Pakistan's Chief Minister of Balochistan reported that security forces eliminated 145 militants during a 40-hour battle in response to coordinated gun and bomb attacks in the region that resulted in nearly 50 fatalities. The province is currently facing a severe escalation of violence as insurgents intensify assaults on security forces, civilians, and infrastructure in the resource-rich area bordering Iran and Afghanistan. Attacks carried out by individuals disguised as civilians targeted hospitals, schools, banks, and markets, indiscriminately harming ordinary people. The junior interior minister of Pakistan, Talal Chaudhry, stated that militants utilized civilians as human shields during the incidents. The Baloch Liberation Army, a banned separatist group, claimed...

A judge's order has led to the release of a five-year-old boy and his father who were detained by immigration officers in Minnesota and subsequently held in Texas. The duo, Liam Conejo Ramos and Adrian Conejo Arias, were initially apprehended in a Minneapolis suburb on Jan. 20 before being transferred to a detention center in Dilley, Texas. Following their detention, Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro's office confirmed that the father and son have returned to Minnesota. Katherine Schneider, a spokesperson for Castro, verified their arrival back home and mentioned that the Texas congressman personally picked them up in Dilley on Saturday night and accompanied them home to Minnesota...

Prime Minister Mark Carney has arrived in Beijing, marking the initial visit by a Canadian prime minister to China in the past eight years....

Thermal drones paired with emerging artificial intelligence systems are proving effective in bolstering Alberta's defenses against invasive and destructive wild boar. Hannah McKenzie, the Alberta...