Buckingham Palace: Harry, Meghan won’t use royal titles
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will no longer use the titles “His and Her Royal Highness,” Buckingham Palace announced Saturday. The couple will also not receive public funds for royal…
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Almost 44,000 animals on Australia’s Kangaroo Island have died from fire
Devastating wildfires in Australia have caused the deaths of more than 40,000 animals on Kangaroo Island, where animal groups are trying to save as many as they can. The government’s…
Syrian airstrikes kill 21 despite truce, watchdog says
Syrian government airstrikes killed nearly two dozen civilians in Idlib province and violated the terms of a cease-fire agreement, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday. The strikes killed…
Turkey arrests hundreds over suspected ties to failed 2016 coup
Turkish authorities have arrested hundreds of people they suspect have ties to the purported leader of a failed overthrow of the government three and a half years ago, prosecutors said…
Boris Johnson rejects appeal for 2nd independence vote in Scotland
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday refused an appeal from Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon to stage a second referendum on declaring independence from Britain. In a letter explaining the…
Saudis’ Aramco raises $29.4B in world’s biggest initial public offering
Saudi Arabia’s Aramco raised $29.4 billion in the world’s largest initial public offering, surpassing the oil company’s original listing by $5 billion. Goldman Sachs Group Inc., one of the underwriters…
Iraq asks Trump administration to start planning U.S. troop withdrawal
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi wants U.S. President Donald Trump’s chief diplomat to send a team to Iraq and come up with a plan to withdraw American troops from…
Canadian PM Trudeau: Intelligence suggests Iran shot down airliner
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday that the country has intelligence indicating a Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Tehran this week was shot down by an Iranian missile. He…
Body of child stowaway discovered in Air France plane’s undercarriage
Workers at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport found the body of a child who stowed away in the undercarriage of an Air France airplane, the airline announced Wednesday. The boy,…
At least 50 dead in stampede during funeral for Iranian general
A stampede during a funeral procession Tuesday for slain Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in his hometown of Kerman, lran, killed more than three dozen people, officials said. The stampede…
