Protests in the small Northern Irish town of Ballymena spiralled into acts of anti-immigrant violence this week after two teenagers who spoke Romanian were charged with sexually assaulting a local girl.

An alleged ISIS supporter who came to Ontario on a study permit has pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges in New York, amid allegations he planned a shooting rampage at a Jewish centre in Brooklyn. Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, was arraigned after he was extradited this week to the U.S. from Canada.

Dozens of Canadians are expected to be among thousands of other activists gathering in Egypt this week ahead of a global march to its Gaza border as they call for an end to Israel's siege on the territory.

The United Nations General Assembly will vote on Thursday on a draft resolution that demands an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in the war in Gaza after the United States vetoed a similar effort in the Security Council last week.

An airplane crashed in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state on Thursday, news agency the Press Trust of India reported.

Communities in Northern Ireland are reeling after two nights of anti-immigration riots left homes destroyed and tensions high. Dozens of police officers were injured in the violence, which authorities say was racially motivated.

Philomena Lee's story of being forcibly separated from her toddler son brought global attention to the horrors of Ireland's mother and baby homes. Now 92 and living in the U.K., she could see her government benefits clawed back if she accepts Ireland's compensation package.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday named eight members to serve on a key panel of vaccine advisers after abruptly firing all 17 sitting members of the independent panel of experts.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that the bodies of two hostages had been recovered from Gaza by the military and the domestic intelligence agency, the Shin Bet.

Disney and Universal have filed a copyright lawsuit against popular artificial intelligence image-generator Midjourney, marking the first time major Hollywood companies have entered the legal battle over generative AI.

Israeli gunfire and airstrikes killed at least 60Palestinians inGazaon Wednesday,most ofthemnearan aid site operated by the U.S-and Israeli-backedGazaHumanitarian Foundation in the center of theenclave, local health officials said.

The jury in the sex crimes retrial offormer Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinsteinhas found the 73-year-old guilty.

Khaby Lame, the world's most popular TikTok personality, with more than 162 million followers, has left the U.S. after being detained by immigration agents in Las Vegas for allegedly overstaying his visa.

Hundreds of fans gathered in the early morning hours to catch a glimpse of K-pop superstars Jimin and Jung Kook, the latest and final members of BTS to be discharged from South Korea's mandatory military service.

Detroit carmaker said on Tuesday it plans to invest about $4 billion USD over the next two years at three U.S. facilities in Michigan, Kansas, and Tennessee as it moves to boost production of gas-powered vehicles amid slowing electric vehicle demand.

Austrian authorities were searching on Wednesday for answers to why a 21-year-old gunman shot dead 10 people in a rampage at his former high school before killing himself, one of the worst outbreaks of violence in the country's modern history.

Nine people were killed in a shooting at a school in the Austrian city of Graz on Tuesday, authorities said. The suspected perpetrator also died.

More than 1,000 people gathered Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil.