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US Issues New Sanctions Targeting Chinese Importers of Iranian Oil

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US Issues New Sanctions Targeting Chinese Importers of Iranian Oil

The United States on Wednesday issued new sanctions targeting Iran's oil exports, including against a China-based "teapot refinery", as President Donald Trump…

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World Vehicles of the Somali special police forces are parked during a handover ceremony in Mogadishu, Somalia, 14 April 2025. EPA/SAID YUSUF WARSAME

Al Shabaab Captures Strategic Somalia Town as it Presses Offensive

Al Shabaab fighters captured a town in central Somalia on Wednesday that government forces had been using as a staging area to drive back an offensive by the…

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World Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi speaks as he meets with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein, in Baghdad, Iraq October 13, 2024. (Reuters)

Iran Says Its Right to Uranium Enrichment Is Non-Negotiable 

Iran's right to enrich uranium is not negotiable, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Wednesday, ahead of a second round of talks in Oman this weekend with…

World A resident stands on a backyard of his house damaged during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine April 16, 2025. (Reuters)

Ukraine Says Russian Drone Attack Injures Three, Damages Homes in Odesa 

A Russian drone attack on the Black Sea port city of Odesa overnight injured three people, sparked fires and damaged homes and civilian infrastructure,…

World A view shows the logo on the exterior of UNICEF's humanitarian warehouse in Copenhagen, Denmark, November 15, 2023. (Reuters) 

UNICEF Projects 20% Drop in 2026 Funding After US Cuts 

UNICEF has projected that its 2026 budget will shrink by at least 20% compared to 2024, a spokesperson for the UN children's agency said on Tuesday, after US…


World People walk at the Tehran Bazaar in Tehran, Iran, April 14, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters

Trump Holds Situation Room Meeting on Iran, Officials Say 

President Donald Trump met with his top national security aides on Tuesday to discuss Iran's nuclear program ahead of a second meeting between US and Iranian…

World UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) vehicles drive in the Lebanese village of Wazzani near the border with Israel, southern Lebanon, July 6, 2023. (Reuters)

Trump Administration Proposes Scrapping UN Peacekeeping Funding 

The White House budget office has proposed eliminating funding for United Nations peacekeeping missions, citing failures by operations in Mali, Lebanon and…

World In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, left, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, center, pose for photos with a wounded Ukrainian soldier during their visit to a hospital in Odesa, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 15, 2025.(Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

NATO's Rutte Visits Odesa, Says Support for Ukraine Unwavering

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said he had visited the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday and declared NATO's…

World Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei addresses government officials in Tehran on April 15, 2025 - AFP

Khamenei Says Iran-US Talks Going Well but May Lead Nowhere

Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday he was satisfied with talks with the United States but warned they could ultimately prove fruitless. Tehran…

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World The Maldives had lifted a previous ban on Israeli tourists in the early 1990s and briefly moved to restore relations in 2010. (Getty Images/AFP)

Maldives Ban Israelis to Protest Gaza War 

The Maldives announced Tuesday it was banning the entry of Israelis from the luxury tourist archipelago in "resolute solidarity" with the Palestinian people. …

World The US flag is seen at the former United States Embassy in Tehran, Iran, April 8, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters

Iran Guards Say Military Capabilities ‘Red Lines’ in US Talks 

Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps said Tuesday the country's military capabilities were off limits, ahead of a second round of talks with the United States on…

World A student protester stands in front of the statue of John Harvard, the first major benefactor of Harvard College, draped in the Palestinian flag, at an encampment of students protesting against the war in Gaza, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., April 25, 2024. (AP)

Harvard Rejects Trump Demands, Gets Hit by $2.3 Billion Funding Freeze 

Harvard on Monday rejected numerous demands from the Trump administration that it said would cede control of the school to a conservative government that…

World In this photo, provided by South Korea Air Force, two US Air Force B-1B bomber, top left, fly over the Korean Peninsula with South Korean Air Force F-35A fighter jet, F-16 fighter jets and US Air Force F-16 fighter jets in South Korea during the joint aerial drills of South Korea and the United States, at an undisclosed location in South Korea, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (South Korea Air Force via AP)

US Flies Long-Range Bomber for Drill with South Korea as North Marks Key State Anniversary 

The United States flew long-range B-1B bombers in a show of force against North Korea on Tuesday, days after the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim…

World US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan meet on the sidelines of a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels. (Turkish Foreign Ministry file) 

Top US and Turkish Diplomats Speak About Dangers Posed by Iran

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Monday about the dangers posed to regional security by Iran and its proxies,…

World Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during a session at Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Antalya, Türkiye, April 12, 2025. (Reuters)

Russia Says It Is Not Easy to Agree Ukraine Peace Deal with US 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that it was not easy to agree with the United States on the key parts of a possible peace deal to end the war in…

World Vice President JD Vance watches as President Donald Trump welcomes the 2025 College Football National Champions, the Ohio State University football team, on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, April 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP)

Vance Sees ‘Good Chance’ of a US-UK Deal, Criticizes Zelenskiy 

There is a good chance that the United States and Britain will strike a "great agreement" on trade due to President Donald Trump's love of the country and its…

World This photograph released by the US Navy shows a MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter hovering over the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier while operating in the Middle East on April 12, 2025. (Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Jordan/US Navy via AP)

Another US Aircraft Carrier in Middle East Waters Ahead of 2nd Round of Iran-US Nuclear Talks 

A second US aircraft carrier is operating in Mideast waters ahead of the next round of talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran's rapidly advancing…

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Palestinian Activist Expecting US Citizenship Interview Is Arrested Instead by ICE in Vermont 

A Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University was arrested Monday at a Vermont immigration office where he…

World A Russian flag flies in front of a culture center damaged by a missile attack, what local authorities called a Ukrainian military strike, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the town of Rylsk in the Kursk region, Russia, March 19, 2025. (Reuters)

Ukraine Pounds Kursk with Drones, Killing One and Injuring Nine, Russia Says 

Kyiv forces hit Russia's Kursk region that borders Ukraine with dozens of drones, killing an elderly woman, injuring nine people and sparking fires in several…

World US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, April 14, 2025. (AFP)

Trump Says Iran Must Give Up Dream of Nuclear Weapon or Face Harsh Response

President Donald Trump said on Monday he believes Iran is intentionally delaying a nuclear deal with the United States and that it must abandon any drive for a…

World Supporters of Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and main rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, protest outside his prison during his first hearing over accusations leveled against him, as Turkish gendarmerie banned them to approach to the Marmara Prison, formerly Silivri Prison, and Courthouse Complex in Istanbul, Türkiye, April 11, 2025. (Reuters)

Turkish Court Rejects Appeal Seeking Release of Key Erdogan Rival from Jail

Judicial officials on Monday rejected an appeal seeking the release of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu from jail pending the outcome of his corruption trial, the…

World People walk at the Tehran Bazaar in Tehran, Iran, April 14, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters

UK Adds Two New Designations to Its Iran Sanctions List

The British government on Monday imposed sanctions on an organization and an individual under its Iran sanctions regime, citing involvement in hostile activity…

World Ukrainian emergency workers search through the rubble at the site of a missile attack in Sumy, northeastern Ukraine, on April 14, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (AFP)

Russia Says It Hit Ukrainian Soldiers in Sumy, Kyiv Says It Deliberately Struck Civilians

Russia said two of its missiles hit a meeting of Ukrainian military officers on Sunday in the city of Sumy, after Ukraine called the strike a deliberate attack…

World Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Vietnam's National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, in Hanoi, Vietnam, April 14, 2025. (Reuters)

China's Xi Says There Are No Winners in a Tariff War as He Visits Southeast Asia

China's leader Xi Jinping said no one wins in a trade war as he kicked off a diplomatic tour of Southeast Asia on Monday, presenting China as a force for…

World A woman walks past a mural depicting a US Air Force unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV, or drone) painted on the outer walls of the former US embassy in Tehran, colloquially-referred to as the "Spy Den," on April 8, 2025. (AFP)

Italy Says Rome to Host Second Round of US-Iran Nuclear Talks 

A second round of nuclear talks between the United States and Iran will be held in Rome, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani was reported as saying on…

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Islamabad Urges Tehran's Cooperation over the Killing of 8 Pakistani Nationals in Southeastern Iran

Islamabad has sought Tehran's “full cooperation” over the killing of eight Pakistani nationals in restive southeastern Iran, officials said Monday. The…

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World Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi speaks as he meets with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein, in Baghdad, Iraq October 13, 2024. (Reuters)

Iranian Foreign Minister Will Consult on Iran-US Talks During Visit to Russia 

Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araqchi will visit Russia this week, the foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, and will consult with Moscow regarding the…

World Iranians drive next to an anti-US mural in a street, in Tehran, Iran, 08 April 2025. (EPA)

EU Ministers Adopt Iran Sanctions Over Citizen Detentions 

European Union foreign ministers on Monday adopted sanctions against seven Iranian individuals and two organizations over the detention of EU citizens, which…

World Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the development of Russian Navy in the Admiralty building in Saint Petersburg, Russia April 11, 2025. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via REUTERS

Russian Moratorium on Energy Strikes Will Depend on Putin, Kremlin Says

The decision whether to extend the US-brokered moratorium on strikes on energy facilities by both Russia and Ukraine will depend on President Vladimir Putin…

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