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Student groups reported protests at universities in Iran’s two largest cities as the government grapples with domestic discontent and the threat of U.S. strikes.

The top negotiators plan to meet in Geneva on Thursday for last-ditch talks, debating a new proposal that could create an off-ramp as two carrier groups massed within striking distance of Iran.

The tensions between the Trump administration and Canada were largely cast aside at the men’s Olympic gold medal game, which the U.S. team won in overtime.

Security officials are monitoring increasingly worrisome signs as President Trump considers another military campaign against Iran.

At least one man was killed in Kyiv as Moscow launched a wave of drones and missiles, days after the latest round of U.S.-mediated talks to end the war.

The ambassador, Mike Huckabee, seemed to endorse Israeli control of lands stretching from Egypt to Iraq. He said his comments were taken out of context.

President Trump said his planned meeting with President Xi Jinping would be a grand display, but tensions over trade and defense could dampen the mood.

The Kremlin’s sabotage campaign against European allies of Ukraine has been escalating. It needs people like Aleksei Kolosovsky, 42, to carry it out.

Muslims make up a majority in Sambhal, but after deadly clashes over a mosque, they say they the arms of the state are now stifling them.

In a country where a quarter of the population lacks a family doctor, Canadian communities compete in a zero-sum battle to recruit family doctors.

Team Mirai, a political party founded by software engineers, won 11 seats in Japan’s legislature by promising chatbots, self-driving buses and high-tech jobs.

Students helped grow initial protests into a national movement crushed by the government. As the new semester began, they chanted and marched again.

Jorrit Bergsma, a gold medalist back in 2014, is now 40. But he rolled back the years to win gold.

The Lebanese militant group said eight of its members were among those killed late Friday. The attacks threaten to further destabilize an already tenuous cease-fire.

Johannes Klaebo won his sixth cross country gold medal at the 2026 Olympics.

Young skaters known as flower kids jump into action. They have their own Olympic dreams.

The decision could distract from other challenges facing the continent, like issues with China and the war in Ukraine.

The thermal waters of the Italian Alps, long praised for their restorative properties, are well known to elite athletes. During the Winter Games, they’ve drawn spectators, too.

The Norwegian cross-country skier completed the biggest medal haul ever by an athlete at a Winter Games, and one of the biggest at any single Olympics.

The American Alex Ferreira nailed his final run to win gold in the ski halfpipe.