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Iran Ready to Reopen Strait of Hormuz if US Eases Military Pressure, Lifts Blockade

World FILE PHOTO: Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, August 31, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Iran Ready to Reopen Strait of Hormuz if US Eases Military Pressure, Lifts Blockade

Iran can reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the United States eases military pressure and lifts its blockade on Iranian ports, a senior Iranian…

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World This handout photograph taken and released on September 22,2026 by Turkish news agency DHA (Demiroren News Agency) shows ambulances and police officers waiting in front of a high school outside which a gunman opened fire and was detained shortly afterwards, in Turgutlu, an area west of the resort city of Izmir. (Photo by Handout / DHA (Demiroren News Agency) / AFP)

Student Opens Fire Outside School in Türkiye, 11 Pupils Wounded

A student opened fire in front of their high school in Türkiye's western province of Manisa early on Tuesday, wounding at least 11 other pupils, Justice…

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World Residents cycle through a flooded street after Typhoon Dujuan brought torrential rain to Sakura, Chiba prefecture, Japan, September 22, 2026. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Typhoon Dujuan Leaves 4 Dead in Japan, 45,000 Houses Without Power

Typhoon Dujuan left at least four people dead and 22 injured in Japan, while thousands of houses near Tokyo were without power after the storm swept through…

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World FILE PHOTO: Flags are pictured during the first working session of G7 foreign ministers in Muenster, Germany, November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/Pool/File Photo/File Photo

G7 Foreign Ministers Call on Iran to Stop Arming Houthis

G7 foreign ministers on Monday called on Iran to end its arming and support of Houthis in Yemen, which they said constituted a dangerous pattern of escalation…

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World The aftermath of the bombing that targeted a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires (AFP file photo)

Argentina Accuses 7 Iranians and a Lebanese Man in 1994 Jewish Center Bombing Case

An Argentine judge on Monday formally charged seven Iranians and a Lebanese citizen for their alleged involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community…

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World US President Donald Trump attends the signing ceremony for an executive order on mail ballots, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, March 31, 2026. (Reuters)

Trump Signs Bill Authorizing Sweeping Russia Sanctions

US President Donald Trump signed a bill on Friday authorizing new sanctions designed to pressure Russia over its war in Ukraine, after Congress gave its…

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World Iranian motorists drive past a billboard displaying the flags of Iran and Palestine and portraits of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on a street in Tehran, Iran, 01 August 2026. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH

Iran Executes Man Accused of Providing Missile Info to Israel

Iran's judiciary announced on Saturday the execution of a man accused of providing information about Iranian missile sites to Israeli intelligence. "The…

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World The Russian flag waving in front of the Kremlin in Moscow, July 1, 2018. (AFP / Yuri Kadobnov)

Russia Hits Ukrainian Cargo Ship, Tanker in Black Sea and Ukrainian port, Interfax Says

Russian forces struck a Ukrainian cargo ship and ‌a ‌tanker located ‌in ⁠the Black Sea ⁠and in one of Ukraine's ⁠ports, ‌the Interfax &zwnj…

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World Russian President Vladimir Putin votes online in the parliamentary election in Moscow, Russia, September 18, 2026. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofiev/Pool via REUTERS

Russia Holds Parliamentary Vote in Areas it Seized from Ukraine in the War

Russia’s parliamentary election for the first time includes residents of regions that Moscow illegally annexed from Ukraine after the start of its full-scale…

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World North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance on projects in the defense industry sector in North Korea, in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on September 19, 2026. KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea Affirms its Status as a Nuclear Power is 'Irreversible'

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister, Kim Yo Jong, accused the International Atomic Energy Agency on Saturday of double standards after it adopted…

World FILE PHOTO: Life jackets abandoned by migrants are seen in the Slack dunes, the day after migrants died when their dinghy deflated as they attempted to cross the English Channel, in Wimereux, near Calais, France, November 25, 2021. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo

South Sudanese Migrant Jailed in UK for Piloting Record Channel Boat Crossing

A South Sudanese man was jailed for two years and three months in an English court on Friday after he admitted piloting a small boat across the Channel from…

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World File photo: Firefighters work to extinguish the burning cars at the site of bomb explosion, in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

At Least 16 Killed in Suicide Attack on Police Facility in Northwest Pakistan

At least 16 people, including five police personnel, were killed in northwest Pakistan on Friday after a suicide attacker rammed an explosives-laden car into a…

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World The Spanish National Police transfer hundreds of migrants who had been sleeping on the street to a new location consisting of several tents, aiming to prevent them from continuing to sleep outdoors, in Ceuta, Spain, 13 September 2026. EPA/Reduan

Spanish Police Launch Operation to Clear Ceuta Migrants off Beach

Spanish riot police fired rubber ‌bullets into the air and struck people with batons on Friday as they began an operation to clear thousands of migrants off…

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World Vessels transit the Hormuz Strait off the coast of Iran's southern port city of Bandar Abbas on September 7, 2026. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iran Says Struck Oil Tanker in Strait of Hormuz

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Friday they struck an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, according to state news agency IRNA, as a British maritime agency…

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World FILE PHOTO: A Turkish flag flies on a passenger ferry with the Bosphorus in the background in Istanbul, Türkiye, January 27, 2020. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Türkiye Jails Four Fund Executives in Market Manipulation Probe after Volatility

Turkish ‌authorities jailed four people pending trial and imposed travel bans and asset restrictions on 51 others on Friday in investigations into alleged…

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World A Polish Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter flies over military vehicles and soldiers during a military training demonstration at the Nowa Deba training ground, ahead of the International Defense Industry Exhibition (MSPO) in Kielce, Poland, September 7, 2026. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

Polish Official Says Potential US Army Base Would Be in Western Poland

A potential permanent US Army base in Poland would definitely be in the country's west, Deputy Defense Minister Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka said on Friday,…

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World Voting results are seen on the screen during a special session of the UN General Assembly on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, New York, US, March 24, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Mideast Turmoil, AI Set to Dominate UN Gathering of World Leaders

As wars rage in the Middle East, Ukraine and Sudan, and fears mount over rapidly advancing AI, world leaders descend on the UN in New York from Tuesday for the…

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World South Korean President Lee Jae-myung (EPA)

South Korea's Lee Rules Out Military Involvement in Middle East Conflict

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday he would not deploy military assets to the Middle East in a way that could draw the country into conflict,…

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World FILED - 20 February 2025, Palestinian Territories, Khan Younis: Fighters of the Ezz al-Din Al-Qassam brigade, the military wing of Hamas, stand guard during the hand over of the bodies of four Israeli hostages in Khan Yunis. Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/dpa

Israeli Minister Suggests Türkiye Take in Hamas Members from Gaza

Israel's defense minister suggested on Thursday that Türkiye take in Hamas members from Gaza, as he called for the full-scale removal of the war-torn territory…

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World Some of the immigrants rescued at sea, after arrival at the dock of Arrecife, Lanzarote island, Spain, 16 September 2026.  EPA/Adriel Perdomo

Fewer Migrants but More Deaths on European Sea Route, Says UN

Fewer migrants and refugees have tried to make the journey to Europe by sea this year but more have died in the attempt, the UN warned Thursday. The…

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India, Pakistan Trade Blame and Protests over Navy Collision

Arch-rivals India and Pakistan traded blame on Wednesday for a collision at sea between two vessels operated by their navies, summoning each other's top…

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World A handout picture taken and released by Ukrainian State Emergency Service on September 15, 2026 shows firefighters extinguishing a fire in a train locomotive after it was targeted by a Russian drone in the Volyn region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / Ukrainian State Emergency Service / AFP)

Russia Strikes Kyiv, Other Cities Hours after US Sanctions Passed

Russia battered the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and other cities with missiles and drones overnight, injuring more than two dozen people, officials said on Thursday…

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World FILED - 16 March 2018, Austria, Vienna: FILE PHOTO - Abbas Araghchi, Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran, gives an interview in Vienna. Photo: Farshid-Motahari Bina/dpa

Iran's Araghchi, Pakistan Army Chief Discuss Regional Developments as US-Iran Talks Stall

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Pakistan's ‌army ‌chief Asim ‌Munir ⁠discussed the latest regional ⁠developments in a phone ⁠call …

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World A man carrying his belongings walks past a damaged house in the aftermath of flash floods at Trishuli in Nepal's Nuwakot district on September 11, 2026. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP)

Climate Change Likely to Have Helped Trigger Nepal Glacier Collapse

Climate change is highly likely to ‌have contributed to the catastrophic glacier collapse that flooded parts of Nepal and Tibet in late August, killing…

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World An employee replaces a component from the Alps supercomputer at the Swiss National Supercomputing Center (CSCS) in Lugano, southern Switzerland, on August 27, 2026. (Photo by Til BUERGY / AFP)

UN Urges Slowing AI Development

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned world leaders that rapidly advancing artificial intelligence poses risks that cannot be ignored, affirming…

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World FILE PHOTO: People walk on the dry riverbed of the Indus River in Hyderabad, Pakistan April 24, 2025. REUTERS/Yasir Rajput/File Photo

World's Water Cycle Becoming More Unpredictable, UN Warns

The planet's water cycle is becoming increasingly erratic, swinging between too little and too much, the United Nations warned Thursday, with an unprecedented…

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World North Korea's Vice Defense Minister Kim Kang Il looks on before a plenary session at the Beijing Xiangshan Forum in Beijing, China September 17, 2026. REUTERS/Florence Lo

North Korea Says US-led Arms Buildup Justifies Expanding Nuclear Force

North Korea's vice defense minister said on Thursday that a growing US-led military buildup and what he called an expanding nuclear alliance among Washington,…

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World A member of the civil protection team's dignified and safe burial service prepares to swab the body of a child suspected of having died from Ebola at the Butembo Unit Hospital morgue, in Butembo, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, September 13, 2026. (Reuters)

WHO Eyes ‘Encouraging’ Signs in DR Congo Fight Against Ebola

The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo is still spreading but appears to be showing "encouraging" signs of improvement, the head of the World…

World Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets supporters after delivering a statement to members of the press, in Jerusalem, September 8, 2026. (Reuters)

Netanyahu’s Party Seeks to Impede Israeli Expat Voting

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party on Wednesday petitioned the electoral commission to block initiatives aimed at helping Israelis who live abroad…