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Play Live updates on the Toronto van incident from CBC News Network. 0:00 Toronto police arrested a driver after a white van struck a number of pedestrians Monday in the Yonge Street and Finch Avenue area. A witness told police that eight to 10 people were hit, according to Toronto police spokesperson Gary Long. A spokesperson […]

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will meet at the truce village of Panmunjeom, Friday morning, Cheong Wa Dae said after the last working-level preparation meeting was held Monday. The exact time the summit will begin was not disclosed. Because the meeting will be held on the South’s side of […]

Image Credit: Okaz Child firing from machine gun in residential area. Manama: A Saudi man has been referred to the public prosecution after he encouraged a child to fire live bullets from a machine gun in a residential area in the capital Riyadh. The man was identified after a video was widely circulated on social […]

Somali Finance Minister Abdirahman Duale Beileh (center) is seen flanked by participants of International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank meetings last week in Washington. (Twitter – @DrBeileh WASHINGTON — Somalia’s finance minister said the country is winning in its effort to get the trust of international financial institutions and could receive debt relief as early […]

Macron is one of Trump’s closest allies after the US president attended Bastille Day celebrations last year [File: Charles Platiau/Reuters] Emmanuel Macron made the comments ahead of his visit to the US, during which he will meet with President Donald Trump. French President Emmanuel Macron has said he wants to persuade US President Donald Trump to protect the JCPOA, […]

FILE PHOTO © Maks Vetrov / Sputni Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has killed an ISIS terrorist who plotted an attack on its local HQ and an administrative building in Stavropol. Agents recovered a firearm, IED components, and an ISIS flag from the scene. The FSB operatives attempted to arrest the suspected terrorist in the […]

Salah Abdeslam Photo: AFP A Belgian court on Monday found Salah Abdeslam, the last surviving suspect in the Paris attacks, guilty of terrorism-related attempted murder over a shootout with police in Brussels days before his capture in 2016, and sentenced him to 20 years in jail. In its judgment, the court in the Belgian capital […]

FILE PHOTO: President Erdogan poses with police officers © Kayhan Ozer / Reuters Turkish President Recep Erdogan has sharply criticized the US and other NATO allies for their support of and reliance on Kurdish militias to keep a foothold in Syria, reiterating that Ankara views them as a threat to its security. “We cannot buy […]

DP World, the world’s fourth-largest port operator, said in 2016 it would invest more than $400m to develop Berbera port [Feisal Omar/Reuters] Somalia’s foreign minister said Dubai state-owned port operator DP World should reconsider its contract with the breakaway region of Somaliland and work with federal authorities so the East African country’s sovereignty is not violated. “We […]

KABUL (Pajhwok): At least 31 people were killed and 54 others wounded in a suicide attack on a voter registration centre in the Dasht-i-Barchi area of the capital Kabul on Sunday morning, official said. Hashmatullah Stanikzai, a Kabul police official, told Pajhwok Afghan News the explosion happened when a suicide bomber targeted civilians who had gathered to […]