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The United States said Wednesday that it is moving into the next phase of a Gaza ceasefire plan that involves disarming Hamas, rebuilding the war-ravaged territory and establishing the group of Palestinian experts that will administer daily affairs in Gaza under American supervision. U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff said in a post on…

François Legault is resigning as Quebec’s premier amid a slump in popularity and a nearing provincial election. Legault made the announcement at the national assembly of Quebec on Wednesday as October’s provincial election approaches. It comes after a difficult year that saw his Coalition Avenir Québec running third in the polls, behind the Parti Québécois…

The United States is withdrawing some personnel from bases in the Middle East, a U.S. official said on Wednesday, after a senior Iranian official said Tehran had warned neighbors it would hit American bases if Washington strikes. With Iran’s leadership trying to put down the worst domestic unrest the Islamic Republic has ever faced, Tehran is seeking to deter…

US President Donald Trump said that he believed the woman who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent last week was likely a “very, solid, wonderful person,” but said her actions before she was killed were “pretty tough”.Trump spoke with “CBS Evening News”, less than a week after 37-year-old Renee Good was…

Following the recent U.S. military intervention in Venezuela, a new poll suggests almost a third of Canadians say the United States might attempt “direct action” to take control of Canada. It suggests one-in-five Americans think the same. The poll, which was conducted online and can’t be assigned a margin of error, surveyed 1,540 Canadians between…

Prime Minister Mark Carney has landed in Beijing, marking the first visit by a Canadian prime minister to China in eight years. Carney will meet with senior communist leaders Thursday ahead of a Friday meeting with President Xi Jinping and a business banquet. It’s the first visit by a Canadian prime minister since China detained…

Nationwide protests in Iran sparked by the Islamic Republic’s ailing economy are putting new pressure on its theocracy, which has responded with a deadly crackdown and shutting down the internet. Tehran is still reeling from a 12-day war launched by Israel in June that saw the United States bomb nuclear sites in Iran. Economic pressure,…

Denmark has said it will strengthen its military presence in Greenland and work with NATO allies to increase activity in the Arctic, responding to criticism from the United States that Copenhagen has neglected the defence of the strategically important territory.“We will continue to strengthen our military presence in Greenland, but we will also have an…

An Australian teenage boy is facing 13 charges after being accused of calling in hoax reports of mass shootings at U.S. stores and educational institutions that caused widespread panic, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said on Tuesday. The investigation began after authorities received FBI intelligence about an Australia-based member of an online crime network suspected…

The morning did not arrive quietly in Oujda. For the first time in nearly 25 years, snowfall was observed in the central area of the city, located in the northeastern region of Morocco, on January 7, 2026. Approximately two centimetres of snow settled across the downtown streets, while the adjacent villages experienced significantly more snowfall….