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Bahrain's government said on Saturday that Iran fired ballistic missiles and drones toward it and Kuwait, as the Iran war escalates.

The war began on March 2 when Hezbollah fired rockets at northern Israel, two days after Israel and the U.S. began their attacks on Iran.

Israeli troops shot at a car in the occupied West Bank, killing a seven-month-old Palestinian baby and wounding his parents, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The Israeli military said soldiers shot at a vehicle perceived to be accelerating toward them, and an initial inquiry found occupants were uninvolved civilians.

Several sectors and movements are planning to launch protests and blockades on highways across Mexico, targeting the FIFA World Cup's opening day in Mexico City on June 11.

Newly obtained federal briefing documents show Canada finished building the $6.4-billion Gordie Howe International Bridge before a major legal challenge to the project is expected to reach trial.

Thousands of people gathered in Armenia's capital this week to decry the alleged traitorous path plotted by their current government, waving flags and warning that a vote to re-elect would mean "living here with Azerbaijanis" - the country's longtime rival, with whom the present administration has reached a tenuous peace. But a larger shadow looms over the upcoming vote: a historic break in the country's relations with Russia.

U.S. forces struck Iranian coastal radar sites on Saturday after shooting down drones launched by Iran toward the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. military said, in the latest escalation complicating efforts to end the war between the two countries.

Iran's World Cup soccer players have been granted visas to enter the United States, a White House official told Reuters on Friday, just 10 days before their first match in Los Angeles amid a conflict between the two countries.

The balloon and its three pilots are on a big mission to cross the Atlantic Ocean, landing somewhere in Europe.

President Donald Trump has cancelled the Freedom 250 concerts that were set to mark the U.S.'s anniversary this summer at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., after many of the original artists dropped out. He now promises to hold the Greatest Rally, EVER!" according to his Truth Social account.

See the Octagon, the iconic eight-sided fenced cage where mixed martial arts fighters compete and other infrastructure being built for UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House to mark U.S. President Donald Trump's 80th birthday and the 250th anniversary of the United States.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been informed about an open letter from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Friday, according to state news agency TASS.

The U.S. Senate handed President Donald Trump a victory early Friday morning, passing a bill that would provide the Department of Homeland Security with an additional $70 billion US for immigration enforcement and sending it to the House of Representatives for final consideration.

Australia has strict biosecurity controls at its borders to protect its agriculture and horticulture sectors and native wildlife from pest infestations. Those smuggling in undeclared or illegal animal, insect or plant material can be fined thousands of dollars.

The announcement of the trip came a day after North Korea unveiled a new facility to produce the material for nuclear bombs.

Andrew Chang breaks down the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's investigation of a nearly 2,000-foot-long tunnel - complete with ventilation, lighting and an electric rail system - which allegedly carried millions of dollars' worth of drugs from Tijuana, Mexico, to a San Diego, Calif., Buy4Less storefront.(Photo credits: The Canadian Press, Reuters, Adobe Stock and Getty Images)

A Colorado court reversed homicide convictions against two paramedics on Thursday in the ketamine overdose death of Elijah McClain after the Black man was pinned down by police in 2019.

The chair of the congressional committee which has spent months interviewing witnesses about Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell said Thursday it was advising the Justice Department to examine allegations concerning two men accused of sexual abuse by Sarah Kellen, a former Epstein assistant.

While ticket prices are sky-high and matches are scheduled in the heat of summer, FIFA says it decided to prohibit fans from bringing their own water bottles into stadiums to prohibit bottles to prevent risk and injury to players and attendees."

Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva reached her first Grand Slam final by beating Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine 6-1, 6-3 at the French Open on Thursday.

Acclaimed Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi, a prominent advocate for women's rights, has died at 56. French President Emmanuel Macron is among those paying tribute to the artist.

A Sherpa guide was found crawling to base camp on Mount Everest a week after he went missing and was reunited with his family after they'd given up hope he would return.

The Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah rejected a new ceasefire in Lebanon on Thursday and Israel said it would not withdraw troops from the country, undermining U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to halt fighting there and forge peace with Tehran.

Spanish hotel chain Melia has joined a growing list of companies with a long-standing presence in Cuba that are withdrawing or limiting their operations on the island after the U.S. announced new sanctions while upholding an oil embargo.

For three years after Nicaraguan Indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera was arrested, his friends and family were kept in the dark about his whereabouts and wellbeing. Then, on Sunday, they learned he has died.

The brutal murder of 18-year-old student Henry Nowak in southern England has ignited another volatile debate in the U.K. over race and what's been described as white grievance." Despite pleas from Nowak's grieving family to prevent his death from sparking racial division, prominent far-right and populist figures have tried to exploit the tragedy.

Four migrants working as fruit pickers in slave-like conditions in southern Italy have been burned to death. The murder case is prompting fresh national soul searching over the exploitation of farm workers.

Ukrainian long-range drones struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg and set it ablaze, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday, sending smoke billowing over the city where President Vladimir Putin was born as it hosts Russia's leading event for attracting foreign capital.

South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker say they aren't backing down from satirizing U.S. President Trump in the show's upcoming season - even if, as they say, the latest group trying to censor them now has a military."

The U.S. House of Representatives for the first time on Wednesday approved a war powers resolution that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran, defying President Donald Trump as a handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to end the three-month-long conflict.

Erin Brockovich, the renowned consumer advocate and environmental activist who inspired an Oscar-winning movie staring Julia Roberts, is now setting her sights on AI data centres with a new website that maps their growth across the U.S. and asks residents to report their concerns.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada has endorsed a rescue plan that would see all of Marineland's remaining beluga whales split up and sent to Oceanografic Valencia in Spain or one of four U.S. locations.

CBS News has confirmed it fired veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley in the wake of a publicly disclosed clash with new executive producer Nick Bilton.

The search continues for two miners who remain trapped in a flooded cave in Laos. Rescuer Josh Richards talks about the tight, claustrophobic conditions they are dealing with.

The Trump administration is scrapping plans to create a $1.8 billion US fund meant to compensate allies of the Republican president, the Justice Department's top official said Tuesday in retreating from a program that faced setbacks in the courts and a fierce political backlash that had threatened to stall key elements of the White House agenda

U.S. President Donald Trump claims his perfect results from a recent cognitive exam demonstrate his 'extreme intelligence' - but that's not what the test is meant to measure at all. Andrew Chang breaks down the exam questions to explain what it's actually designed to do.(Photo credits: The Canadian Press, Reuters, Adobe Stock and Getty Images)

Idris Elba might not be the new James Bond, but he is now one of the U.K.'s newest knights. He was one of several stars who were honoured at Windsor Castle, tapped on the shoulder with a shiny sword and officially knighted by King Charles on Tuesday.

A record 1,248 players representing 48 nations are on the final World Cup rosters released by FIFA on Tuesday.

This stage - the NBA Finals - is new to just about everyone on the Spurs and Knicks rosters, meaning very few players on either side can have any real idea of how the moment will seem on Wednesday night when the 80th title series in league history gets underway in San Antonio.

In honour of the United States' 250th birthday, the U.S. Treasury plans to print a $250 bill featuring President Donald Trump's face. Andrew Chang explains the legal hurdles in printing this new bill and the long-standing precedent it would shatter.(Photo credits: The Canadian Press, Reuters, Adobe Stock and Getty Images)

After months of silence, the Liberal government has formally confirmed Canada's $2.6-billion purchase of 26 HIMARS rocket launchers from the United States. The long-range strike systems will arrive starting in 2029 and mark a major boost to the Canadian Army's firepower.

U.S. President Donald Trump has tapped Bill Pulte to be acting director of national intelligence, putting a real estate scion and fierce Trump loyalist in a key national security post as the U.S. remains at war with Iran.

Holding the keys with a full no-movement clause, Mitch Marner nixed a trade to Carolina from Toronto late last season. His decision to join the Golden Knights as a free agent caused a domino effect that has led Vegas and Carolina to the Stanley Cup final.

Iran is reviewing a proposed agreement with the U.S. to halt their war but has not communicated with Washington for a few days, Iranian media reported on Tuesday, though U.S. President Donald Trump said negotiations had been going on continuously.

The family of Rania Al-Abbasi and Syrian authorities say that investigations have unveiled that her six children, who were detained along with Rania and her husband in 2013 by Syria's former Assad regime, are believed to be dead.

Authorities in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi recently arrested two people linked to a Facebook page critical of the local government under a new artificial intelligence law that human rights and press freedom groups warn is being used to suppress political dissent.

International Paralympic Committee president Andrew Parsons wants to see more women competing and more sports on the Paralympic program.

Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles against Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight, killing at least 22 people and wounding 130, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday.

The Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement is up for review on July 1. It's the free trade deal that impacts more than $1 trillion of the Canadian economy each year. Trump has previously threatened to abandon the agreement, but some trade experts are calling his bluff. Here's everything you need to know about the agreement, and what's at stake.

Divers in Laos are attempting to find two men trapped in a flooded cave network, days after one person was rescued and four others crawled to freedom. Cave diving expert Edd Sorenson says lack of access to clean water is one of many hazards they face.