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The United States and Iran reached an agreement on Thursday to extend their ceasefire pending the approval of President Donald Trump, after Iran had targeted a U.S. air base in Kuwait following U.S. strikes on what Washington called an Iranian drone operation.

The U.S. denied an Iranian state television report on a draft interim peace deal that said maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz could return to normal within a month of it coming into effect.

The Cuban immigrants that the Trump administration is sending to Mexico as part of its mass deportation agenda are struggling to find shelter, healthcare, food and work while living in cities with extreme violence perpetrated by organized crime, according to a report published Wednesday by an international human-rights organization.

With the battlefield largely at a stalemate, Russia is ramping up ballistic missile attacks on Ukraine to try to regain the strategic initiative by overwhelming air defenses and demoralizing its population.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – It was a few weeks before his debut exhibition in a museum, and Thomas Dambo was peering into a storage unit containing the raw materials for the show. It was filled with trash.

Iran began restoring internet access for tens of millions of Iranians, a senior official said Tuesday, lifting a blackout imposed after the United States and Israel launched military strikes on the country on Feb. 28.

A train crashed into a school minivan at a level-crossing in the Belgian town of Buggenhout on Tuesday, killing four people including two special needs pupils, authorities said.

The last time Paul Doroshenko was in the United States for longer than a day was more than nine years ago. And the Vancouverite has no plans to return anytime soon.

Israel will intensify its strikes against Hezbollah, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday, amid stepped-up negotiations between the U.S. and Iran to bring an end to conflict in the region. Iran has demanded the cessation of hostilities in Lebanon as part of any peace agreement with the U.S. that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Axios reported that a draft of a potential deal between ...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Alberta’s voters should be wary of separatists promoting a “dangerous bluff,” citing his own experience in leading the Bank of England during the Brexit referendum. He said separation votes are often characterized by advocates as a “free option,” in which residents are encouraged to vote yes simply because it will strengthen their region’s hand in ...

KYIV, Ukraine – Russia said on Monday that it intended to launch “systematic strikes” on targets in Kyiv linked to the Ukrainian military as well as decision-making centers, and urged foreigners to leave, a day after one of its heaviest bombardments of the city since the start of the war.

POM POM ISLAND, Malaysia – The small boat set off from a tiny island in the western Pacific Ocean, its destination only a few hundred feet away. Its cargo was dozens of chunks of concrete that each weighed 60 pounds, had a textured surface and evoked a white lotus leaf.

India sees the U.S. as a “significant and reliable” energy partner, Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar said after meeting U.S. counterpart Marco Rubio, who called ties between the two nations “one of the most important” globally. Both nations are “strategically aligned on energy,” U.S. Secretary of State Rubio told reporters in New Delhi during a joint press briefing with Jaishankar on Sunday. The ...

ANKARA, Turkey – Turkish riot police fired tear gas and forced their way into the main opposition party's headquarters to evict its ousted leadership on Sunday, fuelling a crisis at the heart of Turkey's democracy.

BEIJING – The chaos in the aftermath of China's worst mine disaster in 17 years led to a revision in the death toll to 82 killed, local officials said at ​a press conference late on Saturday.