International

At least 17 people were killed when a world-famous funicular railcar derailed and overturned in Lisbon, Portugal, on Wednesday. A carriage on Glória Funicular, which connects Lisbon’s downtown near the Restauradores Square with its upper…

Thousands of Australians joined anti-immigration rallies across the country on Sunday that the center-left government condemned, saying they sought to spread hate and were linked to neo-Nazis. March for Australia rallies against immigration…

The UK government is planning an overhaul of the asylum appeals system as it tries to cut the number of migrants staying in hotels while they await a ruling. A new, independent body will be established, staffed by independent adjudicators,…

The Canadian government has intervened in the Air Canada strike, forcing both parties to the bargaining table as hundreds of flights were cancelled this weekend. Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu ordered binding arbitration between the airline and…

Hundreds of rescuers have been deployed to search for people missing in central Texas, after flash floods killed 51 people, including 15 children. The worst affected area is Kerr County where 43 people have died and where 27 children remain…

Elon Musk says he is launching a new political party, weeks after dramatically falling out with US President Donald Trump. The billionaire announced on his social media platform X that he had set up the America Party, billing it as a…

President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday his administration will “have to take a look” at deporting Elon Musk after the billionaire reignited the feud with the president over his spending bill. Musk, a South African national and a…

UN experts unequivocally condemned the recent United States military attack against three nuclear facilities in Iran. “These attacks violate the most fundamental rules of world order since 1945 – the prohibition on the aggressive use of…

At least eight people have died in a hot air balloon accident in southern Brazil, the governor of Santa Catarina state has said. There were 21 people on board the balloon in the city of Praia Grande on Saturday morning, Jorginho Mello…

Global markets are in turmoil as a direct and unprecedented military conflict has erupted between Israel and Iran, sending shockwaves across the world and causing an immediate spike in global oil prices. The escalating series of missile…