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Three Israelis were shot and killed by a terrorist Sunday at the border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, Israeli officials said.

The first night of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was interrupted Thursday when anti-Israel protesters briefly tried to interrupt screening of the opening offering.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky used a meeting Friday with top United States military leaders and 50 partner nations to call for yet more weaponry even as the Biden administration confirmed it would rush another $250 million in security assistance to Kyiv.

What do Prince Harry and Hollywood’s own Matt Damon know about the virtues of hard work? Can they offer insights into climate issues, global health, gun violence, and a way forward for all of humanity that defeats hardscrabble inequality once and for all?

Germany’s army rushed an Iris-T air-defence system into service on its own soil for the first time Wednesday having delivered several of the sophisticated systems to war-torn Ukraine to take down Russian rockets, drones and missiles mid-flight.

Pop icon Sir Elton John has been left with “only limited vision” after being partially blinded in one eye after a “severe” infection.

Australia’s “Raygun” is sorry for the backlash her widely ridiculed Paris Olympics performance delivered to the broader breakdancing community. Rachael “Raygun” Gunn, whose routine featured a move that mimicked a kangaroo hopping, made the comments in an interview with Australia’s

Car makers across the UK are rationing sales of petrol and hybrid vehicles to sidestep punitive net zero fines, one of the country’s biggest dealership chains has claimed.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Vice President Kamala Harris’s Democratic running mate in the 2024 race for the White House, is scaring MAGA men by subverting the traditional patriarchy and “offering living proof their tormented masculinity is yesterday’s news” according to an essay in Salon magazine.

A-list Hollywood star Gal Gadot, a former soldier in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), is mourning the brutal murder of six hostages by Hamas terrorists.

Walt Disney and satellite TV provider DirecTV have failed to agree a fresh distribution deal for ESPN, ABC and other Disney-owned networks, with the companies confirming Sunday upwards of 11 million DirecTV subscribers now lose access as a result.

New York Drill rapper Fivio Foreign along with Latin stars Anuel AA and Justin Quiles all share one thing in common: their support for former President Donald Trump in the 2024 race for the White House is unbounding.

Breitbart Senior Editor-at-Large Joel Pollak joined a Timcast to explore what lies ahead for a return of former President Donald Trump to the White House while offering his views on Vice President Kamala Harris and her recent CNN interview.

Left-wing Hollywood actor Mark Ruffalo has sided with Brazilian president Lula da Silva’s judiciary for blocking Elon Musk’s social media platform X, making it largely inaccessible on both the web and through its mobile app.

The cold, hard world of betting markets framing the outcome of the 2024 presidential election were singularly unimpressed by the showing of Kamala Harris during her CNN interview on Thursday evening.

White Stripes frontman Jack White has added his name to the list of musicians angry former President Donald Trump is using their music on the 2024 campaign trail.

Ukraine was given approval Thursday to use its U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets to strike deep inside Russian territory.

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) was once regarded as a glittering star in the Democratic firmament, a surrogate for President Joe Biden and a mouthpiece for his then aspirations of a return to high office in 2024.

President Joe Biden appeared in public Wednesday for the first time in three days, joining his wife Jill Biden for a carefree day on the beach near their house in Rehoboth, Delaware.

Poland’s budget for 2025 includes record military spending of $48.7 billion, officials said Wednesday, as the Ukraine war continues to ramp security concerns across Europe.

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man in a wheelchair was stabbed to death with a machete Wednesday in east London.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has removed over one million people from the state’s voter rolls in an ongoing effort to bar ineligible voters,  including non-citizens, from cast ballots.

Violent knife and sex offenders can increasingly escape prosecution if they show contrition and say sorry, a report Wednesday claims.

Two people were killed and another left seriously injured Tuesday after a Delta airplane tire exploded while it was being changed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Nobody panic (yet) but U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent out another global climate “SOS” at a Pacific islands summit on Tuesday, delivering his second warning in under a week that rising seas are set to deliver humanity a fatal blow in the region.

Stricter knife laws and increased deportations of rejected asylum-seekers. Those are two much-repeated promises made again Monday by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz as he talked tough on a visit to the scene of the knife attack in which a suspected Islamic terrorist from Syria is accused of killing three people.

Slipknot’s Sid Wilson was rushed to hospital Friday with “serious burns” across his body after he got caught in a bonfire “explosion” down on his Iowa farm.

A man suspected of trying to set a synagogue ablaze in the southern French city of la Grande-Motte was arrested late Saturday after a shoot out with police, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.

We were wrong. That was the message Friday from TMZ that acknowledged it falsely claimed pop icon Beyoncé would take the stage in Chicago at the Democratic National Convention.

The United Nations issued a warning to the UK on Friday saying the time has come for it to take action to curb racist hate speech, including by politicians.

The latest effort to ease pressure on Britain’s overcrowded prisons has been issued with magistrates told to stop jailing convicted criminals for several weeks and postpone sentencing.

The number of asylum seekers being granted UK refugee status has soared to the highest number since records began nearly 40 years ago, official figures released Thursday show.

Seventy-five days out from the 2024 presidential election and as of Thursday the latest fundraising numbers show Democrats winning the dash for campaign cash — for now.

No beard, no fighting for you. That was the stern message delivered by the Taliban’s morality ministry Tuesday after more than 280 members of the Afghanistan security force were dismissed for committing “hairstyle violations” by failing to grow sufficient amounts of facial hair as required under Islamic law.

Ukraine did not warn Berlin before its Aug. 6 cross-border incursion into Russia,  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday, adding he expected that Kyiv’s military operation to be limited in time and scope.

Left-wing comedienne Kathy Griffin is not faring too well at the moment. In fact, she has taken to social media to share her despair, noting she is “melting down” at the “shitshow” unfolding around her.