More than 1,300 Hajj pilgrims have died this year amid scorching heat, Saudi Arabia says

More than 1,300 pilgrims died amid scorching heat during this year's Hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia's health minister said Sunday.

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In Paris, police step up encampment evictions ahead of the Olympics

Human rights groups say that in the approach to the Paris Olympics, police have stepped up evictions and deportations of people living and working on the streets of the capital and surrounding suburbs. They say law enforcement is targeting the city’s most vulnerable, in what some activists describe as social cleansing.

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Iran's top court overturns rapper Toomaj Salehi's death sentence, lawyer says

Iran's supreme court has overturned Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi's death sentence on charges linked to the country's 2022-23 period of unrest, his lawyer wrote in a post on the X social media platform on Saturday.

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There's an old problem Canada's new foreign-interference law won't fix

Intelligence veterans who've observed how Canada uses espionage in criminal prosecutions, compared to the U.S. and other countries, say the challenge can't be fixed in the soon-to-be-enacted Bill C-70.

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IN PHOTOS | Celebrating summer solstice

People in the Northern Hemisphere celebrate summer solstice, which marks the longest day of the year.

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