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Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Iraq reported drone attacks on Monday, two days after the United States abruptly suspended a ‌two-week campaign of airstrikes against Iran, as Tehran appeared to put U.S. President Donald Trump's latest strategic U-turn to the test.

Facing a rising rate of people putting the wrong items in recycling bins, the Regional District of Nanaimo says it may start fining repeat offenders.

Canada's Lia-Monica Fontaine, the 2025 world silver medallist on vault, captured Commonwealth Games gold on vault with a score of 14.000 in Glasgow on Monday.

Police say they found evidence of a firearm discharge outside the U.S. Consulate early Monday morning. Police did not confirm the Consulate had been targeted, as was the case in a shooting earlier this year, but a U.S. embassy spokesperson said at least one gunshot had impacted the building.

New research analyzing jade artifacts, unearthed east of the Rocky Mountains, sheds light on vast Indigenous trade networks that once cut across pre-colonial Western Canada.

The space between Renald Guignard's house on the island of Lamèque and a cliff along the Gulf of St. Lawrence is a small fraction of what it once was and a vivid illustration of a changing climate.

Robin MacDougall says she "just couldn't comprehend" why police entered her home without her knowledge. RCMP say they visited the home because a 911 call was dropped and they were concerned about the caller's safety.

Do storage lockers built directly into condo parking garages violate Ontario's fire code? Toronto Fire says yes. But a fire consultant describe a standards 'grey area' that's been going on for decades.

There's time now for a real consultation about what the public wants Toronto's waterfront to be.

Investigators believe the same SUV may have been involved in both shootings at the Kiva's locations.

Michigan's economy relies heavily on Canada, meaning the new tariffs — coupled with inflation still running high and gas prices rising — have created additional economic concerns statewide.

Police said that they found evidence of the firearm discharge early Monday morning after hearing gunfire.

Gunfire erupted at a food festival beneath Seattle's Space Needle on Sunday, leaving three people dead and four others wounded, including a toddler.

Caring for city parks means more than just mowing lawns and keeping washrooms open. It also means caring for the habitats of signature creatures that have always lived here.

"Cockroach" party in India is using digital tools to organize and grow.

Is there a point when the disgrace outweighs the athletic grace? Toronto author David Macfarlane explores that in his new book “On Sports.”

Put the rule into practice, and you'll start using it everywhere.

Melissa Gallagher co-founded Alma Care after having her first child and discovering there was little postpartum help. 'Questions just start piling up.'

Canada marked the official opening of the bridge Friday, after a joint celebration with the U.S. was cancelled over tariff threats on Canadian goods

Government has often been accused of expanding surveillance powers and tightly controlling digital communications

President’s visit coincides with tensions between Washington and Ottawa that marred the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge

As wildfires continue to devastate southwest France, residents of the fire-hit town of Le Porge have rallied to support exhausted firefighters, while police patrol evacuated neighborhoods to deter looting and track suspected arsonists. On Sunday, volunteer Nathalie Augonnet and police captain Antoine Le Querler spoke to Reuters about their efforts.

Saudi Arabia says it shot down drones fired by Iran-backed militias in Iraq that had targeted its petroleum facilities

The Gironde blaze has burned an area four times the size of Paris

Several people were injured in a shooting at Seattle Center, an events complex near the Space Needle where a food festival was taking place

A known Islamist suspected of driving a minivan into a crowd near a major LGBTQ Pride gathering in Berlin was shot dead by law enforcement officers in the city's Spandau district, police said on Sunday.

Mamdani encouraged the U.S. government to execute the arrest warrant issued by the ICC for Israel’s Prime Minister

Similar forensic techniques could be used to identify Indigenous children who went missing from residential schools in Canada

France’s interior minister said Monday that a monster wildfire has stopped growing after 220,000 forced out of their homes in the country’s southwest, cautions it isn’t yet beaten.

Authorities said the suspect had come to authorities’ attention in the past because of numerous previous crimes, of which he didn’t give details.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has never had a formal call or meeting with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces an International Criminal Court arrest warrant.

One person was killed and at least 15 others were injured after a car drove into a crowd during Berlin's annual LGBTQ+ Pride parade, prompting police to end the event.

A Canadian woman of Chinese origin who was an intern at NATO's military headquarters in Belgium has been arrested on spying charges, Belgian prosecutors said on Saturday.

Wildfires across France and Spain have forced more than 250,000 people to evacuate as crews battle fast-moving flames fuelled by extreme heat.

Trump addressed the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner as organizers honoured Secret Service officer Victor Gonzales for his actions during April's shooting.

By a large majority, the International Criminal Court’s 125-member states ousted British barrister Karim Khan, the first time in its history the court has made such a move.

The Australian carrier plans to start selling tickets for its non-stop flight in February, CEO Vanessa Hudson told an event in Toulouse, France, in June, Reuters reported.

Paramedics treated the injured on a black inflatable boat as a police helicopter hovered overhead near the clock tower that houses the bell known as Big Ben.

A Times examination details how the Silicon Valley giant used private talks with local officials to start a project big enough to cover nearly six square miles.

Prospective students of the Jewish mystical practice are urged to delay their studies until they reach the age of 40.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany called for tighter monitoring after the authorities said the suspect in the assault had tried to join ISIS and was released from detention in May.

“It’s hard to look at the last year and see anything other than a deliberate slowdown of these grants.”

The Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen has seized on a vulnerable moment for neighboring Saudi Arabia, which does not want another war. The group hopes to force political concessions in Yemen that could give it more authority and more access to resources.

Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the New York Democrat and minority leader, focused relentlessly on affordability in a swing district.

Chinese A.I. models are gaining ground. But the companies behind them do not have a clear strategy to make money from that success.

The first U.S. attempt at reopening a shuttered reactor has been held back by run-down equipment and a lack of planning.

The road to the giant project was paved with secret meetings and an ever-expanding building plan.

Four others were injured near the city’s Space Needle, the authorities said. The police took a suspect into custody and were searching for another.

Unlike most central banks, the MAS manages medium-term price stability by managing the Singapore dollar exchange rate against a trade-weighted basket of currencies.

A rare wildfire spreading across France's Bordeaux region and has spread to Western Madrid is fire cloud that can generate its own thunderstorms.

The Hefei-based company raised 57.92 billion yuan ($8.6 billion) after pricing its IPO at 8.66 yuan per share.

A temporary pause to the U.S.-Iran conflict appeared to hold on Monday, after negotiations over a lasting peace faced fresh hurdles over the weekend.

The impact of a gigantic wildfire ravaging France's Bordeaux region and Spain has been like a "clap of thunder" for the local economy, a minister said.

President Trump on Friday launched a fresh round of tariffs targeting 60 trading partners, including the European Union, China and the U.K.

It's not the spend, it's the return.

Microsoft, SpaceX, Palantir, alongside dozens of other tech companies from the U.S. and Europe, have joined the Open Secure AI Alliance.

Chocolate firms look to win shoppers back with premium products and social media trends after poor weather conditions, tariffs, and the Iran war hit sales.

A small Finnish town has turned to the world's largest commercial sand battery to tackle a major hurdle in the energy transition: intermittency.

The president says Operation Southern Spear has virtually ended drug trafficking by sea. Pentagon and DEA analysts have concluded otherwise.

North Koreans are banking, getting makeup tutorials and using period trackers on their phones. But under Kim, these digital comforts are also tools of control.

The strikes by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels could add to the pressure on global oil markets on top of disruptions caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Tour de France fans were spoilt for choice in Paris when it came to drinking in the drama of cycling's greatest race.

Chan Mathok Atak, 19, from Sudan, is accused of endangering another during a sea journey to the UK.

With PM Andy Burnham saying he wants to bring "substantial change" to social care in England, BBC Verify looks at four possible options.

A woman in her 30s and a man in his 60s from Doncaster are pronounced dead at the scene.

The Aberdeen-based businessman turned his family's boat repair firm into an oil and gas engineering giant.

British champion Bilal Fawaz has lived in the UK for more than 20 years but is fighting for British citizenship - his story features in a new BBC documentary.

The singer also reveals she has received treatment for skin cancer, but vows to keep singing.

Chelsea are in talks to sign Brighton & Hove Albion striker Danny Welbeck, with the 35-year-old keen to join new manager Xabi Alonso at Stamford Bridge.

Aaron Strachan was told he may never be released from prison after abducting and raping the girl in Edinburgh last year.

English football is set to implement a radical trial to try to eradicate the goalkeeper tactical timeout this season, BBC Sport can reveal.

The Chiefs said their prayers are with the family as police investigate the shooting

Sir Clive Alderton says it has been the ‘greatest imaginable honour’ to serve the King and Queen

Singer-songwriter Matt Farley has written songs about everything from Fresno, California, to diarrhea and green beans, a result of his tireless pursuit to create music - without striving for perfection, Ariana Baio writes

Wildfires in Europe have displaced around 300,000 people this week

Drowning is the leading cause of death in children under the age of 5 – and the number of deaths has significantly increased in the past seven years

Andy Burnham has survived his first week.

Aaron Strachan, 21, stalked, abducted and raped the teenager in the York Place area of Edinburgh in May 2025

Two adults who were injured have been discharged from the hospital, while the toddler is in ‘satisfactory’ condition

Robert Bush kept 31 bodies that should have been cremated months ago at his site in Hull

Sailor Kai Sato used an ingenious way to find drinking water after he was left drifting in the ocean without fuel or a working phone