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The first comments by 86-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei come as violence surrounding the demonstrations sparked by Iran's ailing economy has killed at least 10 people.

Key facts about Nicolas Maduro, the Venezuelan leader who U.S. President Donald Trump said had been captured by U.S. forces on Saturday.

The United Arab Emirates said early Saturday it had withdrawn all its troops from Yemen, after escalating tensions in the war-torn country that pitted the UAE against fellow Gulf powerhouse Saudi Arabia.

Musk's xAI was under international scrutiny over allegations on Friday that it was filling its platform with sexualized, AI-generated images of women and minors.

The teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made her first known visit to a sacred family mausoleum, a step that experts say bolstered her status as her father's potential heir.

U.S. President Donald Trump and top Iranian officials exchanged duelling threats on Friday as widening economic protests swept across parts of the Islamic Republic, further escalating tensions between the countries.

Initial investigations suggest the fire that tore through a Swiss ski resort bar started when "fountain candles" attached to champagne bottles were carried aloft too close to the ceiling, the local prosecutor said on Friday.

Several people were killed during unrest in Iran, Iranian media and rights groups said on Thursday, as the biggest protests to hit the Islamic Republic for three years over worsening economic conditions sparked violence in several provinces.

Zohran Mamdaniwas sworn in as the mayor of New York City just after midnight Thursday, taking the oath of office at a historic, decommissioned subway station in Manhattan.

About 40 people are dead and 115 others injured, most of them seriously, after a fire tore through a crowded bar during a New Year's Eve party in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana in Switzerland, officials said on Thursday.

As the era of bilateral bad blood between Canada and the U.S. drags on, some snowbirds are facing a choice this January: Go south to warmer climes, or boycott a country that has gone from friend to somewhat of a foe.

Sunset bathed the north of Gaza City in golden light Tuesday evening as Izzat Al-Qawasmeh and his 11-year-old son Mohamed climbed through rubble to the top of a building that once housed hundreds of people.The duo had decided to visit the tent city with gifts, dressed in Santa Claus costumes.

The Trump administration's recent recall of 30 career diplomats from around the world as part of its "America First" priority push is unprecedented, according to experts who say it may serve to politicize the American Foreign Service while populating it with those who lack the skills to deal with challenging diplomatic issues.

The U.S. military said Wednesday it struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days, killing a total of eight people while others jumped overboard and may have survived.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he's dropping - for now - his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Ore., a move that comes after legal roadblocks hung up the effort.

Retired Tennessee teacher Glenda Akin has lived and worked through a whole lot of history. And now she's made history herself as the Guinness-certified longest serving teacher at the same school.

Smallwood died Tuesday of complications due to kidney failure, according to his representative. Singer and songwriter Chaka Khan said Smallwood's music "didn't just inspire me, it transformed me."

Zach Sutton drives the bak2bak, his name for what he created. The front half is an old 1993 Dodge Caravan, the back a 1991 Plymouth Voyager.

Paris city hall is offering a rare chance to be buried among some of history's most celebrated artists. Dec. 31 was the deadline to register for a draw to purchase a burial spot in Pere-Lachaise, one of the city's iconic cemeteries.

Seven Canadians are among those injured after two trains collided head-on in Peru on Tuesday, Global Affairs Canada confirmed to CBC.

Here's a look at how countries around the world are ringing in the new year.

Turkish authorities on Wednesday pressed ahead with countrywide operations against suspected ISIS members, detaining 125 people in simultaneous raids across 25 provinces.

The U.S. Justice Department revealed it has 5.2 million pages of Epstein files left to review and needs 400 lawyers from four different department offices to help with the process through late January, according to a government document reviewed by Reuters on Tuesday.

Israel is banning more than two dozen humanitarian organizations from Gaza for failing to comply with new registration rules.

A darling of the artificial intelligence startup scene was just acquired by Meta - capping off a year of intense competition between U.S. tech giants vying for dominance of the world's most coveted technology.

Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of the late U.S. president John F. Kennedy, has died. She was 35. The environmental journalist revealed in November that she had acute myeloid leukemia

New England Patriots star wide receiver Stefon Diggs is facing strangulation and other criminal charges in connection with a dispute with his former private chef, police said.

Pups and their humans filled the streets of Madrid on Tuesday for the annualSanperrestre festive dog walk.The event aims to raise awareness about animal abuse and abandonment, and highlightsadopting over buying dogs and cats.

A new investigation has found that months before Sean Gardner's arrest on allegations of installing cameras in a girls' gym bathroom, the American was willing to accept a lifetime ban from coaching gymnastics as part of a deal where he would admit to the abuse, according to three people involved with U.S. SafeSport and its handling of the case.

A new search for the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 aircraft is underway, more than 10 years after the Boeing 777's mysterious and baffling disappearance.

The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that it was pulling out its remaining forces in Yemen after Saudi Arabia backed a call for the U.A.E. forces to leave the country within 24 hours, in a major crisis between the two Gulf powers and oil producers.

The Kremlin said Tuesday its position would toughen in talks on ending thewar inUkraineafter accusing Kyiv of attacking a Russian presidential residence - an allegation that Kyiv said was baseless and intended to prolong the conflict.

U.S. President Donald Trump has indicated that the United States has "hit" a dock facility along a shore as he wages a pressure campaign on Venezuela, but offered few details.

For much of the last two years, the U.S. Democratic Party has been on its back foot, enduring painful electoral defeats to an omnipresent Republican opponent while grappling with a troubling decline in voter registration and a listless party base. But in the closing days of 2025, the political pendulum appears to be swinging in their direction.

China launched 10 hours of live-firing exercises around Taiwan on Tuesday, the second day of Beijing's largest-ever war games around the island, aimed at swiftly cutting its links to outside support in the event of a conflict.

Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko says he doesn't believe Russia is interested in a peace deal with Ukraine, but he hopes U.S. President Donald Trump will use his influence to make one happen anyway.

In the new film I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not, set to premiere on New Year's Day, Chase reflects on a dark childhood and a complicated career that spans the very beginnings of Saturday Night Live to a rocky tenure on sitcom Community.

Talk to any golfer who played against Tiger Woods and there is sure to be at least one story about one shot so sublime they were certain it could not be hit by them or anyone else. He was just different. Better.

The elusive pop star can credit her massive catalogue of hits and high-grossing tours for pushing her into 10-figure territory, according to Forbes - though a few business ventures, concert films and live performances have added to her wealth.

The man accused of planting pipe bombs in Washington the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack confessed to the FBI and told investigators he thought the 2020 election had been tampered with, according to a court filing from federal prosecutors.

As gunmen shot at people attenting a Hanukkah celebration at Australia's Bondi Beach, shop owner Ahmed al-Ahmed crept up behind one of them and grabbed the gun from a shooter, disarming him. Al-Ahmed, who has since been hailed a hero, told CBS News that the need to save lives overrode any fear.

Anthony Joshua, the Nigerian-British boxer and former world heavyweight champion who knocked out YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul earlier this month, was reportedly in stable condition following a car crash that killed two other passengers in Nigeria on Monday. Authorities said they were still investigating the crash.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday thatUkrainehad tried to attack President Vladimir Putin's residence innorthern Russia andso Moscow's negotiating position would be reviewed, butUkrainesaid it was a lie.

China's military on Monday dispatched air, navy and rocket troops to conduct joint military drills around the island of Taiwan - a move Beijing called a "stern warning" against separatist and "external interference" forces.

The governor of Oaxaca, Salomon Jara Cruz, expressed condolences to the families of those killed in the accident and said state authorities were co-ordinating with federal agencies to assist those affected.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) described the crash as a mid-air collision between an Enstrom F-28A helicopter and Enstrom 280C helicopter over Hammonton Municipal Airport. Only the pilots were on board each aircraft.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday insisted Ukraine and Russia are "closer than ever before" to a peace deal as he hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at his Florida resort, but he acknowledged that negotiations could still break down and leave the war dragging on for years.

Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s actress who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later an animal rights activist and far-right supporter, has died. She was 91.