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Israel's genocide in Gaza — now in its 462nd day — has killed over 46,006 Palestinians and wounded 109,378 others. In Lebanon, Israel has killed 4,048 people since October 2023.

The once-warm relationship between the United States and Canada has cooled in the past decade. But despite harsh rhetoric on both sides of the border these days, things are well positioned for a major reset. Indeed, the rightward shift in Washington and the coming move to the right in Ottawa offers a perfect opportunity to strengthen our necessary alliance.

A parliamentary judiciary subcommittee on Friday passed a new opposition-led bill mandating a special counsel probe into impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed martial law bid.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in Friday for a new term, extending his increasingly repressive rule in the face of renewed protests and rebukes from the United States and others who believe he stole last year’s vote.

Acting President and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo was impeached by the National Assembly, Friday, in an unprecedented parliamentary move to oust the nation’s interim leadership amid a deepening political crisis.

The United States has moved away from its moral foreign policy of promoting democracy and human rights across the globe. This shift could create global instability, as authoritarian regimes could fill the vacuum left by America’s retreat. In order to prevent this, the US needs to recommit to its moral foundations and renew its efforts to support democracy around the world.

The meeting comes two weeks after Bashar al Assad, Syria’s leader for nearly 25 years, was toppled in a lightning operation by anti-regime forces.

The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, encircled by Israeli drones and tanks, has pleaded with the international community to intervene to protect the northern Gaza hospital as Israel ordered patients as well as hospital staff to evacuate.

Igor Kirillov, a senior general in charge of Russia’s nuclear defence forces, was killed on Tuesday in a bomb blast in Moscow. A source in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), talking to Al Jazeera, has claimed responsibility for the bombing.

The UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen arrived in Damascus on Sunday to engage in discussions aimed at advancing the political process and addressing the challenges facing the war-torn country, Anadolu reports.