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Iranand the United States reached an understanding on Tuesday on main "guiding principles" in talks aimed at resolving their longstanding nuclear dispute, but that does not mean a deal is imminent,Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi said.

Russian forces pounded Ukrainian power infrastructure before a new round of peace talks, killing three energy workers and leaving tens of thousands of people without power and heat, officials said Tuesday. For its part, Ukraine struck a Russian oil facility.

Jesse Jackson, the Martin Luther King protege whose two bids for the U.S. presidency highlighted a lifelong fight for social and economic justice for all Americans, has died at age 84, his family said in a statement on Tuesday.

Elana Meyers Taylor, the 41-year-old United States bobsledder whose career was jeopardized by concussions, is finally an Olympic champion. She prevailed in women's monobob with a four-run time of three minutes 57.93 seconds, beating Laura Nolte of Germany by 0.04 seconds on Monday in Italy.

Three people, including the suspect, were killed in a shooting during a Rhode Island youth hockey game. Three others are in critical condition. Police say it appears targeted and possibly tied to a family dispute.

Nancy Guthrie's family has been cleared as possible suspects in her abduction, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said on Monday, as the case involving the mother of Today show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie entered its third week.

American actor Robert Duvall, known for his best-actor Oscar role in Tender Mercies and for appearing in classics like The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, has died at 95.

Former U.S. president Barack Obama took to Instagram on Sunday to clarify comments he'd made on a podcast about aliens being real, saying he did not see evidence that aliens have made contact with us.

Israeli producer Dana Eden, best known for co-creating the Emmy-winning drama Tehran, has died suddenly in Greece, Israeli public broadcaster KAN said Monday.

Weeks after Ottawa announced that it would allow a limited number of Chinese-made vehicles into the Canadian market, some have warned that the move puts data privacy at risk. But that might not be a significant turn-off for consumers who are in the market for a new car.

The FBI says a glove containing DNA was found about three kilometres from Nancy Guthrie's home and appears to match those worn by a masked person outside her front door in Tucson, Ariz., the night she vanished.

Imagine, for a few horrifying moments, that you have woken up as Julian Junca, the starting goalie for France. It's your birthday. You have just turned 28. And you are facing Canada in Olympic hockey.

Israel fired airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing at least 11 people, Palestinian officials said, in what the military called a response to ceasefire violations by Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Gisele Pelicot waived her right to anonymity at her ex-husband's trial in September 2024, where he would be convicted of drugging her, raping her and inviting men to do the same while she was unconscious. Now, she's telling her wider story in a memoir as she rebuilds her life.

A Ukrainian drone strike ignited fires at one of Russia's Black Sea ports, officials said on Sunday, ahead of fresh talks aimed at ending the nearly four-year-old war.

Greenlanders don't think that Donald Trump is done with their island quite yet, but some are determined to make the most of the crisis. Carver Kim Kleist-Eriksen - who carved his own rebuttal of Trump's efforts to take over the island - has found new audiences for his art in Canada; tourism operators are dealing with a surge of international interest; and those who want Greenland's independence from Denmark see opportunities to forge stronger international bonds.

A Canadian trade mission to Mexico this week could produce new deals by early spring, and marks the country's "most significant" such mission ever to Mexico, according to Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc.

For decades, Cuba's tourism sector has enjoyed a reputation as an "economic locomotive" among authorities who saw it as the lifeblood of the Caribbean island country's economy. But the industry has been in decline since its 2018 peak, and the U.S. government squeezing Cuba's oil supply has pushed the nation's most crucial industry closer to its breaking point.

Defence Minister David McGuinty says Canada has now officially joined the European Union's Security Action for Europe (SAFE) program, which offers loans to member states to invest in defence capabilities.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy voiced hope on Saturday that U.S.-brokered peace talksin Genevanext week would be substantive, buthesaidUkrainewas being asked "too often" to make concessions.

Twenty athletes from Russia and Belarus are competing at the Winter Olympics as neutral. Moscow has asked for its athletes to be fully reinstated in international competition, and sporting bodies are beginning to open the door to those once completely banned from participating.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by the Kremlin with a lethal toxin derived from the skin of poison dart frogs, five European countries said Saturday.

Inuit leaders back from a recent trip to Greenland say there's a stark contrast between the infrastructure in that Nordic country compared to Canada's North, and they're calling on the federal government to urgently fill the gap as part of its enhanced focus on Arctic security.

The head of Canada's military space division says the country "should absolutely be" concerned about Russia's potential capabilities amid global fears the Kremlin is considering putting nuclear weapons in place to target satellites.

European allies are quietly exploring closer nuclear deterrence ties with France amid growing anxiety about the long-term reliability of U.S. security guarantees. Germany and Poland have acknowledged early-stage talks with Paris, while French President Emmanuel Macron has opened the door to a strategic dialogue - without offering a formal nuclear umbrella.

U.S. President Donald Trump's second term has threatened Canada with annexation and economic ruin, leaving some Canadians feeling anxious and concerned. A Winnipeg therapist offers strategies for coping with those emotions.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday embraced potential regime change in Iran and declared that "tremendous power" will soon be in the Middle East, as the Pentagon sent a second aircraft carrier to the region.

Britain's High Court says the U.K. government acted unlawfully when it designated the protest group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization. But the fate of protesters arrested under the Terrorism Act still hangs in the balance.

Andrew Chang explains why U.S. President Donald Trump wants to build a 250-foot-high 'Independence Arch' in Washington, D.C., and why it's under heavy scrutiny.Images provided by The Canadian Press, Reuters and Getty Images

Canada and Denmark have signed a new defence co-operation agreement aimed at strengthening Arctic security amid lingering tensions over U.S. annexation threats toward Greenland. The pact enhances collaboration on surveillance and joint operations but does not go beyond existing NATO Article 5 commitments.

Mexico's Attorney General's Office is investigating whether a Canadian mining company holds any responsibility in the suspected cartel kidnapping of 10 of its workers, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday.

An Indian man pleaded guilty on Friday to U.S. criminal charges that he orchestrated a failed Indian government-backed plot to kill a Sikh separatist in New York City, in connection with what U.S. and Canadian authorities have called a broader effort to target Indian dissidents.

Democrats in Washington say they're launching an investigation into the Trump administration and its links to the wealthy owner of the Ambassador Bridge after the U.S. president threatened to block the opening of the competing Gordie Howe Bridge earlier this week.

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak has apologized for his yearslong friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that included regular correspondence and multiple visits to the disgraced financier's Manhattan apartment, as well as visit to his private island.

Different versions of the Iranian flag have appeared at protests around the world. Here are the facts about what each of them represent.

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi says he plans to return to Iran after Oscar season is over, despite the looming threat of his arrest amid a government crackdown on protests that has killed thousands and detained many more.

Investigators in Arizona want residents near Nancy Guthrie's home to share surveillance footage of suspicious cars or people they may have noticed in the month before she disappeared.

The Olympics have long been a platform for political posturing, with countries boycotting or being banned from sending athletes to Games over geopolitical conflicts.But the International Olympic Committee bars political demonstrations from podiums and competitions.What constitutes an inappropriate political demonstration, however, can be complicated.

Air Transat says it plans to bring home thousands of Canadians from Cuba in the coming days, at a time when Ottawa is telling people to avoid delaying their exit from the island country.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi attacked Democrats during her fiery House Judiciary Committee testimony as she faced criticism from lawmakers over the Justice Department's handling of the Epstein files.

U.S. President Donald Trump is applying severe economic pressure to an already-strained Cuba mired in a food and power crisis. Andrew Chang explains why the U.S. is choosing now to cut off the country's oil supply, and why, for Trump and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, it's also personal.

The brief shutdown of El Paso airport by the Federal Aviation Administration because of safety concerns posed by the use of a military laser-based anti-drone system was unacceptable, the top Democrat on the Senate's commerce committee said on Thursday.

Syrian government forces have taken control of a base in the east of the country that was run for years by U.S. troops as part of the war against the Islamic State group, the defence ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

The immigration crackdown in Minnesota that led to mass detentions, protests and the deaths of two U.S. citizens is nearing an end, U.S. President Donald Trump's border czar said Thursday.

Vizsla Silver Corp.'s workers laboured in an environment punctured by gunfire, cartel checkpoints and drones, says the brother of a geologist with the Canadian mining company in Mexico, who was among five people found dead after they were kidnapped by a suspected faction of the Sinaloa cartel.

The Trump administration has rescinded a legal opinion that has guided emissions controls in the U.S. since the Obama era, withdrawing the so-called endangerment findingof the Environmental Protection Agency.

Of the many proxy battlegrounds between Iran and the U.S., Iraq is one of the most overlooked, at least outside the Middle East.But U.S. reaction to the reappearance on the political scene of former Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki - a candidate for the job once more - is a sharp reminder of the tightrope Iraq walks between the two.

U.S. President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington to discuss U.S. nuclear talks with Iran, but nothing definitive was decided. Meanwhile, thousands in Tehran marked the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.

The International Olympic Committee is not an organization that generally begs, but they are begging Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych not to compete in a customized helmet showing the faces of more than 20 Ukrainian athletes and coaches killed since Russian invaded Ukraine in 2022.