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Video captured on 13 July shows a wildfire surrounding a freight train in Ontario, Canada. CN Rail told the BBC that it temporarily suspended operations in the area and relocated employees. The workers seen in the video were able...

Kyiv — Ukraine's Parliament accepted Yulia Svyrydenko's resignation as prime minister on Tuesday following President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's decision to overhaul the country's top leadership. The move has surprised many observers who credit the outgoing cabinet with Ukraine's recent...

Immigration - especially undocumented migration - has become a highly contentious political issue in South Africa, with protesters accusing them of placing pressure on public services, as well as being involved in crime.March and March had set an unofficial...

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Iran has threatened to block further trading routes in the region, as the US launched a fresh wave of strikes on military targets.Iran's Revolutionary Guards said the Strait of Hormuz would remain shut until the US ended its "acts...

The opposition group is made up of former lawmakers who were elected to the National Assembly in 2015, the last time opposition parties won a majority in the legislative body.National Assembly elections held since then have either been boycotted...

Three people have been killed following an overnight Russian attack on the Black Sea port of Odesa, according to a local official. Governor of Odesa region Oleh Kiper said the "massive" drone and missile strike marked the fifth day...

Italy's Giorgia Meloni coalition government has lost a crucial vote on an amendment to electoral reform - a significant setback ahead of next year's general election.In a secret ballot in Italy's lower house of parliament on Wednesday evening, MPs...

Republican Representative Vern Buchanan of Florida, who introduced the bill in January 2025, said on Tuesday that clock changes disrupt schedules "for no good reason".Now that the House has passed the legislation, the Senate could soon take up its...

Sierra Leone's government has dropped its charges against ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma, who was arrested in connection with an attempted coup nearly three years ago.In its statement, the government did not say why it had dismissed the charges, which...