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The death toll from a major explosion in Iran’s most important container port of Bandar Abbas rose to at least 70, with over 1,200 injured, state media said…

(Reuters) -The head of Israel’s domestic intelligence service announced his resignation on Monday, saying he would step down on June 15, six weeks after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…

Iran has proposed meeting the European parties to a 2015 nuclear deal possibly in Rome this Friday if talks resume with the United States, four diplomats said on…

Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor, delaying the secret voting for two days so they…

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration touted the early results of his immigration crackdown on Monday despite concerns over due process, displaying photos of alleged criminal offenders on the…

Canadians went to the polls on Monday after an election campaign in which U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and musings about annexing Canada became the central issue.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a unilateral 72-hour ceasefire next week in Ukraine to mark Victory Day in World War II as the U.S. presses for…

No U.S. president has ever surrendered global power so quickly.

“Koinobori” carp streamers fly over a beach in Kumano, Mie Prefecture, ahead of Children’s Day on May 5.

In an episode more moving and raw than ever before, a traumatised Ellie grabs a gun and rides off to take revenge. But can she possibly make it – and who are the scarred newbies?This article contains spoilers for the The Last of Us season two. Please do not read unless you have seen episodes one to three.Despite growing up amid a fungal apocalypse that she alone may have the ability to undo, Ellie (Bella Ramsey) is a typical teenager in one key regard: constant sarcastic backchat. We’ve seen the unfiltered 19-year-old dish it out to friends and authority figures alike, rarely thinking twice before saying whatever is on her mind. Which makes it all the more affecting when she spends so much of this episode in pained silence, grieving for the surrogate father she helplessly watched get killed at the end of last week’s relentless emotional wringer. Continue reading…