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UK court orders singer Chris Brown freed on $6.7 million bail in assault case
A British judge ordered Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown released on 5 million-pound ($6.7 million) bail on Wednesday while ...
Iran insists it will never stop enriching uranium as US says it must if a new deal is to be reached
Iran’s top diplomat insisted Wednesday that Tehran will never stop enriching uranium, further underlining the Islamic ...
In Syria, a Shiite shrine and community navigate a changed landscape
At the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, rituals of faith unfold: worshippers kneel in prayer, visitors raise their palms skyward or ...
Pope Leo XIV calls for aid to reach Gaza and an end to hostilities in his first general audience
Pope Leo XIV called Wednesday for humanitarian aid to reach the Gaza Strip and for an end to the “heartbreaking” toll on its ...
Germany says it broke up a far-right group that planned attacks. 5 teens have been arrested
German police on Wednesday arrested five teenagers accused of involvement with a right-wing extremist group calling itself ...
UK inflation rises to its highest in over a year after domestic bills spike
Inflation in the U.K. spiked to its highest level for more than a year in April amid a raft of higher domestic bills, such as ...
Two of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza are encircled by Israeli forces, staff say
Two of northern Gaza’s last functioning hospitals have been encircled by Israeli troops, preventing anyone from leaving or ...
Third man charged over fires at properties linked to UK Prime Minister Starmer
A third suspect has been charged with arson over a series of fires targeting property linked to U.K. Prime Minister Keir ...
In Gaza, 45 killed in strikes as desperately needed aid fails to reach Palestinians
Hospitals in Gaza say Israeli strikes overnight and into Wednesday killed at least 45 people, including several women and a ...
The navigator is blind and the driver’s in pain, but they’re racing though France, busting barriers
The driver’s joints are so painful from rheumatoid arthritis that she can’t manage a stick shift. And the co-pilot who is ...
Suicide car bomber strikes a school bus in southwestern Pakistan, killing 4 children, officials say
A suicide car bomber struck a school bus in southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least four children and wounding ...
Target sales fall sharply in 1st quarter and retailer warns they will slip for all of 2025
Sales at Target fell sharply in the first quarter and the retailer warned they will slip this year as consumers, worried over the impact of tariffs, pull back on spending. Sales ...