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Chief executive of the anti-monarchy group Republic, Graham Smith, has been released from detention, 16 hours after being arrested by London police ahead of King Charles’s coronation. Smith, who was among 52 people being arrested near Trafalgar Square on Saturday, blasted the UK government’s violation of the freedom of expression, …

US President Joe Biden and top Republicans and Democrats from Congress are set to sit down this week to try to resolve a three-month standoff over the $31.4 trillion U.S. debt ceiling and avoid a crippling default before the end of May. The Democratic president is calling on lawmakers to …

In a sophisticated development reflecting burgeoning interstate collaboration, Kazem Gharib Abadi, the Iranian Deputy Chief of the Judiciary for International Affairs, announced on Monday that the head of Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council, Faiq Zidan, will embark on an official two-day visit to Iran tomorrow, Tuesday. Gharib Abadi’s statement, as reported …

A fire broke out deep in a gold mine in southern Peru and killed at least 27 workers during an overnight shift, Peruvian authorities reported. The Yanaquihua mining company said in a statement that 175 workers had been safely evacuated after the accident, which happened late Friday or early Saturday. …

China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang will visit Europe this week, Beijing said Monday, as China pushes to act as a mediator in the Ukraine conflict. Qin will hold meetings with counterparts from Germany, France and Norway from Monday to Friday, foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said, without giving further details …

According to local authorities and media, blasts were heard overnight in Kiev as well as the Odessa, Chernigov and Dnepropetrovsk Regions Ukrainian officials and media reported a series of Russian drone and missile attacks in the early hours of Monday, sparking air raid sirens sounding across the country. The Ukrainian …

A second blast in 36 hours rocked the area around the Sikh holy site of the Golden Temple in India’s Amritsar city on Monday, police said. Authorities said that one person was injured. The previous blast late Saturday night, which police said they were still investigating, also left at least …

The death toll from floods that devastated two villages in east Democratic Republic of Congo last week has more than doubled to 401, the provincial governor said on Monday, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in the country’s recent history. More bodies were being recovered on Monday, adding …

More than 160 pharmacies across England have been forced to shut down over the last two years due to surging operational costs, staff shortages, and scrapped government financial support, a report has revealed. The BBC was at pains to report on Monday that the number of community chemists has fallen …

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Sunday that unless Congress acts soon to raise the nation’s debt ceiling, “financial and economic chaos would ensue.” Republicans have been pressing President Joe Biden to strike a deal to provide spending cuts in exchange for lifting the national borrowing limit, but Yellen insisted …

Protesters in the French capital Paris have once again rallied against persisting police brutality in the country after three Muslim teens were run over by a police vehicle and seriously injured, a move described by their lawyer as an “assassination attempt.” Among those taking part in the protest rally on …

British anti-monarchists condemn the London police’s oppressive treatment of the protesters, who had gathered in their thousands to denounce Charles III’s coronation as the country’s king. The people against the antiquated monarchical system said on Sunday there is no longer a right to peaceful protest in Britain after dozens of protesters were arrested. …

US President Joe Biden has again called on Congress to pass a ban on the possession and use of firearms following the latest mass shooting in the country that saw an assailant killing as many as eight people at a shopping mall in Allen, Texas. “Eight Americans — including children …

Italy remains dissatisfied with the apologies offered by Paris after a French minister accused Rome of mishandling the influx of migrants, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Sunday. “Clearer words are needed,” Tajani, who is a member of the conservative Forza Italia party, told Italian state-owned television RAI in …

Seven people are dead after a car ran into pedestrians in Brownsville, Texas, and a male suspect is in custody, a local television station reported on Sunday. The crash occurred at 8:30 a.m. local time near Ozanam Center, a shelter for migrants and homeless, said CBS 4 and NBC 23 …

Chile’s government said that 115 Venezuelan migrants who had been stranded on the border with Peru were repatriated to Venezuela on a humanitarian flight Sunday. Hundreds of migrants, mostly Venezuelans seeking to return home, had been stranded on the country’s northern border after being denied entry into Peru. The incident …

Almost all of Alberta and much of neighboring Saskatchewan province face extreme fire risks. Alberta has announced a state of emergency as wildfires flare across the Canadian province, forcing 25,000 people to flee their homes in what a top official said was an “unprecedented” crisis. Thousands more have been told …

Authorities say 287 were killed and 167 others missing after heavy rains caused rivers to burst their banks in South Kivu province. The death toll following flooding and landslides in the Democratic Republic of Congo this week has risen to at least 287, according to the government of South Kivu …

Turkey says Ankara has rejected Washington’s proposal to send the Russian-made S-400 air defense missile system to Ukraine. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu made the remarks during an interview with the Habertürk newspaper on Sunday, noting that the proposals by Washington were unacceptable as they sought to infringe on Turkish sovereignty. “They …

Sudanese rival forces have continued fighting in Khartoum as mediators for Sudan’s warring sides meet in Saudi Arabia, seeking an end to the violent skirmishes. Fighting continued on Sunday between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as representatives of the country’s rivaling military leaders began talks to …