Your kids may have come home from school singing this infectious ditty, or another like it. But are there really seven continents? Anyone with a map can see that Asia and Europe are connected. They are often called Eurasia for that reason. The divide is pretty arbitrary, more

Kamala Harris pledged to “do everything in my power to end the war in Gaza” in her final rally in Michigan on Sunday, as she attempted to appeal to the state’s large Arab American and Muslim American population two days out from the election. Michigan is home to about

Gaza rescuers said Israeli strikes in Gaza Sunday killed at least 31 people, as the Israeli military pursues its offensive against Palestinian resistance movement Hamas in the north of the enclave. "Since dawn today, at least 17 citizens have been martyred in Israeli attacks on

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are pushing their closing messages as they tour several swing states today, with just two days to go before America decides its next president Both candidates have intensified their campaign efforts in crucial swing states, signaling the importance of

India has denied that Home Minister Amit Shah plotted to target Sikh activists on Canadian soil as it criticised Canada over the “absurd and baseless” allegations. Shah, 60, oversees India’s internal security forces as home minister. He is viewed as the

United States presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are touring southern swing states as they try to attract voters with just three days left until Election Day. The Democratic and Republican leaders headed to the southern battleground state of North Carolina on

UNICEF condemns Israel’s “indiscriminate strikes on the Gaza Strip”, noting that more than 50 children have been killed in Israeli attacks on Jabalia in northern Gaza in the past 48 hours alone. Israeli forces dropped a stun grenade on a polio vaccination centre in

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has promised a “teeth-breaking” response to Israel and the United States after Israel targeted Iranian military sites in retaliatory strikes late last month. “The enemies, both the US and the Zionist regime (Israel),

A Russian missile strike on Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, hit a location used by policemen, killing at least one senior officer and wounding 30 other people, police said. Four civilians were among those injured in the late afternoon attack on Friday, said a national

Fourteen people have been killed when a concrete roof above the entrance of a railway station in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad collapsed. At least three other people were rescued on Friday and hospitalised with serious injuries, Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said. He

Emergency teams in Spain are continuing their efforts to locate dozens of people still missing in what is the worst flooding disaster in generations. More than 200 people are known to have died, with most fatalities happening in the Valencia region, but the death toll is expected to

Israeli airstrikes targeted residential structures in northern Gaza, resulting in what Palestinian officials have described as "brutal massacres."  According to Gaza’s Government Media Office, 84 people, including over 50 children, perished in these attacks. 

A drug trafficking-related shooting has left a teenager and four others seriously wounded in the western French city of Poitiers, Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said Friday. The 15-year-old boy is between life and death after the gunbattle erupted in front of a restaurant

Trump has just attacked former Vice-President Dick Cheney and his daughter, the former Republican lawmaker Liz Cheney, who he calls a "stupid person". Both are Trump critics and have endorsed Kamala Harris. Speaking on stage in Arizona, he says: "I don’t blame

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has expressed hope that a ceasefire to end Israel’s attack on Lebanon could be announced within days as Israeli media published what it said was a draft truce agreement providing for an initial 60-day cessation of fighting. Mikati

A migrant died on Wednesday as he tried to cross the Channel to Britain, French authorities said, bringing to 57 the number of deaths this year linked to crossings in overcrowded dinghies. With British and French authorities seeking to crack down on people smuggling gangs, activists

Israel must immediately address the “catastrophic humanitarian situation” in Gaza, the US envoy to the UN has warned, as the deadline approaches to improve the flow of aid or face cuts to American military assistance. “Israel’s words must be matched by action on

North Korea has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, which flew for 86 minutes - the longest flight recorded by an ICMB - and over 1,000km (621 miles) before falling into waters off its east coast, South Korea's military said. The launch comes at a time of deteriorating

Spain is enduring its worst flooding disaster in decades, with at least 95 people dead and dozens more missing, after huge rains swept the eastern province of Valencia and beyond. Torrential rain on Tuesday triggered flash floods which swept away bridges and buildings and forced people

Indian Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah authorised a wave of violence across Canada that included extortion and homicides, a senior Canadian government official said. David Morrison, Canada’s deputy foreign minister, told a parliamentary committee on Tuesday that he had confirmed