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NEW YORK: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the international community to overcome divisions and step up support for people in need as Ramadan approaches, urging action to protect human rights and dignity amid conflicts and humanitarian crises.

DETROIT: President Donald Trump has threatened to block the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, a major new U.S.-Canada crossing between Detroit and Windsor, unless Canada agrees to terms he outlined on social media. Trump said the bridge should not open

PHOENIX: A federal jury in Phoenix ordered Uber Technologies to pay $8.5 million to a passenger who said she was sexually assaulted by a driver, marking a closely watched verdict in litigation that includes thousands of similar claims against the ride-hailing company across

MENA Newswire, WASHINGTON: The death toll from a sprawling winter storm and its aftermath across the United States has reached at least 90, as bitter cold, snow and ice continued to disrupt daily life from the South and Midwest to the Mid Atlantic and

MENA Newswire, WASHINGTON: The U.S. Senate approved a sweeping government funding agreement late Friday, but a short partial shutdown began after the House of Representatives left Washington without taking it up before a midnight deadline. The Senate vote, 71 to 29, advanced a package

MENA Newswire, DAVOS: California has joined a World Health Organization coordinated outbreak response network, state officials said, a day after the United States formally completed its withdrawal from the U.N. health agency. Governor Gavin Newsom’s office said California is the first U.S. state

MENA Newswire, GENEVA: The United States has formally completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, ending nearly eight decades of membership in the UN health agency that coordinates global disease surveillance and emergency response. The withdrawal took effect on January 22, 2026,

WASHINGTON: Most U.S. families do not earn enough to meet the federal definition of affordable child care, according to a recent LendingTree analysis that compares household income with typical costs for two young children. Using the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

DAVOS: U.S. President Donald Trump publicly rebuked Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney this week after Carney’s World Economic Forum speech described a breakdown in the rules-based international system and warned against the use of economic leverage by major powers. Trump’s response, delivered in remarks

MENA Newswire, WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s administration is circulating plans for a new international body called the Board of Peace, with a proposal that countries could pay $1 billion to secure permanent seats, according to official documents and public statements from several invited governments.