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Russia Says Ukraine Drones Kill Four, Kyiv Reports Hospital Hit

World Firefighters work at the site of a reported Russian attack, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in a location given as Odesa Region, Ukraine, November 9, 2026, in this screengrab taken from a handout video.(State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout via Reuters)

Russia Says Ukraine Drones Kill Four, Kyiv Reports Hospital Hit

Russia said on Friday that it shot down nearly 1,200 Ukrainian drones overnight, one of the largest swarms sent by Kyiv that killed four people. Ukrainian…

World An Iranian woman walks next to a billboard depicting Iran’s national flag in a street in Tehran, Iran, 09 November 2026. (EPA)

UN Nuclear Watchdog Urges Iran to Take ‘Steps’ Towards Inspections

The UN's nuclear watchdog urged Iran to take "incremental steps" to allow inspectors to return to key nuclear facilities in the Islamic republic, adding such…

World  US Marine Corps aviation assets and personnel embarked aboard USS Boxer (LHD 4) support ongoing enforcement of the US blockade against Iran. (CENTCOM)

US Navy Quietly Fired Some Commanders And Officials, Drawing Congressional Pushback

The Navy has quietly fired or removed several top officers in recent months but broke with its usual practice of announcing those changes, drawing pushback…

World 25 June 2024, Jerusalem: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz is pictured in Jerusalem. (dpa)

Israeli Defense Minister Says No Need for Opposition Approval to Launch Strikes

Israel's defense minister said Thursday that caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not need opposition permission to order fresh military operations…

World People walk past a television broadcast showing stock indexes and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in Taipei, Taiwan, 13 November 2026. (EPA)

US Lawmakers Summon Nvidia Ex-CEO After Affair with Suspected Spy

US lawmakers have called Jensen Huang, an architect of the artificial intelligence boom, to face their questions in December after the Nvidia ex-CEO quit over…


World Rescue teams conduct search operations and look for victims, a day after a bus plunged into the Padma River while boarding a ferry in Rajbari district, 84 km from Dhaka, Bangladesh, 26 March 2026. EPA/STR

Bus Sinks in Bangladesh River, Many Killed

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World Iranian women walk at Pardisan Park, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 25, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

US Activists Work to Connect Iranians Via Starlink

With the war in Iran leading to a near-total internet blackout in the country, activists around the world -- especially in the United States -- are mobilizing…

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World 26 March 2026, Australia, Canberra: German Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius (R)  and his Australian counterpart Richard Marles speak during press conference following their meeting at the Australian Parliament. Photo: Peter Kneffel/dpa

Germany, Australia Deepen Defense Ties

Australia and Germany agreed Thursday to simplify hosting each other's troops and cooperate on space defense during a visit by German Defense Minister Boris…

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World France's foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot acknowledges the world is going through a period of 'tension and rivalry'. Thomas SAMSON / AFP

G7 Meets in France to Narrow Transatlantic Iran Split

Foreign ministers from the G7 meet outside Paris from Thursday with European nations and allies seeking to narrow differences with the US on the Middle East…

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World Myanmar's ancient capital Mandalay bore the brunt of damage in the 7.7-magnitude quake. Sai Aung MAIN / AFP

Myanmar's Rebuild Stutters Year after Deadly Quake

The gaping holes torn in a road to Mandalay by last year's devastating earthquake have been filled in, and the route in northern Myanmar partly resurfaced. …

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World Altura, a Turkish-owned crude oil tanker, transits the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Türkiye, March 16, 2026. REUTERS/Yoruk Isik

Transport Minister: Türkiye-operated Oil Tanker Attacked in Black Sea

A Turkish-operated oil tanker was attacked early Thursday in the Black Sea, possibly by an unmanned surface vehicle, Türkiye's transport minister Abdulkadir…

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World Commuters walk past Wynyard Station in Sydney, Australia, March 25, 2026. REUTERS/Hollie Adams

Australia Bans Visitors from Iran

Australia banned visitors from Iran on Thursday, saying war in the Middle East increased the risk they would refuse to fly home once their short-term visas…

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World FILE - A thick plume of smoke rises from an oil storage facility hit by a US-Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran and the US Harden their Positions as Tehran Keeps Its Grip on the Strait of Hormuz

Iran and the United States hardened their positions as diplomacy aimed at reaching a ceasefire in the war in the Middle East appeared to be faltering on…

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World A general view of the Pentagon in Washington, DC (AP) 

Pentagon Reaches Deals with Defense Firms to Expand Munitions Production

The Pentagon said on Wednesday it had reached framework agreements with BAE Systems, Lockheed and Honeywell to boost production of defense systems munitions as…

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World  A drone view shows a damage in a residential neighborhood, following a night of Iranian missile strikes which injured dozens of Israelis, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, in Dimona, southern Israel March 22, 2026. (Reuters)

Strikes Near Iran, Israel Nuclear Sites Risk ‘Unmitigated Catastrophe’, Says UN

Strikes around Iran and Israel's nuclear sites risk unleashing an "unmitigated catastrophe", the United Nations rights chief said Wednesday, warning that the…

World Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during an assembly of European far-right parties with Orban’s Patriots for Europe group, in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 23, 2026. (AP)

Hungary Says Will Phase Out Gas Deliveries to Ukraine

Hungary's prime minister said on Wednesday that Budapest would phase out gas deliveries to Ukraine, the latest salvo in a bitter feud between the two countries…

World FILED - 12 October 2024, Lebanon, Beirut: Iranian Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf speaks during a press conference in Beirut. Photo: Hassan Ibrahim/Lebanese Parliament/dpa

Iran Speaker Warns US Not to Test 'Resolve to Defend Our Land'

Iran's parliament speaker on Wednesday warned Washington not to test Tehran’s determination to defend its territory after the United States was reported to be…

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World 24 March 2026, North Korea, Pyongyang: This photo released by the North Korean Central News Agency on March 24, 2026 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) attending an art performance on March 23, 2026, to celebrate the outcome of the first session of the Supreme People's Assembly's 15th term, in which Kim was reappointed as president of the state affairs commission. (KCNA via YNA/dpa)

Kim Vows North Korea’s ‘Unshakable’ Support for Russia

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un said his country will always support Russia, and complimented his counterpart in a letter published by state media on…

World This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in Bushehr, Iran, Dec. 7, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Rosatom Says Situation at Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Plant Unfolding Under Worst-Case Scenario

The situation at Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant continues to develop along a worst-case scenario, the head of Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom,…

World A woman is holding a Ukrainian flag and crying after the buses with released Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW) drove by in the Chernihiv region on March 6, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (AFP)

Russian Attacks Knock Out Power for Thousands in Ukraine’s North

Russian attacks damaged two energy facilities in Ukraine's northern Chernihiv region, leaving close to 212,000 consumers without power, a regional electricity…

World A member (L) of the Jewish community views the scene of an antisemitic arson attack through a makeshift fence in the Golders Green neighbourhood of north London, on March 24, 2026, a day after volunteer ambulances run by a Jewish organisation were set on fire. (Photo by Henry NICHOLLS / AFP)

UK Police Arrest 2 Men over Arson Attack on Jewish Charity Ambulances

British police said they arrested two men in connection with the suspected antisemitic arson attack on four Jewish community ambulances in north London earlier…

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World This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows damage after airstrikes targeting Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran, March 7, 2026. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Tehran Rejects Trump's Talk of Negotiation, as Israel and Iran Launch Airstrikes

Israel and Iran exchanged airstrikes on Wednesday, as Iran's military rejected President Donald Trump's claim Washington was in negotiations to end to the war,…

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World A map showing the Strait of Hormuz is seen in this illustration taken March 23, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Iran Tells UN: 'Non-Hostile' Ships Can Transit Strait of Hormuz

Iran has told the United Nations Security Council and the International Maritime Organization that “non-hostile vessels” may transit the Strait of Hormuz if…

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World US Secretary of State Marco Rubio listens to US President Donald Trump (not pictured) speaking to the media, as Trump departs the White House for Florida, in Washington, DC, US, March 20, 2026. (Reuters)

Rubio Plans Travel to France to Sell Iran War to Skeptical G7 Allies

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to France this week to try to sell America’s skeptical Group of Seven allies on the strategy of the Iran war that…

World FILE PHOTO: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier delivers a speech at his Bellevue Palace residency in Berlin, Germany, November 9, 2025. Maryam Majd/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

German President Calls Iran War a Disastrous Mistake, in Rare Rebuke of Trump

The Iran war is a "disastrous mistake" that breaches international law, Germany's president said on Tuesday in an unusually blunt rebuke of US President Donald…

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World A resident looks at the damage to a destroyed apartment block in northern Tehran as he stands next to a dust-covered car with the words "Down with the USA" written on its rear window on March 23, 2026. (AFP)

Iran Arrests 466 People Accused of Online Activity Undermining National Security

Iranian police arrested 466 people accused of online activities aimed at undermining national security, state media reported on Tuesday, in one ‌of the…

World A UGC image posted and shared on social media on March 14, 2026, shows smoke plumes rising over the Iranian city of Isfahan after strikes. (Photo by UGC / AFP)

Iran Media Says Energy Infrastructure Attacked

Iranian media reported on Tuesday that Israeli-US strikes targeted two gas facilities and a pipeline, hours after US President Donald Trump stepped back from…

World  A drone view of emergency personnel working at a site following Iranian missile barrages in central Israel, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 24, 2026. (Reuters)

Tel Aviv Mayor Says Building Damaged in ‘Direct’ Hit After Iran Missile Warning

The mayor of Tel Aviv said a "direct strike" damaged a building on Tuesday after an Iranian missile attack warning, as Israeli first responders said they had…

World  Chinese President Xi Jinping talks with students in a classroom at a high school, during an inspection tour of Xiongan New Area in Hebei province, China March 23, 2026. (cnsphoto via Reuters)

China’s Xi Urges Progress in His ‘City of the Future’ Project

Chinese President Xi Jinping made a rare visit to the ambitious Xiongan project still under construction near Beijing, calling on officials to "throw…