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In an unusual gesture during a US Senate hearing on Wednesday, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg apologized to parents whose children have been harmed by using the company's online platforms. This came as one Senator accused the entrepreneur of inadvertently creating a ...

The more likely it seems that Donald Trump will be the Republican Party's nominee for the US presidency, the louder the voices become that warn Europe to prepare itself for a second Trump term in the White House. In ...

Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi was re-elected for a second term on Sunday, but the opposition has demanded a re-run of the election they condemned as a "sham." According to the country's election commission, CENI, Tshisekedi received 73% of ...

Europe's longest-serving monarch Queen Margrethe II of Denmark surprised her nation on Sunday by announcing her abdication, saying she would pass the baton to her son. During her traditional New Year's Eve speech, the popular queen told viewers that she would ...

Explosions were heard across the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, and air alerts were issued as Russian missiles in several parts of the country early on Friday. Russia also struck the Ukrainian cities of Kharkiv and Lviv on Friday morning. The deadly wave ...

The US Supreme Court said Friday it will not immediately take up a request from special counsel Jack Smith to rule on whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted for his actions to overturn the results of his 2020 election ...

At least 23 security officials were killed and several others were injured in a suicide bomb and gun attack on a police station in northwest Pakistan. A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle in an early-morning attack on a police station ...

Patients of an HIV/AIDS prevention and control center in Moscow warned last month on a patient website that pharmacies in the Russian capital were no longer dispensing Dolutegravir, an antiretroviral medicine. It isn't the only HIV medication that's unavailable. ...

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said late on Saturday that a German tourist had been killed and another person injured in central Paris. "The police have just courageously arrested an assailant attacking passers-by in Paris, around the Quai de Grenelle," Darmanin ...

Finnish-Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard was found guilty on Sunday of four counts of sexual assault. He was also handed a charge of forcible confinement following a seven-week trial in Toronto. He will return to court on November 21 for sentencing. ...

Fighting around al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza intensifies Germany announces increase in aid to Palestinian Territories Pro-Palestinian protesters march on Armistice Day Fighting around Al-Shifa hospital intensifies In recent days, fighting near the Al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza has intensi...

Opium production in Afghanistan has plummeted since the Taliban banned cultivation of the poppy plant, according to a UN report published on Sunday. Afghanistan's Taliban rulers pledged to wipe out the country's drug industry, banning poppy cultivation in April 2022. ...