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Disney’s “Star Wars” star Mark Hamill has amped up his scoffing and scorn of President Donald Trump, this time apologizing to Canada just as that country’s election saw Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party claim a massive federal election victory on Monday night.

A Syrian Islamist rebel ex-spokesman went on trial in France on Tuesday under the principle of universal jurisdiction.

The French far-left has attempted to condemn the entire society following the brutal killing of a Muslim worshipper in a mosque in Southern France, allegedly committed by a Bosnian-heritage man.

Spain’s energy network remains silent on the cause of the European blackout, but said a solar power failure was “very possible”.

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party claimed victory in Canada’s federal election on Monday night, with the former banker using his victory speech to grimly warn Canadians “Trump is trying to break us.”

Jordan Bardella, the president of the French populist National Rally party, has confirmed that he will stand in the next presidential election if the ban against his long-time mentor, Marine Le Pen, from running is upheld.

The record number of illegal migrants crossing the English Channel so far this year can be attributed to one factor – the weather. So said the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper on Tuesday when pushed to answer just why the country’s porous border is being so easily crossed by multiple boat arrivals from France.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has called the election in Canada for the Liberal Party, with Prime Minister Mark Carney expected to retain leadership.

First Lady Melania Trump spent her birthday weekend traveling to Rome, Italy, for Pope Francis’s funeral — donning Dolce & Gabbana, Burberry, and Hermès for her travels and the occasion. 

The Eurovision Song Contest says artists at this year’s event will only be allowed to display the flags of the country they are representing.

Actress turned reality star Meghan Markle revealed whether she would run for office during Monday’s episode of “The Jamie Kern Lima Show.”

The communist government of North Korea confirmed on Monday that it had sent troops to fight against Ukrainian forces in Kursk, Russia, a border region that Ukraine attacked in August 2024 after two years of Russian invasion.

In a significant blow to the beleaguered Conservative Party of Kemi Badenoch, one of the party’s top donors has defected to Nigel Farage and has pledged £1 million to Reform UK.

Putin unilaterally announced 72-hour truce, prompting Ukraine to question why they are still dragging its heels on a full 30-day ceasefire. 

The Swiss fencing team turned their backs to the Israeli national anthem after the Jewish state won gold at the European Championships.

Comedian Mike Myers explained why he publicly protested in favor of Canada during a recent “Saturday Night Live” appearance, saying it was sparked by a comment from Elon Musk.

Video footage of the Irish rap trio Kneecap allegedly calling for the death of British Members of Parliament (MPs) is reportedly being assessed by UK counter-terrorism police.

Britain’s National Health Service will reportedly test all supposedly transgender children for autism, adopting recommendations from a landmark report which criticised the previous practice of putting adolescents on the path of life-altering gender reassignment procedures. As NHS England shuts down

A major power outage has been reported in Spain and Portugal, including their capitals.

President expressed sympathy for Zelensky, who he says is now approaching negotiations with a “calmer” and better attitude.

A commencement date for the conclave to elect a successor to the late Pope Francis was announced Monday by the Vatican.

Ten suspects go on trial in Paris on Monday over the 2016 robbery of the US celebrity Kim Kardashian, which saw some $10 million worth of jewellery stolen from the reality TV star and influencer.

A leading pollster has said that Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is on the precipice of triggering the most significant political shake-up in over a century in Britain as voters are set to head to the polls for elections this week.

Responding to a new and unprecedented Dutch intelligence report linking Tehran to assassination attempts on European soil against dissidents — including himself — the founder of Spain’s right-populist Vox Party warned that Iran’s regime is escalating its terror campaign abroad even as it weakens at home, urging the West to seize a rare opportunity to topple the regime by tightening sanctions and supporting the Iranian people and organized resistance.

A man suspected of killing a Russian general with a car bomb pleaded guilty to terrorism charges and said he was paid by the Ukrainian Security Service, Russian authorities said Sunday.

A leading Labour Party peer has warned that his party will “get its head kicked in” by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in the upcoming local elections in England as a result of its focus on woke issues rather than those facing its traditional working-class base.

A supposed journalist often featured on the BBC’s Arabic channel reportedly praised Hamas terrorists and called for Jewish people to be burned “like Hitler did”.

Russia launched a sweeping drone assault across Ukraine overnight into Sunday, targeting multiple regions, officials said, after U.S. President Donald Trump cast doubt over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s willingness to end the war.

Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica a day after he was bade farewell by the powerful of the world and a crowd of hundreds of thousands.

Dublin was flooded with demonstrators on Saturday as thousands took to the streets in opposition to the mass migration agenda imposed upon Ireland by its neo-liberal government.

Nine people are dead and dozens left injured after a driver sent an SUV careering into a crowded street festival in Vancouver late Saturday night.

The left-wing Labour Party government in Britain has reportedly launched an initiative to offer private landlords five-year deals to house illegal migrants as increased crossings of the English Channel have put further pressure on the asylum system.

Across the Netherlands, people donned orange clothes – from tuxedos to feather boas – and boats packed with revelers clogged Amsterdam’s canals to celebrate their king’s birthday Saturday.

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky proclaimed that his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the funeral for Pope Francis has the “potential to become historic”.

All Ukrainian troops have been forced from Russia’s Kursk region, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.

Developing countries should strike swift trade deals with the United States at the “earliest possible” opportunity, the president of the World Bank said.

A funeral Mass is being given for Pope Francis, with hundreds of thousands of mourners gathering with church leaders and political figures.