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Millions of Canadians are queuing up to cast their ballots on Monday in the country’s 45th election to select a new government.

The elections are taking place in the shadow of a trade war with the United States, and at a time of economic uncertainty in the world’s second-largest nation by area.

As of Friday, a record 7.3 million out of 28.9 million eligible voters had already cast their advance votes, according to Elections Canada.

Here is what to know about the election and what is at…

Israel reiterates demand that Iran’s nuclear programme be dismantled after Tehran and Washington report positive third round.

Iran has accused Israel of “brazenly” trying to scupper negotiations as talks with the United States over Tehran’s nuclear programme appear to be progressing.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “dictating what [US] President [Donald] Trump can and cannot do in his diplomacy with…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

A US airstrike on a migrant detention center in Yemen’s Saada Governorate has killed at least 68 people, sparking outrage and calls for accountability over rising civilian casualties in the ongoing conflict.

A US airstrike on Monday targeted a detention center for African migrants in…

The Kremlin has declared a two-day unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine.

President Vladimir Putin announced on Monday afternoon that Moscow will conduct a ceasefire from midnight on May 8 to midnight on May 10, the dates on which Russia marks the end of the Great Patriotic War, which is its term for the war with Germany in 1942 – 1945, which is known as World War II around much of the globe.

More to come…