A fight involving machetes at a Melbourne shopping centre has prompted an Australian state to fast-track the country’s first-ever ban on the weapon’s sale.
The ban – to start in Victoria this Wednesday, instead of September – comes after two…

A fight involving machetes at a Melbourne shopping centre has prompted an Australian state to fast-track the country’s first-ever ban on the weapon’s sale.
The ban – to start in Victoria this Wednesday, instead of September – comes after two…

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EPAAt least 24 Palestinians have been killed in two separate Israeli air strikes overnight, including a strike on a school sheltering displaced families…

Authorities in India’s southern Kerala state have issued an alert after a ship carrying oil and hazardous cargo leaked and sank off the state’s coast in the Arabian Sea.
The spill occurred in a Liberian-flagged vessel that capsized near Kochi city…

May 26 (UPI) — Five skiers were found dead on a Swiss mountain near Zermatt over the weekend, authorities said.
According to a statement Sunday from southern Switzerland’s Valais cantonal police, the five bodies were discovered Saturday on the…

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Southeast Asian nations will forge a common front to face challenges including economic headwinds from U.S. tariffs and a four-year civil war in Myanmar, Malaysian Prime…

Stock futures surged after US President Donald Trump agreed to postpone the planned 50% tariffs on the European Union, but the US dollar remained under pressure amid waning investor confidence in US assets, pushing the euro to a one-month high.

The proposal was reportedly presented by Palestinian-American mediator Dr. Bashara Bahbah “in cooperation with and with the approval of” Steve Witkoff, the U.S. envoy to the Middle East. Al-Mayadeen reported that the most recent round of…

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North Korea has arrested four people it claims bear responsibility for a launch accident last week that left leader Kim Jong Un’s newest warship…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — King Charles III arrives in Ottawa this week to underscore Canada’s sovereignty to U.S. President Donald Trump.
Trump’s repeated suggestion that the U.S. annex its northern…