Iraq’s top court ruled Tuesday that the speaker and a rival lawmaker should be ousted from Parliament, following a high-profile feud between the two men.The Federal Supreme Court said in a statement it decided to terminate Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi’s membership in Parliament along with that of lawmaker Laith al-Dulaimi. It…

Does Paris have too many SUVs? The mayor is putting that question to voters in the runup to next year’s Olympic Games, the latest salvo in her long-running campaign to make the city more friendly to pedestrians and the planet, and less friendly to cars.Voters will be asked on Feb.…

The Dutch government said Tuesday it has abandoned, for now, plans to rein in flights at Amsterdam’s busy Schiphol Airport following protests from countries including the United States and warnings that the move could breach European law and aviation agreements.The government last year announced plans to reduce the number of…

Turkey’s rhetoric and positions on the Israel-Hamas war have paved the way for closer ties with Iran, which both nations will explore as they seek to resolve long-standing issues. “Compartmentalization has long been the name of the game for the Iran-Turkey relationship under the Islamic Republic and AKP, respectively,” Behnam Ben…

A flight attendant was arrested in Japan after allegedly shoplifting from a store and biting a security guard when she was confronted over the reported theft, local media reports. Singapore Airlines flight attendant Bai Peixuan, 33, was arrested on Nov. 6 in Japan’s Narita, Chiba prefecture, after allegedly stealing six items…

Extremist-linked rebels have killed at least 44 villagers in separate attacks in Congo’s volatile east, local authorities and civil society leaders said Tuesday.The Allied Democratic Forces rebels with ties to the Islamic State group attacked Kishanga village in North Kivu province on Sunday night and killed 33 people including a…

Dueling protests in support of the Palestinian and Israeli peoples at Concordia University in Montreal last week resulted in multiple injuries and an arrest after a student assaulted a security guard amid a violent clash.Student group Jews on Campus told CBC that it tried to hold a peaceful demonstration in…

A climber died in Canada’s Peter Lougheed Provincial Park on Saturday after an avalanche swept down a slope and buried him, authorities said.The climber and a partner were descending the Lone Ranger ice climb in the park’s Ranger Creek when a wind slab avalanche “struck them from above,” Avalanche Canada…

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Tuesday that it has launched a “humanitarian effort” to facilitate the transfer of incubators from a hospital in Israel to Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip, where the IDF alleges Hamas has placed its headquarters underneath. The move comes as the IDF says it “remains…

Russian President Vladimir Putin is going to seek “re-election” in 2024, according to widespread reports.Putin, who has been president since 2012, has begun searching for campaign surrogates ahead of launching his 2024 campaign, according to business outlet Kommersant.The “initiative group” will coordinate to raise support for Putin after he announces…