 49+ min ago   (437+ words) The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation announced Friday a shift in its policy on using the word “terrorism” to describe the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States ahead of their 25th anniversary. Basem Boshra, the senior director of journalistic standards at the public…...

6+ hour, 54+ min ago   (685+ words) Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping are expected in Central Asia’s Kyrgyzstan Monday for a two-day summit, also attended by Iran’s and India’s leaders, of a regional bloc seeking to be a counter-influence to the West. Around a dozen…...

8+ hour, 17+ min ago   (817+ words) Norway opened a new chapter in its history on Saturday under King Haakon VIII, after the death of his father Harald, a unifying figure who was on the throne for 35 years. A national period of mourning was declared in the…...

7+ hour, 27+ min ago   (430+ words) The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network on Friday proposed a rule that would revoke Banque Misr UAE’s correspondent banking access to U.S. financial institutions as part of a new sanctions campaign targeting Iran. “Treasury promised to sever every…...

7+ hour, 38+ min ago   (399+ words) Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye, who is being tried on suspicion of treason, has been readmitted to hospital, his wife said late on Friday, accusing the authorities of “persecution”. Winnie Byanyima said in a post on X that her husband…...

8+ hour, 18+ min ago   (1179+ words) Icelanders will head to the polls on Saturday to decide whether the Nordic island nation should reopen accession negotiations with the European Union (EU), more than a decade after the talks were put on hold. The referendum comes as Iceland…...

10+ hour, 29+ min ago   (523+ words) The top UN envoy for Haiti on Friday called for stepped-up international security support for the country following a gang massacre that killed at least 47 people. Ruiz Massieu, the UN secretary general’s special representative and head of the UN Integrated…...

15+ hour, 38+ min ago   (305+ words) The Macau SAR government will donate RMB 30 million (MOP 36.4 million) via the Macau Foundation to the Tibet Autonomous Region to support rescue and recovery efforts following a mudslide in Gyirong County, Shigatse City, a government press release indicated. Originating on…...

11+ hour, 38+ min ago   (681+ words) A fast-moving chain mudslide, triggered by a high-altitude glacier collapse on the Nepalese side, has caused heavy casualties and left many missing at a port on the China-Nepal border in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. Rescuers immediately launched an all-out…...

11+ hour, 46+ min ago   (693+ words) President Donald Trump’s administration is considering giving a section of the renowned Yosemite National Park to a private developer, a lawyer for the company confirmed to AFP on Friday. The National Park Service has been holding talks with Nevada-based Kingsbarn…...