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A man was arrested after he drove a speeding car into a pedestrian area in the westernGerman city of Trier on Tuesday, police said, killing five people, including a 9-month-old. The crash injured at least 14 others, in addition to killing a 73-year-old woman, and the infant, Mayor of Trier, Wolfram Leibe, said during a […]

The assassination of a senior Iranian nuclear scientist shocked Iran’s leadership but will not derail the country’s nuclear program, which has been steadily advancing despite President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” policy, experts say. When Joe Biden is sworn in as president on Jan. 20, he will have to contend with the reality that Iran has […]

Dozens of armed robbers invaded a city in southern Brazil overnight, taking control of the streets as they launched an assault against a bank, according to local reports Tuesday. The audacious heist reportedly injured two people and left banknotes strewn across the ground in the city of Criciúma. Close to 30 people wearing hoods participated […]

The popular Netflix series “The Crown” has taken viewers on a sweeping tour of modern history through the eyes of the British royal family, dramatizing pivotal events from the post-war era to Margaret Thatcher’s administration. But the show’s revisions to the historical record — embellishments, exaggerations and even some outright inventions — have long stoked […]

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Kaavan, dubbed the “world’s loneliest elephant” after languishing alone for years in a Pakistani zoo, was greeted on his arrival in Cambodia on Monday by chanting Buddhist monks and was then sent on his way to a wildlife sanctuary. Like other travelers during these times, the elephant needed to be tested […]

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed praised his soldiers on Monday for victory over a rebellious northern movement, but the leader of Tigray’s forces said they were still fighting amid fears of a protracted guerrilla conflict. The nearly month-long war has killed hundreds and probably thousands, sent refugees into Sudan, enmeshed Eritrea, […]

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran held a funeral service Monday for the slain scientist who founded its military nuclear program two decades ago, with the Islamic Republic’s defense minister vowing to continue the man’s work “with more speed and more power.” An honor guard carried the casket containing the body of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who reportedly was […]