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U.S. Senator John McCain has been diagnosed with brain cancer, his office announced on Wednesday. Mccain, a Republican who has represented Arizona in the senate since 1987, had a blood clot removed above his left eye at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona on July 14th. "Subsequent tissue pathology…

President Donald Trump has warned that “a whole civilisation will die tonight” unless Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz, setting a 20:00 EDT Tuesday (00:00 GMT Wednesday) deadline. In recent weeks, US forces have increased attacks on Iranian infrastructure, targeting Kharg Island, the country’s…

NASA’s Artemis II astronauts have travelled farther from Earth than any humans before them, reaching 252,756 miles during a flyby of the Moon’s far side. The four-person crew, commanded by Reid Wiseman and including Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, piloted the…

Chuck Norris, the martial artist and actor known for his role in Walker, Texas Ranger, has died at the age of 86, his family confirmed on Friday. According to a family statement, Norris died on Thursday morning surrounded by his loved ones. They described his passing as sudden but said he was at…

The United States and Israel have launched military strikes on Iran, marking a sharp escalation in regional tensions and raising the risk of wider conflict. Officials in Washington and Jerusalem described the action as pre-emptive. Critics, however, questioned whether the campaign was driven by an…

A 14-year-old boy has been sentenced to a minimum of 11 years and 10 months in detention for the murder of 14-year-old Ibrahima Seck, who was fatally stabbed in Manchester on 8 June 2023. Ibrahima was attacked while on his way to meet friends for a football game in New Moston. He was chased into a…

Police in Arua have detained two women in their twenties after neighbours reported seeing them kiss in public, an act criminalised under Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act. The arrests took place on 18 February after residents photographed the pair outside their home and alerted the authorities.…

New York City is facing its first blizzard warning in nearly a decade as a powerful winter storm disrupts travel and daily life across the eastern United States. Authorities have imposed a ban on non-essential travel from 21:00 on Sunday until midday Monday to keep roads clear amid heavy snow and…

A new law in São Paulo state allows families to bury their pets alongside them, following the story of a dog who spent a decade living in a cemetery after his owner's death. The legislation, known as the Bob Coveiro Law, was inspired by the loyalty of a dog named Bob, who refused to leave his owner…

Newly released US justice documents contain references linking Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe to Jeffrey Epstein, citing unverified claims of financial contact and correspondence mentioning Zimbabwe’s currency crisis. Recently disclosed files from the United States Department of Justice…