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The Bank of Japan (BOJ) headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. The Bank of Japan kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged. Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets dipped on Thursday, tracking losses on Wall Street that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average touch a new closing low for the year. The Federal Reserve held…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Iran’s potentially most dangerous nuclear site is buried as deep as 100 meters below a granite mountain, according to new assessments, and one nonproliferation expert warned it must be “neutralized” before the U.S. war with Iran ends. This came as new figures released Wednesday by U.S. Central…

This number includes women and children and comes after more than a decade of prolonged conflict between internationally recognised government forces and Houthi separatist fighters who control the capital, Sana’a, as well as epidemics, climate shocks and funding cuts. UN data shows that 22.3 million people need aid relief and protection services across Yemen, where…

The agency is operating in what it describes as the world’s most severe women’s rights crisis, where women are nearly four times less likely than men to access formal justice. Yet programmes remain active, reaching hundreds of thousands in need. “Despite the restrictions on women and girls and the current conflicts…no matter what, UN Women…

Claudio Cordone, the Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Envoy for Syria, and Joyce Msuya of the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, briefed ambassadors alongside Syrian Olympic athlete Yusra Mardini, a Goodwill Ambassador with the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.  Mr. Cordone began by addressing how “the alarming regional escalation” is impacting Syria, which continues along the path to political transition more than a year after the overthrow of the Assad regime and 14 years of civil war.  “Incidents…

👉 Visit the Official SleepLean Website The crisis in the Middle East continues, with strikes and counterstrikes reported across the region as the humanitarian toll rises. UN agencies warn that health systems are under growing strain, children are increasingly affected by violence and displacement, and hundreds of thousands have been forced from their homes –…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size An Ontario junior hockey team says it will take “appropriate action” after an opposing player was subjected to racist taunts during a playoff game Monday. The Stratford Warriors issued a statement on its website decrying the “inappropriate and unacceptable language” directed at the London Nationals player during…

An outbreak of meningitis B in the U.K. that has killed a university and a high school student in southeast England is “unprecedented,” said Britain’s chief medical advisor. The number of confirmed cases of invasive meningitis in Canterbury has risen to 20, with the majority of infections among students at the University of Kent, where…

By Allison Jones The Canadian Press Posted March 18, 2026 11:40 am Updated March 18, 2026 11:43 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario Premier Doug Ford is asking his counterparts in Quebec and British Columbia to drop their electric-vehicle sales targets, saying they are making the country less…

Israel is waging a war against Iran and has launched a ground offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Gaza, despite a ceasefire, continues to witness Israeli assaults, while settler violence goes on in the occupied West Bank. “For Israel, the military option is not the last option, but the first option,” says Gideon Levy, Israeli journalist…