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Hamas dissolves its government in Gaza to transfer power to a UN-backed committee
The Hamas militant group said Monday it had dissolved its government in Gaza and is preparing to transfer power to a technical committee backed by the United Nations as part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal. Hamas did not say whether it planned to take the crucial step of disarming or handing over security to an…
Read MoreExplosions rock Damascus, wounding 18, as French President Macron visits Syria
Explosions rocked Damascus on Tuesday as France’s president met with his Syrian counterpart in a landmark visit, wounding at least 18 people, Syria’s Interior Ministry said. Emmanuel Macron had entered the presidential palace to meet Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa when the explosions happened near the Four Seasons Hotel. Syrian authorities did not immediately comment on…
Read MoreTanker set ablaze after being struck by projectile in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran mourns Khamenei
A tanker traveling off the coast of Oman in the Strait of Hormuz caught on fire early Tuesday morning after being struck by a projectile, the British military said. The attack was the latest targeting a vessel moving through the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf, through which a fifth of all oil and natural…
Read MoreRussia unleashes biggest attack yet on Kyiv, killing at least 17 people, officials say
Russia hit Ukraine’s capital overnight with the biggest attack since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of the neighboring country more than four years ago, Kyiv’s mayor said Thursday. The State Emergency Service said at least 17 people were killed in the capital. Loud explosions rocked the city for hours and residents took shelter in metro…
Read MoreHormuz confusion deepens as Iran and US clash over who controls it
Both Iran and the US are engaged in rapid-fire diplomatic engagements as peace talks to end the war are advancing, while confusion still reigns in the Strait of Hormuz amid conflicting reports on whether free maritime navigation will resume without any restrictions. Iran and Oman announced on Wednesday that they both intend to establish a…
Read MoreMoscow hit by largest Ukrainian attack since start of Russia’s full-scale war
Moscow has come under the largest Ukrainian attack since the start of the full-scale war, with close to 200 drones hitting targets around the Russian capital and setting columns of thick smoke billowing high into the sky. Seventeen people were wounded in the Moscow region, according to local governor Andrei Vorobyov. Almost 1,000 drones and…
Read MoreRenewed fighting between Israel and Hezbollah could scupper the U.S-Iran deal
It was the kind of attack that could have derailed the highly anticipated truce between the United States and Iran: Israel’s military said Sunday evening it was preparing for an incoming salvo of Iranian missiles. But the attack never came and hours later, plans for the United States and Iran to sign a more permanent…
Read MoreRussian strikes on Ukraine kill at least 11 and leave historic Kyiv cathedral in flames
Russia fired a barrage of missiles at several major Ukrainian cities overnight into Monday, killing at least 11 people and setting Kyiv’s historic Dormition Cathedral on fire. The wave of attacks came as news of a US-Iran deal started to open a path to peace in the Middle East war, highlighting the lack of progress…
Read MoreIran and US reach a tentative deal to end war as Israel rules out withdrawing from seized land
The United States and Iran reached an initial agreement early Monday that would extend their shaky ceasefire and lead to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, but challenges immediately loomed, including Israel insisting it would hold onto land seized in Lebanon as it battles Hezbollah. Details of the deal, which would potentially allow desperately…
Read MoreToronto police officer fatally shot in investigation tied to U.S. consulate shootings: chief
A Toronto police constable has died after being shot following an exchange of gunfire with a suspect in the northwest end of the city Thursday morning, Chief Myron Demkiw says. Const. Marc Pinizzotto, 43, was “a hero in life, not death,” Demkiw said at a news conference outside Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. “There’s a very…
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