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At Least 12 Dead in Indonesia Bus Crash

World People inspect the wreckage of a passenger bus after it sped out of control on a downhill road and overturned in Padang Panjang, West Sumatra province, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/M.Sulthan Azzam)

At Least 12 Dead in Indonesia Bus Crash

A bus carrying 34 passengers sped out of control on a downhill road and overturned in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people…

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World File photo: 14 February 2023, China, Beijing: President of China Xi Jinping meets with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi (not pictured). (Iranian Presidency/dpa)

China's Xi Ready to Work with EU to Expand Ties, Handle Friction

President Xi Jinping said China was ready to work with European Union leaders to expand mutual openness and properly handle frictions and differences, the…

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World Vehicles drive past an anti-Israel banner showing numerous locations in Israel as a Yemeni dagger (jambiya) with writing in Farsi reading: "All targets are within range, Yemeni missiles for now!", and in Hebrew "All targets are within reach, we will choose", at the Felestin (Palestine) Sq. in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Huge Dust Storm Sweeps Into Iran, Affecting Millions

Iranian authorities ordered schools and offices closed in seven western provinces Tuesday as a dust storm swept in from neighboring Iraq, with around 13…

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World Bangladesh slashed tuberculosis deaths from more than 81,000 a year in 2010 to 44,000 in 2023, according to the World Health Organization. Salahuddin Ahmed / AFP

US Aid Cuts Push Bangladesh's Health Sector to the Edge

Bangladesh hoped to celebrate progress towards eradicating tuberculosis this year, having already slashed the numbers dying from the preventable and curable…

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World Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the Teknofest Aerospace and Technology Fair at the old Ercan Airport in the Turkish-administered part of Nicosia, Cyprus, 03 May 2025. (EPA)

In Call with Trump, Türkiye's Erdogan Backs US-Iran Talks, Ukraine Peace Moves

Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a phone call with US President Donald Trump, expressed support for US negotiations with Iran and efforts to end…


World US Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on upon his arrival at the Quai d'Orsay, France's Minister of Foreign Affairs before a bilateral meeting with his French counterpart in Paris on April 17, 2025. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / POOL / AFP)

Iran Must 'Walk Away' from all Uranium Enrichment, Rubio Says

Iran has to 'walk away' from uranium enrichment and long-range missile development and it should allow American inspectors of its facilities, US Secretary of…

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World A tug vessel puts out a fire on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla vessel Conscience outside Maltese territorial waters in this handout picture provided by Malta Government Department of Information, May 2, 2025. (Government of Malta/Handout via Reuters)

Activists Say Drones Attacked Aid Boat Bound for Gaza

A group of activists organizing an aid boat for Gaza said it was attacked on Friday by drones in international waters off Malta as it headed towards the…

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World Rescuers work at a site of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine May 1, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer

Russian Drone Attack Injures 29 in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia

A Russian drone attack late on Thursday set buildings ablaze in Ukraine's southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, injuring 29 people, including a child, regional…

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World Han Duck-soo became acting president after Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment. Anthony WALLACE / AFP

South Korea Former PM Launches Presidential Bid

South Korea's former prime minister Han Duck-soo announced his bid for the presidency on Friday, joining the race in a snap election triggered by the…

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World US President Donald Trump speaks during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 1, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

RSF: 'Alarming Deterioration' of US Press Freedom under Trump

Media rights group RSF warned Friday about "an alarming deterioration in press freedom" in the United States under President Donald Trump as well as …

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World An Iranian woman walks next to an anti-US mural near the former US embassy in a street in Tehran, Iran, 01 May 2025. (EPA)

US-Iran Talks Postponed, New Date Depends on US Approach, Iranian Official Says

A fourth round of talks between the United States and Iran, which had been due to take place in Rome on Saturday, has been postponed and a new date will be set…

World  President Donald Trump welcomes Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP)

Zelenskiy Says Minerals Deal Is First Result of Vatican Meeting with Trump

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday hailed a minerals deal with the US as a truly equal and fair agreement, and the first result of his Vatican meeting…

World Police officers investigate the scene in Osaka's Nishinari district on May 1, 2025. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT

Japanese Police Arrest Man after Car Ploughs into Schoolchildren

Japanese police arrested a man after they said he ploughed his car deliberately into seven primary school children in the western city of Osaka on Thursday. …

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World Afghan children receive food aid from a local charity in Mazar-i-Sharif on March 2, 2025. Atif Aryan / AFP/File

Millions of Children to Suffer from Trump Aid Cuts

When he grows up, five-year-old Ahmad wants to be "stronger than Spider-Man". But his dream clashes with a harsh reality -- the Jordanian boy has a serious…

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World A military excavator operates in Gaza, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, April 29, 2025. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Students Sue Texas University, Governor over Gaza Protest Arrests

Four current and former University of Texas at Austin students sued the college and Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Wednesday, alleging they faced unlawful…

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World FILE PHOTO: Servicemen of the 44th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fire a Leopard 1A5 tank during a training, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine February 5, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Russia Launches Nearly 150 Drones against Ukraine as Trump Doubts Putin's Desire for Peace

Russia launched a sweeping drone assault and airstrikes across Ukraine overnight into Sunday, killing at least four people, officials said, after US President…

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World A motorist rides past a wall graffiti along a street in Muzaffarabad on May 1, 2025. (Photo by Farooq Naeem / AFP)

3 Pakistani Security Personnel Killed in Raid on Militant Hideout

Pakistani security forces overnight raided a militant hideout in northwest Pakistan, sparking a shootout in which three officers and one suspect were killed,…

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World Global leaders and environmentalists are pushing back against US President Donald's Trump's order to fast-track deep-sea mining to protect the marine habitat and its residents, like this mother humpback whale and calf seen off the coast of Brazil. CARL DE SOUZA / AFP/File

UN Body Warns over Trump's Deep-sea Mining Order

The head of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) on Wednesday criticized US President Donald Trump's order to fast-track deep-sea mining in the open ocean…

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World Israeli firefighters watch a helicopter drop water on a wildfire next to a monastery in Latrun, Israel, outside of Jerusalem, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Several Countries Send Firefighting Planes to Israel to Help Tackle Major Wildfire

Several countries were sending firefighting aircraft to Israel on Thursday as crews battled for a second day to extinguish a wildfire that had shut down a…

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World Tourists stand at Chalana sector as they overlook the Indian-administered Kashmir, in Neelum Valley, in the Pakistan-administered Kashmir, 27 April 2025. EPA/AMIRUDDIN MUGHAL

Rubio Calls India and Pakistan in Effort to Defuse Crisis over Kashmir Attack

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called senior officials in India and Pakistan in an effort to defuse the crisis that followed last week's deadly attack in…

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World FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris speaks before signing the desk drawer in her ceremonial office, a long-standing tradition for Vice Presidents, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Harris Accuses Trump of 'Wholesale Abandonment' of American Ideals in Major Post-election Speech

Former Vice President Kamala Harris used a high-profile speech Wednesday to sharply criticize President Donald Trump amid speculation about whether she will…

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World A dragline excavator operates in an open-pit titanium mine in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine in February 2025. Roman PILIPEY / AFP/File

Ukraine, US Sign Minerals Deal, Tying Trump to Kyiv

The United States and Ukraine on Wednesday signed a minerals deal after a two-month delay, in what President Donald Trump's administration called a new form of…

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World Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in the southern Russian city of Volgograd, once known as Stalingrad, about 900 km (550 miles) southeast of Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

North Korea and Russia Begin Building their 1st Road Link

North Korea and Russia have begun building their first road link, the two countries announced, hailing the construction of a bridge over a border river as a…

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World The explosion devastated the port. Planet Labs PBC/AFP

Amnesty Accuses Iran of 'Sinister Crackdown' after Deadly Port Blast

Amnesty International accused Iranian authorities Wednesday of carrying out a "sinister crackdown" on media outlets to conceal the truth about a deadly blast…

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World Fallen trees from the stormy weather in Regent Square in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, April 29, 2025.  (Samara McCallum/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

2 Dead as Slow-moving Storms Flood Roads Across Oklahoma and Texas

A least two people drowned when their vehicles were caught in floodwaters in Oklahoma on Wednesday as slow-moving thunderstorms inundated roads across parts of…

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World Turkish police officers detain protesters attempting to reach Taksim Square to celebrate International Workers' Day in Istanbul, Türkiye, 01 May 2025. (EPA)

Turkish Police Scuffle with May Day Protesters in Istanbul, Detain Hundreds

Turkish police charged May Day protesters in Istanbul on Thursday, detaining hundreds of people and dragging some away in buses after they tried to…

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World FILED - 08 February 2025, Palestinian Territories, Deir al-Balah: Fighters of the Ezz al-Din Al-Qassam brigades, the military wing of Hamas form a corridor as Israeli hostages get delivered to representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/dpa

Switzerland to Enact Hamas Ban from May 15

A new Swiss law banning Hamas and related organizations will come into force on May 15, the government said on Wednesday, aiming to prevent the Palestinian…

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World Women walk near a building bearing an anti-US mural with the slogan "Down with the USA" and skulls replacing the stars on the US flag, on Tehran's Karim Khan Zand avenue on April 26, 2025. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iran, UK, France, Germany to Hold Nuclear Talks on Friday

Iran will hold nuclear talks in Rome on Friday with Britain, France and Germany, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Wednesday, with the aim of improving…

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World People walk along a wall covered in mural paintings and a building in the distance bearing an anti-Israel billboard that reads 'Once again, a Pharaoh will drown' at Palestine Square in Tehran on April 26, 2025. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iran Executes a Man Convicted of Spying for the Mossad

Iran executed Wednesday a man it said worked for Israel's foreign intelligence agency and played a role in the 2022 killing of a Revolutionary Guard colonel in…

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