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Rastriya Swatantra Party, founded just four years ago, set to dominate new parliament with near two-thirds majority.Listen to this article | 3 minsinfoPublished On 12 Mar 202612 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoA political party led by a rapper-turned-politician has won a sweeping parliamentary majority in Nepal, official results show, capping one of the most dramatic elections in the country’s recent history.The Rastriya Swatantra Party of Balendra Shah, a 35-year-old former civil engineer and hip-hop artist known simply as “Balen”, secured 182 seats in the 275-member lower house of parliament, the Election Commission said on Thursday,…

Washington — An Iranian vessel sailed too close to the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, and the U.S. fired at the vessel, according to two U.S. officials briefed on the matter who spoke to CBS News under condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.The officials said a U.S. Navy vessel attempted to fire on the Iranian vessel using its 5-inch, 54-caliber Marck-45 gun, a fully automated naval cannon that is mounted to the forward deck of Navy destroyers and cruisers and has served as the fleet’s standard deck gun since the early 1970s. While it’s not known…

Adobe said CEO Shantanu Narayen will step down after a successor has been appointed, and he will remain as the design software company’s chair. Shares tumbled 7% in extended trading. Narayen joined Adobe in 1988 as a vice president and general manager, and he became CEO in 2007. Under Narayen, Adobe pushed from software licenses to subscriptions to its Creative Cloud application bundle, and the company is now working to expand through generative artificial intelligence. He sought to acquire fast-growing design software company Figma, but regulators pushed back, and the companies called off the deal, resulting in Adobe paying Figma…

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s announcement Thursday of a more than $35-billion plan to upgrade and expand Canada’s military presence in the Arctic is welcome news, one expert said, but is really meant for an audience of one: U.S. President Donald Trump. The federal government says most of the funding — $32 billion — will go toward improvements at three NORAD forward operating bases in Yellowknife, Inuvik and Iqaluit, as well as the 5 Wing Goose Bay air base in Labrador. Those upgrades will include airfield improvements, fuel facilities, ammunition compounds and housing.A new network of four northern operational support bases…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Alabama man who was outside the building when a man was killed in an armed robbery is looking at life as “a gift from God” after being granted clemency by the state’s governor just days before he was set to be executed. Charles “Sonny” Burton, 75, was sentenced to death for his role in the robbery of a Talladega AutoZone store that left a man dead in 1991. While Burton left the store before Derrick DeBruce gunned down customer Doug Battle, he was tried and convicted as an accomplice, with prosecutors insisting Burton…

As the government plans to flood the market with more fuel to tackle shortages, a senior minister is travelling abroad to discuss the issue with other leaders.

While the pair also admired the way each other competed, little did Khadijah know that her future husband was already a fan.“I always viewed her as an ‘idol’ when I watched her on TV, YouTube or TikTok,” said Helmi, who has won various medals at the Asian level. “And I liked her gameplay.”“I enjoy watching him fight and that drew my attention,” said Khadijah. “(I liked) the charisma he carries. I don’t usually enjoy watching other people fight … but he was lovely to watch.”SEEKING VALUABLE ADVICEWhile Khadijah and Helmi are no strangers to the taste of victory, it was…

Prime minister says US-Israeli war prevented Iran from moving its nuclear and ballistic projects underground.Listen to this article | 3 minsinfoPublished On 12 Mar 202612 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims his country is “becoming stronger than ever” as it continues alongside the United States to wage war on Iran, which he said had suffered heavy blows in almost two weeks of attacks.Speaking at a news conference on Thursday, Netanyahu said Israeli attacks killed top Iranian nuclear scientists and inflicted severe damage on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Basij…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Michael Allen, a Republican candidate for Colorado attorney general, said he was “shocked” by a Democratic proposal to legalize prostitution, warning it would “open the floodgates” to human trafficking in Colorado.”It’s hard for me to even decipher why they’ve decided this is the time and place to introduce a radical bill like this,” Allen said in an interview with Fox News Digital.The bill, which sponsors said would “decriminalize adult commercial sexual activity,” was introduced last month by Democratic state Sens. Nick Hinrichsen and Lisa Cutter and Reps. Lorena García and Rebekah Stewart. NEWSOM…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A recent legal decision has paved the way for an affordability program aiming to tackle Canmore’s housing crisis to move forward. The Livability Tax Program is part of a broader strategy to address housing affordability concerns in the mountain town. The program creates residential property sub-classes with different tax rates based on occupancy, applying a higher rate to properties not used as a primary residence. Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won’t miss a trending story. A recent decision from the…