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A Canada Post mail carrier delivers mail and packages on their route in Montreal, November 13, 2024

North America / 26 September 2025

Canadian postal workers strike over axing of door-to-door deliveries

26 September 2025

A police vehicle is set on fire during a protest by locals demanding federal statehood from the Indian government, in the high-altitude Leh town, in the region of Ladakh, India, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025

World / 24 September 2025

Dozens injured in Ladakh protests over statehood

24 September 2025

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, September 19, 2025, in Washington

United States / 23 September 2025

Trump waging culture war on Europe by aggressively promoting right-wing allies, report warns

23 September 2025

Australia / 23 September 2025

Australian coal lobby group calls for investigation into alleged foreign investment in climate activism

23 September 2025

South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar speaks to the media about the situation in South Sudan following a peace agreement the week before with the government, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, August 31, 2015

East Africa / 12 September 2025

South Sudan’s deputy president faces treason and other criminal charges

12 September 2025

A protester shouts slogans carrying national flag after burning down a police station during protests against social media ban and corruption in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 9, 2025

Nepal / 9 September 2025

Nepal's prime minister resigns amid protests

9 September 2025

Turkish police officers stand guard as they block access to Turkey's main opposition CHP party headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey, September 7, 2025

Turkey / 8 September 2025

Opposition supporters defy protest ban in Istanbul and clash with police

8 September 2025

Participants hold up a rainbow flag during the Gay Pride march in Belgrade, Serbia, September 6, 2025

Serbia / 7 September 2025

Serbian Pride march slams police violence at anti-government rallies

7 September 2025

In this September 1, 2025, photo provided by the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army, people gather at the site of a landslide from August 31, that wiped out the village of Tarasin in the Marrah Mountains of Central Darfur, Sudan. Photo: Sudan Liberation Movement/Army via AP

Sudan / 5 September 2025

Sudanese authorities bury hundreds of victims of Darfur landslide

5 September 2025

Emergency teams work at the site of a derailed electric streetcar in Lisbon, Portugal, September 3, 2025

Portugal / 4 September 2025

Portugal observes a day of mourning after 17 killed by streetcar accident

4 September 2025

Leader of People's Party, Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut (centre) talks to reporters during a press conference at Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, September 3, 2025

Thailand / 3 September 2025

Thailand’s rival parties push for solutions to political crisis

3 September 2025

The Chinese flag is raised ahead of a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, September 3, 2025

China / 3 September 2025

World faces choice between war or peace, Xi Jinping warns at WWII anniversary parade

3 September 2025

Sudan / 2 September 2025

Sudan landslide wipes out a village, killing more than 1,000

2 September 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China, September 1, 2025

Russia-Ukraine / 1 September 2025

Putin blames Western attempts to draw Ukraine into Nato for Russia's invasion

1 September 2025

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World / 31 August 2025

Thousands demonstrate across Mexico for 130,000 missing

31 August 2025

Firefighters work at the site of a burning building after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, August 28, 2025

Russia-Ukraine / 29 August 2025

EU leaders vow stronger sanctions on Russia and support for Ukraine

29 August 2025

Thailand's suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra speaks to the media during a press conference after her dismissal, in Bangkok, Thailand, August 29, 2025

Thailand / 29 August 2025

Thai PM ousted by court over phone call with Cambodian leader

29 August 2025

Firefighters work at the site of a burning building after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, August 28, 2025

Russia-Ukraine / 28 August 2025

Russian attack on central Kiev kills at least 18

28 August 2025

Law enforcement officers gather outside the Annunciation Church's school in response to a reported mass shooting, August 27, 2025, in Minneapolis

United States / 28 August 2025

Mass shooting at US Catholic school under investigation

28 August 2025

A street money exchanger poses for a photo without showing his face as he counts Iranian banknotes at a commercial district in downtown Tehran, Iran, December 23, 2022

Iran / 28 August 2025

Iran to face new Western sanctions as economy takes a hit

28 August 2025

French U.N. peacekeepers patrol the Lebanese-Israeli border in the village of Kfra Kila, southern Lebanon, August 20, 2025

Lebanon / 25 August 2025

Netanyahu says Israel may withdraw from occupied territory in Lebanon if Hezbollah is disarmed

25 August 2025

Kim Jong Un

World / 24 August 2025

North Korea’s Kim oversees new missile defence test

24 August 2025

In this photo released by the NGO Mercy Corps, Sudanese families displaced by RSF attacks in Kordofan take shelter in a football stadium in Kadugli, South Kordofan province, Sudan, May 27, 2025. Photo: Mercy Corps via AP

Sudan / 22 August 2025

Drone attack destroys UN aid convoy in Sudan's famine hit Darfur

22 August 2025

President Donald Trump stands before greeting Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he arrives at the White House, August 18, 2025, in Washington

World / 21 August 2025

US and EU release bare-bones of their trade deal

21 August 2025

Australia / 20 August 2025

Melbourne University illegally spied on students and staff at Palestine protest

20 August 2025

Former members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and police officers who allegedly surrendered to M23 rebels arrive in Goma, Congo, February 23, 2025

World / 20 August 2025

Over 140 civilians killed in eastern Congo, rights group says

20 August 2025

Air Canada employees and union members protest outside the Air Canada headquarters in Montreal August 17, 2025. Photo: Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP

Canada / 19 August 2025

Air Canada and flight attendants union reach deal to end strike

19 August 2025

People protest outside Air Canada headquarters in Montreal, August 17, 2025, after the federal government is intervened in the labour dispute between the airline and the union, ordering binding arbitration and operations to resume

Workers' Rights / 18 August 2025

Air Canada strike declared ‘illegal’ by Tribunal

18 August 2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a joint press statement with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz following talks with European and U.S. leaders in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025

Eastern Europe / 13 August 2025

Trump ‘ready to support’ Ukraine following virtual meeting with Europe

13 August 2025

World / 12 August 2025

Vietnamese farmers displaced for Trump Golf resort offered small sums in compensation

12 August 2025

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (centre) arrives at a court to attend a hearing to review his arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors in Seoul, South Korea, July 9, 2025

South Korea / 1 August 2025

Jailed former South Korean president defies questioning by stripping off his prison uniform

1 August 2025

St Lucia / 30 July 2025

Top Caribbean court strikes down colonial era St Lucia anti-gay law

30 July 2025

Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa meets with Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani and Mohammed Taha al-Ahmad, chairman of the Higher Committee for People's Assembly Elections in Damascus, Syria, July 27, 2025. Photo: SANA via AP

Syria / 28 July 2025

Syrian elections set for September

28 July 2025

People gather around the charred remains of a burned vehicle following a deadly attack in Komanda, Ituri province of eastern Congo, July 27, 2025

Central Africa / 27 July 2025

At least 21 killed during militia attack on eastern Congo church

27 July 2025

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gives a statement during a forum on democracy and multilateralism at La Moneda palace in Santiago, Chile, July 21, 2025

Latin America / 25 July 2025

The US has ignored attempts to negotiate on trade tariffs, Brazil's Lula says

25 July 2025

A Taliban fighter stands on a hill overlooking a camp housing refugees who have been repatriated from Pakistan, near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, in Torkham, Afghanistan, May 31, 2025

Central Asia / 24 July 2025

Taliban tortured Afghans expelled from Pakistan, says UN

24 July 2025

An external view of Eni Energy store, in Milan, Italy, April 7, 2022

Climate Emergency / 23 July 2025

Greenpeace hails court ruling allowing case against Italian energy company

23 July 2025

Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's Prime Minister and president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) meets the media at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo, July 20, 2025

Japan / 21 July 2025

Japanese PM to remain in office despite coalition's election defeat

21 July 2025

A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 23, 2023

Afghanistan / 21 July 2025

UN concerned by Taliban’s arrest of Afghan women and girls for dress code violations

21 July 2025

A cow heads down the mountain to seek water during a severe drought on a mountain Suva Planina, in southeast Serbia, July 17, 2025

Climate / 21 July 2025

Climate crisis causing food price spikes globally

21 July 2025

Smoke billows after drone strikes by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted the northern port in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan, May 6, 2025

World / 20 July 2025

Sudan's humanitarian crisis worsens

20 July 2025

In this image made from a video, supporters of the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina clash with the police in Gopalganj, Bangladesh, July 16, 2025

Bangladesh / 17 July 2025

Bangladeshi security forces clash with supporters of ousted leader

17 July 2025

Houthi supporters shout slogans during a weekly, anti-U.S. and anti-Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen, July 4, 2025

United Nations / 16 July 2025

UN security council authorises continued reporting on attacks on ships in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthi-led government

16 July 2025

A healthcare worker prepares a shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in La Paz, Bolivia, January 7, 2025

Healthcare / 15 July 2025

Around 14 million children received no vaccines last year, says UN

15 July 2025

Syrian government security forces gather on the outskirts of Sweida province where clashes erupted between Druze militias and Sunni Bedouin clans, southern Syria, July 14, 2025

Syria / 14 July 2025

Israeli army carries out strikes on tanks in southern Syria after local clashes

14 July 2025

South Africa's Police Minister Senzo Mchunu (centre) visits an abandoned gold mine where miners are rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, January 14, 2025

South Africa / 14 July 2025

Ramaphosa suspends South Africa’s police minister

14 July 2025

Central Africa / 13 July 2025

Islamic State militia kills 66 civilians in eastern DR Congo

13 July 2025

Forces of the regional Kurdish administration patrol the area ahead of a symbolic disarmament ceremony by the separatist PKK group as part of the peace process with Turkey, in Sulaymaniyah governorate, Iraq, July 11, 2025

Iraq / 11 July 2025

Kurdish separatist fighters begin to lay down weapons

11 July 2025

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva walks among presidential guards during an event at the Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, July 9, 2025

Brazil / 10 July 2025

Brazil's Lula hits back at Trump tariff hike threat

10 July 2025

The Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Eternity C is seen near Cathlamet, Oregon, July 23, 2019

Yemen / 9 July 2025

Forces of Yemen’s Houthi-led government attack cargo ship in the Red Sea

9 July 2025

The Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Magic Seas is seen in Ambelakia Bay, Salamis Island, Greece, August 9, 2022

MIDDLE EAST / 7 July 2025

Yemen hit by waves of Israeli air attacks

7 July 2025

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a media conference at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, June 25, 2025

Turkey / 6 July 2025

Three mayors arrested in Turkish crackdown on opposition

6 July 2025

West Africa / 1 July 2025

Dozens of Ghanaians rescued in Nigeria from job scam

1 July 2025

Candidate Jeannette Jara, of the Communist party, embraces supporters before voting in primary elections held by the Unidos por Chile coalition to choose the ruling party's candidate for the upcoming presidential election, in Santiago, Chile, June 29, 2025

Chile / 30 June 2025

Chilean Communist wins landslide left presidential primary vote

30 June 2025

Riot police block a street as anti-government protesters light flares at the end of a rally pressing for an early election after nearly eight months of almost daily anti-corruption demonstrations, in Belgrade, Serbia, June 28, 2025

Serbia / 29 June 2025

Dozens arrested during Serbian anti-government protests

29 June 2025

Anti-war demonstrators hold signs outside the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles, June 22, 2025, following U.S. airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities

Iran / 27 June 2025

Iran says talks with US 'complicated' by strike on its nuclear sites

27 June 2025

Haiti's former interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph (centre wearing green) testifies at the hearings into who killed Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, June 25, 2025

Haiti / 26 June 2025

Former Haitian PM grilled over presidential assassination

26 June 2025

Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani takes the stage at his primary election party, June 25, 2025, in New York

United States / 25 June 2025

Socialist Mamdani wins race for Democratic candidate in New York City

25 June 2025

RCMP Mounties wait in front of Air Force One as President Donald Trump arrives in Calgary, Alberta, June 15, 2025, to attend the G7 Leaders meeting taking place in Kananaskis, Alberta. Photo: Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP

G7 / 16 June 2025

G7 leaders gather in Canada

16 June 2025

Police respond to a second night of violence in Ballymena, June 11, 2025

Northern Ireland / 11 June 2025

Anti-immigrant violence rocks Northern Ireland

11 June 2025

California Highway Patrol officers clash with protesters, June 10, 2025, in Los Angeles

United States / 11 June 2025

LA police clampdown on immigration protests

11 June 2025

Protesters confront police on the 101 Freeway near the Metropolitan Detention Centre in downtown Los Angeles, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest

Crackdown / 10 June 2025

Trump sends an additional 2,000 National Guards and 700 marines to Los Angeles

10 June 2025

Protesters confront a line of police in downtown Los Angeles, June 8, 2025

United States / 9 June 2025

Protests intensify in Los Angeles after Trump deploys National Guard

9 June 2025

People hold a rainbow flag banner during the gay pride parade in Bucharest, Romania, June 7, 2025

Romania / 8 June 2025

Bucharest gay pride march turns 20 amidst growing hostility

8 June 2025

President Donald Trump gestures after speaking during a summer soiree on the South Lawn of the White House, June 4, 2025, in Washington

United States / 5 June 2025

Trump announces travel ban and restriction on 19 countries

5 June 2025

Nigeria / 3 June 2025

Rights group calls for probe into Nigerian air strike that killed at least 20

3 June 2025

Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, his wife Lavinia Valbonesi

Latin America / 1 June 2025

Ecuador apologises to plantation workers for modern slavery conditions

1 June 2025

Former Democratic Republic of the Congo President Joseph Kabila (centre) meets with religious leaders at his Kinyogote residence in M23 controlled Goma, Eastern Congo, May 29, 2025

Central Africa / 30 May 2025

Former Congolese leader Kabila meets religious leaders in militia controlled city

30 May 2025

David McBride talks to the media before his court appearance in Canberra, Australia on February 14, 2020

Afghan War / 28 May 2025

Australian war crimes whistleblower loses prison sentence appeal

28 May 2025

Chinese Premier Li Qiang (right) with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, inspects honor guards during the welcoming ceremony ahead of their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 25, 2025

Indonesia / 26 May 2025

Chinese premier in trade talks with Indonesia’s president

26 May 2025

Syria / 18 May 2025

Syrian armed groups face ultimatum to integrate into state institutions

18 May 2025

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out the fire following Russia's drone attack in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, May 18, 2025. Photo: Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP

Russia-Ukraine / 18 May 2025

Russia's largest drone assault on Ukraine kills at least one as ceasefire talks fail

18 May 2025