The British government will implement a pay offer covering more than a million National Health Service staff, after trade unions representing a majority of those involved in a dispute over wage increases voted to accept the deal on Tuesday. The offer, covering nurses, paramedics, midwives and other workers in England, …

This year’s Super Bowl was the most-watched National Football League (NFL) championship game in history, updated data from Nielsen showed on Tuesday, as 115.1 million people watched the Kansas City Chiefs come from behind to beat the Philadelphia Eagles in the February 12 matchup. The ratings agency had previously announced …

Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad S. al-Sudani held talks on Tuesday with Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto, discussing ways to strengthen cooperation between the two countries. According to a statement released by Al-Sudani’s media office, the meeting covered a range of issues related to progress in relations and cooperation in various …

Law enforcement agencies around the world seized an online marketplace and arrested nearly 300 people allegedly involved in buying and selling drugs, European Union law enforcement agency Europol said Tuesday. The worldwide operation targeting the “Monopoly Market,” coordinated by Europol, is the latest major takedown of sales platforms for drugs …

Australia’s tobacco tax will be increased by billions of dollars over the next four years as the government cracks down on smoking and vaping. Recreational vaping will be banned as the government seeks to prevent the next generation from becoming addicted to nicotine, Health Minister Mark Butler said Tuesday. The …

Violent clashes erupted across the country as part of continuing demonstrations against controversial pension reforms. Almost 300 protesters were arrested during massive French Labor Day demonstrations against controversial pension reforms on Monday. More than 100 police officers were injured during the unrest, according to local authorities. French Interior Minister Gerald …

Four people were found fatally shot inside an RV in a small Mojave Desert community over the weekend, authorities said, yet another act of deadly violence that keeps the US on a record pace for mass killings this year. The victims were three women and a man, authorities said Monday. …

Palestinian resistance groups and authorities have mourned the murder of the senior leader of the Islamic Jihad movement, Khader Adnan, at an Israeli jail after an 87-day hunger strike, holding the occupying Tel Aviv regime fully responsible for its crime. “In the real sense of resilience and steadfastness as well …

The Australian government has announced that military personnel who will stay in uniform after completing the three-year compulsory service will receive A$50,000 ($33,165), amid rising tensions between its ally the US and China. Referring to a retention problem, Defense Minister Richard Marles said on Tuesday the bonus comes as the …

United States Treasury has warned that the US government will be unlikely to meet payment obligations by early June if the debt ceiling is not raised. The date is earlier than the Treasury estimated in January, indicating that the United States financial situation is more precarious than previously thought. In …

Fierce fighting has broken out again in violence-wracked Sudan with gunfire heard in the capital despite an extension of a ceasefire between rival military forces. The Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which have been locked in battles since April 15, once again violated the latest 72-hour …