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Insurgents who attacked a passenger train in Pakistan killed 21 hostages, the military said Wednesday, while security forces rescued over 300 others and killed all 50 of the assailants.

A NASA telescope was launched into space from California on Tuesday for a mission to explore the origins of the universe and to scour the Milky Way galaxy for hidden reservoirs of water, a key ingredient for life.

The European Union on Wednesday announced retaliatory trade action with new duties on U.S. industrial and farm products, responding within hours to the Trump administration's increase in tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25 per cent.

Ukraine agreeing to an interim ceasefire along the sprawling 1,200 kilometre frontline Tuesday was hailed as a major step toward peace, but Russia has yet to respond to the U.S. proposal and reaching an agreement will be a challenge, observers say. If Russia does accept, making the truce an enduring one could involve thousands of peacekeepers.

While Tesla CEO Elon Musk isn't in any danger of struggling to make ends meet, his wealth has taken a significant hit recently as shares of the electric vehicle company tumble on the stock market. Some analysts say it's an indication that Musk's controversial comments and connection to the Trump administration are having an impact on his personal riches.

Canadian travellers to the U.S. will be exempt from new fingerprinting requirements imposed on all other foreign nationals, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

Signs are mounting of U.S. unease with President Donald Trump’s North American trade war and it’s surfacing in various places, from economic data, to grumbling businesses, to media coverage, and in tense exchanges at the White House. Some ask: Is there a plan here?

Greenland's pro-business opposition Demokraatit party won Tuesday's closely watched parliamentary election, beating the incumbent left-wing coalition in a vote dominated by U.S. President Donald Trump's pledge to take control over the island.

An Israeli airstrike killed four Palestinians in Gaza on Tuesday, the territory's civil emergency service said, as Arab mediators and the United States tried to hammer out differences between Hamas and Israel over a Jan. 19 ceasefire agreement.

Hundreds of people were killed in Syria over four days after violent clashes between the army and loyalists of the deposed president Bashar al-Assad swept its western coastal region.

The ship's captain arrested in connection with a crash into a U.S.-flagged tanker off the coast of England is a Russian national, the German company that owns the vessel said on Wednesday.

A selfless athlete and leader during her moguls skiing career, Jennifer Heil will bring those qualities and others to her role as Canada’s chef de mission for the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games in 2026, the Canadian Olympic Committee announced Tuesday.

Emergency officials in Guatemala moved about 300 families out of their homes and put thousands more on alert as a volcano spewed ash and gas upward on Monday.

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case from Colorado to decide whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for 2SLGBTQ+ children.

Philippine officials say former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, who was arrested, has left Manila on a plane and will be turned over to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. A plane carrying Duterte left Manila late Tuesday.

The United States agreed on Tuesday to resume military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine immediately after talks in Saudi Arabia in which Kyiv voiced readiness to accept a U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in its conflict with Russia, the countries said in a joint statement.

Ukraine on Tuesday launched its biggest ever drone attack on Moscow, killing three people, injuring 18 others and causing a short shutdown at the Russian capital's four airports, Russian officials said.

The father of 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki, who went missing in the popular Dominican Republic tourist town of Punta Cana while on spring break with friends, said he has asked authorities to widen their investigation.

Pope Francis is no longer in imminent danger of death as a result of pneumonia that has kept him hospitalized for nearly a month, doctors said Monday, but they have decided to keep him hospitalized for several more days to receive treatment.

A boat has capsized in southwestern Congo and killed 25 people, many of them soccer players, authorities said Monday.