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The U.S. military on Saturday said it struck three Iranian oil tankers after navy warships were targeted with missiles, warning that it would "if necessary, destroy Iran's limited and exposed oil fleet."

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a 72-hour pause in strikes on Kyiv, the Kremlin said Saturday, as U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow to try to revive a stalled push to end Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Rescuers in Nepal pulled out a Chinese man and a woman in separate operations Saturday, 10 days after devastating floods hit the country, as teams continued searching for thousands of missing people.

Logan Taylor spent last Sunday hoping his telephone wouldn't ring. The Lunenburg, N.S., native now lives in Los Angeles and Sunday marked the day NFL teams had to make their final roster cuts. The deadline was 3 p.m. PT and if players were getting cut, they'd get a call.

Gordon Huie, who witnessed the explosion of the Twin Towers, lost his sister in Tower 1 and helped the injured in the hours that followed, visited Gander this week to tell his story and thank residents of Gander for their help and support.

Ikram, 17, left the Moroccan border town of Fnideq at the end of July, when an estimated 80,000 Moroccans and migrants from countries further south travelled travelled to the northern border city, hoping to cross into Ceuta. For a brief period, Ikram felt relief in the Spanish enclave. But she is now homeless.

As U.S. President Donald Trump fights with Canada on tariffs and his decision to rename Lake Ontario, Americans along the border in upstate New York fear the heightened fight could spell the end of close Canadian ties, to the detriment of their communities.

New research suggests Great Lake sturgeon may live more than 400 years — far longer than previously thought. The discovery is forcing scientists to rethink the already-generations-long effort to bring the giant fish back from the brink of extinction.

Canada's federal government is taking steps to designate the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 port expansion in Metro Vancouver as a project of national interest. Environmentalists are concerned that fast-tracking the project could damage the Fraser River Estuary, an area integral to the survival of orcas and salmon.

Automatic licence plate recognition cameras are in the spotlight as citizens across North America question their use by municipalities and law enforcement agencies — with some critics calling them a tool for ‘mass surveillance.’One company in particular, Flock Safety, has found itself at the heart of the debate and while the company’s tech has yet to be used in Canada, greater awareness about these AI-powered cameras is raising questions about how Canadian ALPR camera makers operate.

The U.S. military on Saturday said it struck three Iranian oil tankers after Navy warships were targeted with missiles

Only 24 Carbon Editions of the new Lotus Eletre are earmarked for Canada, with pricing for the Chinese-built EV starting at $119,900.

The city maintains more than 600,000 trees and many are reaching their expiration date, leaving experts concerned about future storms.

Jiong Wang travelled around the province and presented himself to sellers as someone who would care for the animals.

The Liberals lost in three byelections on Thursday despite consistently polling well ahead of the Official Opposition New Democrats.

Ontario public school enrolment is declining, setting off alarm bells as parents look for alternatives.

Parts of the area are in a floodplain, according to the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.

Jake Gordon now slowly being released from seclusion at Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care. His mom credits the Star's ongoing investigation for the change.

It's getting harder to believe that the president is a symptom rather than the cause of what's gone off the rails in the U.S., Susan Delacourt writes.

While the U.S. president makes angry social media posts and changes the name of Lake Ontario, Ottawa is trying to shift the historical southward focus of Canada’s economy.

Three tankers were part of a shadow network helping to fund Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard and its armed proxies in the region, U.S. military says

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to travel to Kyiv on Sunday in an effort to revive peace talks

Zhou Ninghe has made it his mission to bring perpetrators to justice – and he’s already seen tangible results

More than 5,000 remain missing after the floods, which were likely caused by a glacier collapse

Ottawa’s retaliatory tariffs, which will cover $28-billion worth of U.S. imports, are set to take effect on Tuesday

The UN assembly voted 164 to 1, with six abstentions, to support Africa’s campaign for cartographic justice

Insouciance of some manufacturers offers a striking reality check for those hoping Ottawa’s measures will spark a revolt

President Milei announced Thursday that government would move to exert its authority over islands, sanction companies involved in offshore oil exploration

Judge William Sullivan said on Friday that he would hold off on formally declaring a mistrial for an hour to give Clancy's defense lawyer, Kevin Reddington, the chance to file an emergency appeal so jurors could keep deliberating.

Mistrial paves the way for a potential second trial, Plymouth County District Attorney has not decided whether to retry the case

Search teams first heard voices from inside the tunnel in the morning, allowing them to locate the two men, Nepalese lawmaker Shri Ram Neupane said.

The air war between Russia and Ukraine has intensified as the conflict stretches into its fifth year following Moscow’s invasion of its neighbour.

One N.S. resident says she has lost hundreds of relatives and friends after Nepal's deadly flash floods in her home district of Rasuwa.

The search for missing individuals in Nepal is ongoing despite treacherous terrain, damaged infrastructure and dangerous weather conditions.

A Calgary aid worker is helping Nepal earthquake survivors while the city's Nepalese community supports loved ones affected by the disaster.

Chris Mathers, a former RCMP officer who runs a private crime and risk consulting firm, said it's common practice for Chinese state security to try to recruit people online.

The flooding on Aug. 26 killed more than 1,100 people and left roughly 4,400 missing, after a glacier collapsed in the Himalayan border region between Nepal and China.

The RCMP and Canadian military were among the agencies that hired companies run by Edmonton resident 'Sal Ghafouri,' a Global News investigation has found.

Police in Australia have charged a man after they found around 3.5 grams of methamphetamine hidden between the bacon and egg of a McDonald's McMuffin meal during a vehicle search.

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said that 30 Canadians and permanent residents remain missing, a number she says may change as the government gets more information.

Missouri’s Supreme Court said a map redrawn to help Republicans could not be used in November and said voters should decide on the new boundaries.

The U.S. military said it retaliated after Iran launched missiles at two warships. The strikes came days after the two sides exchanged some of their most intense fire in weeks.

The event with the Georgia and Texas Democrats will be hosted by Shonda Rhimes.

At the U.S. Open she is playing a whole new style game.

The network this week took Maria Bartiromo off the air, pulling one of the last hosts whose coverage of Dominion Voting Systems drew an expensive defamation lawsuit.

Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s special envoy, and Jared Kushner, his son-in-law, arrived in Moscow to meet with the Russian leader. They head to Kyiv next, in an effort to revive peace talks.

As the fear of a possible mobilization becomes a fixture of daily life across Russia, many men are deciding whether to flee, hide or sit tight.

Courting authoritarianism with a rapacious Trump.

The season’s new releases give us a cultural road map, but the most rewarding reading, listening and watching comes from the detours.

Even as a jury failed to reach a verdict in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial, her future is unlikely to include freedom, at least for a long time. But Americans have been divided over the goal of her confinement.

The deal comes eight months after Washington ousted former President Nicolás Maduro in a military raid.

Three Iranian crude oil carriers were hit by U.S. forces on Saturday near Iran's key oil export hub, Kharg Island, in the Gulf, U.S. Central Command reported.

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel tells CNBC the company is pursuing AI opportunities on two paths.

Power demand in the U.S. is rising. Fervo Energy bets that its project in Utah will prove that enhanced geothermal can be part of the power mix going forward.

The OpenAI-Hugging Face agent hack sent shockwaves through the business world and helped put the chief information security officer into the spotlight.

General Motors and Ford are looking for new potential growth areas, including by seeking military contracts and getting into energy storage businesses.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government became the country's longest-serving cabinet since World War II on Friday.

The visit comes as Trump renews his push for greater U.S. control of the self-governing Danish territory.

Maria Bartiromo, the longtime host of Fox News and Fox Business programming, has disputed reports she was fired from the cable TV networks.

Tesla's long-awaited Cybercab update failed to dazzle investors.

U.S. Central Command said the strikes were in response to the launch by Iran of missiles toward two U.S. Navy warships.

The U.S. envoys are expected to meet the Russian and Ukrainian presidents in turn. The effort comes as negotiations have stalled with little sign of a path to peace.

The aircraft carrier’s record-long Iran war deployment, which some of the crew described as a grueling odyssey, is winding down at last.

The U.S. was the only country to vote against the U.N. resolution, which encourages the use of an “Equal Earth” map. The U.S. described it as a “radical ideological project.”

On opposite sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, two stores tell the story of the iconic American brand’s diverging fortunes.

A text message to a military officer involved in airstrikes included video of an apparent victim with charred skin, with the words: “Your cooking.”

The embassy issued a health alert Friday warning of a “significant increase in diarrheal illnesses across Cuba” caused by contaminated water and inadequate refrigeration.

Five of Israel’s six desalinization plants are offline. Untreated wastewater from Gaza’s destroyed sewage system could be part of the problem, experts warn.

The rare trip by CIA chief John Ratcliffe failed to persuade Putin to stop the war and may have hardened the Russian's leaders resolve to seek military victory.

Alejandro Betancourt was warned that taking on the U.S. government as a business partner would have costs, but America's backing already is providing big benefits.

Alpine driver Pierre Gasly takes a stunning pole position at the Italian Grand Prix, ahead of Mercedes' George Russell.

US Central Command says the attacks came after Iran launched ballistic missiles at two of its Navy warships.

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are due to hold talks with Russia before travelling to Ukraine on Sunday.

The King and Queen watched events including Highland dancing, caber tossing and pipe bands performing at the annual event in Royal Deeside.

The government says it condemns "the behaviour in Dover" and the hours-long disruption it caused.

The Reform leader also told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that his family are "begging" him to leave his job.

As the UN adopts a new world map to reflect Africa's true size, let's take a closer look at what different maps get right and wrong.

The firm says it needs to save about £1.7bn over the next two years.

The party says the tax cut will be paid for by reducing public spending by £80bn.

Nigel Farage's admirers in the party are calling for a stronger operation as the party aims for power.

The fire started late on Friday and continued into the early hours of Saturday

Central Command told Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: ‘If you shoot at two of our ships, we will impose an even higher economic cost’

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are set to visit Moscow and Kyiv over the weekend

Donald Trump’s war with Iran is hitting ‘inflation, growth and borrowing costs’, John Healey warns

Reform leader says there will be ‘many more’ probes into his party in the wake of fresh allegations made by Channel 4

Exclusive: From behind the bars of a brutal Iranian prison, a political dissident awaiting execution describes life behind bars - and says the war with the US has made carrying out executions easier for the regime. Alex Croft reports

As Iran ramps up executions of protestors, Amirhossein Miresmaeili speaks to the families and friends of those on death row

Laura Jones, 32, says she ‘cannot believe people walk around without any pain’ after suffering for decades with multiple health conditions

Tens of thousands of people have rallied in Croatia in an environmental demonstration

Schools now have a legal obligation to keep children off their mobile phones for the first time. But teachers disagree on which method is most effective