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Transgender travellers and those who do not identify as male or female can check off an ‘X’ box Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Ahmed Hussen says that by Aug. 31 Canadians will have a third option to identify their gender on passports. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press) Canadians will soon have a third option to […]

Korean Cenral News Agency shows on Aug. 26 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspecting the state’s special forces engaging a simulated invasion of South Korean border islands of Baengnyeong and Yeonpyeong. / Yonhap North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected a simulated invasion of South Korean islands near the tense western border, state media reported […]

Photo: Pau Barrena/AFP Tens of thousands of Spaniards and foreigners are expected on the streets of Barcelona on Saturday in a defiant march against terror after last week’s deadly vehicle rampages. The Mediterranean city is in mourning after a van ploughed into crowds in its busy Las Ramblas boulevard on August 17, followed just hours […]

This screengrab shows police officials and a soldier looking at a man on the pavement in the city centre of Brussels on August 25, 2017, where a man is alleged to have attacked soldiers with a knife and was shot. © AFP   A knife-wielding man has been shot dead in the center of Brussels […]

Raid on farm by Somali and American soldiers in the country’s south leaves 10 dead, including young children. African Union forces and soldiers recaptured Bariire from al-Shabab last week [Feisal Omar/Reuters] At least 10 civilians, including three children, have been killed in a joint raid by Somali forces and US troops in the country’s south, local officials […]

Massive violence has been reported from Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh after the conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Raheem Singh. WATCH LIVE    Massive violence has followed the conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for rape. A special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Panchkula, Haryana held the Dera Sacha […]

Displaced children and adults are seen after fleeing from ISIL-controlled areas in rural Raqqa, Syria, to Ain Issa, the main staging point for displaced families, some 50 Km north of Raqqa city. Photo: UNICEF/Soulaiman (file)  24 August 2017 – A senior United Nations aid official today urged the international community to do whatever is needed […]

The regional police force in Barcelona was thrown into the spotlight with the attacks. Photo: AFP Catalan officials have denied accusations that the police there ignored warnings about members of the terror cell behind last week’s deadly attacks and refused to cooperate with the national force. Politicians and the police force in the Catalonia region […]

Members of the Iraqi forces advance through Tal Afar on August 24, 2017. (AFP) Iraqi forces made further gains in their offensive to dislodge ISIS from Tal Afar, seizing five more villages on the eastern and southern outskirts of the city, the military said on Thursday. In the fifth day of their onslaught, Iraqi forces […]

The winner of the biggest jackpot in North American history – $758.7m (£590m) – has come forward to collect her prize, lottery officials say. Mother-of-two Mavis Wanczyk, 53, bought the ticket at a Chicopee, Massachusetts, petrol station. The winner – whose lucky numbers were 6, 7, 16, 23 and 26, and 4 – told reporters […]