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Iran's Guards Say 'Accident' Left Two Tankers on Fire in Hormuz

World FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, August 28, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Iran's Guards Say 'Accident' Left Two Tankers on Fire in Hormuz

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Thursday that two tankers carrying over four million barrels of oil had caught fire after an "accident" on an unauthorized…

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World A wounded policeman receives treatment at a hospital in Kohat in northwestern Pakistan on November 11, 2026 following an attack on a police convoy. Basit SHAH / AFP

10 Police, 18 Militants Killed in Pakistan's Northwest

Gunmen attacked police during an operation against illegal gold mining in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing 10 officers, while 18 militants died in…

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World  Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a press conference after the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers Meeting in Beijing Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026. (AP)

China Tells US Ready to Strengthen Cooperation

China's top diplomat Wang Yi told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday Beijing was "willing to strengthen" cooperation with Washington, the Chinese…

World Policemen stand outside the "Virgilio" middle school after children have been evacuated due to a bomb alert, in Rome on November 11, 2026. (AFP)

Italy Evacuates Hundreds of Schools Due to Bomb Alert, with Threats in Scotland and Ireland

Italian authorities evacuated hundreds of schools Wednesday after an emailed bomb threat, the latest in a series of disruptions affecting European institutions…

World Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plants an olive sapling ahead of the World Leaders Climate Action Summit at the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) in Antalya, Türkiye. (Kiara Worth/UN Climate Change/dpa)

World Leaders Urge Stronger and Faster Action at UN Climate Talks Over Inadequate Response

World leaders called for urgent and decisive action on global warming Wednesday as formal talks began at the United Nations climate conference in Türkiye,…


World France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot looks on during the G7 foreign ministers summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on November 9, 2026. (AFP)

France Says Iran’s Guards Behind Cyberattacks on Fridges, Vows Sanctions

French officials on Monday accused Iran's Revolutionary Guards of responsibility for the cyberattacks that knocked out commercial refrigerators and freezers…

World US President Donald Trump speaks, after signing a proclamation on the 'Establishment of the Oval Office National Monument', at the White House in Washington, DC, US, November 5, 2026. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

Trump Says His Deportation Policy 'Might Have Been too Tough' for Voters in the Election

President Donald Trump in his first major interview since his party lost control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections said he thinks his…

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World Erdogan pledged to continue investigations into the investment funds scandal until its eradication and to prevent its recurrence (Turkish Presidency)

Erdogan Says He Conveyed Türkiye's Concerns on Potential Attacks on Iran to Trump

Türkiye does not want to see a new wave of attacks against Iran, President Tayyip Erdogan said, adding that ‌he conveyed ‌his concerns ‌to ⁠US…

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World United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at the UN headquarters, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (AP)

World Entering ‘Age of Climate Extremes’, Warns UN Chief

The world is entering a new reality where climate extremes are the norm, the United Nations chief Antonio Guterres warned Monday, urging leaders at the COP31…

World Iranians wave flags during an anti-US and anti-Israel rally in Tehran's Enqelab Square on November 4, 2026. (AFP)

China Urges Return to Stability in Middle East

China is willing to pursue stronger ties with Iran, China's special envoy to the Middle East Zhai Jun said in talks with Ali Bagheri Kani, deputy secretary of…

World A closed store in the Main Market Square following the Saturday mass shooting in Krakow, Poland, November 9, 2026. (Reuters)

Krakow Mass Shooting Assailant Dies in Hospital, Polish Police Say

A young gunman who killed six people in central Krakow on Saturday in an unprecedented Polish mass shooting has died in hospital, police said on Monday. Very…

World Sheikh Hasina upon her arrival in Kathmandu for a regional summit on August 30, 2018 (Archive - AFP)

Bangladesh Challenges Ousted PM Hasina over Return Pledge

Bangladesh challenged on Monday ousted leader Sheikh Hasina to seek extradition from India if she was serious about returning home, while reviewing an…

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World A handout still image taken from a video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service and made available 06 November 2026 shows Russian servicemen monitoring the skies against Ukrainian drones at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (EPA/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service/Handout)

Ukrainian Drone Attack Sets Russia’s Major Kirishi Oil Refinery on Fire, Governor Says

A Ukrainian drone struck the Kirishi oil refinery, Russia's second-largest, in an overnight attack that set it on fire, the governor of the northwestern…

World Firefighters work at the site of a fire at a high-rise building in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, China, November 8, 2026. (cnsphoto via Reuters)

Building Fire Kills 14 in China’s Northern City of Taiyuan

A fire on Sunday at a high-rise building in Taiyuan, the capital of China's northern province of Shanxi, killed at least 14 people, the official Xinhua news…

World FILED - 19 December 2024, Russia, Moscow: FILE PHOTO - Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual end-of-year press conference. Photo: Kremlin Press Office/dpa -

Kremlin Denies that Europeans Will Participate in Abu Dhabi Peace Talks

The Kremlin said on Monday that peace talks on Ukraine in Abu Dhabi this week would take place between Russian, Ukrainian and US ‌delegations in ‌a…

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World People drive past a billboard about the Strait of Hormuz, on a building in Tehran, Iran, September 16, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Iran Defends Two-day Proposal for Peace Talks after US Rejects Conditions

Iran ‌defended a proposal on Monday to restart peace talks in as few as two days as the most reasonable offer on the table, after US Secretary of State…

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World Jean-Luc Melenchon, leader of French far-left opposition party La France Insoumise (France Unbowed - LFI) and candidate for the 2027 French presidential election, delivers a speech during a political rally to present LFI's government program for the presidential election, in Le Bourget near Paris, France, November 7, 2026. (Reuters)

Le Pen and Melenchon Ahead in 2027 French Presidential Race, Poll Shows

French ‌far-right leader Marine Le Pen and hard-left rival Jean-Luc Melenchon consolidated their lead in voting intention ahead of next year's…

World A dinghy transporting dozens of refugees and migrants is pulled towards Greece's Lesbos island after being rescued by a war ship during their sea crossing between Türkiye and Greece on February 29, 2020. Aris Messinis, AFP/File picture

Eight Dead in Migrant Boat Sinking off Greece

Eight people have died after a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of the island of Crete during the weekend, Greece's coast guard said Monday. …

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World Chinese President Xi Jinping waves during a welcoming ceremony for Gabonese President Brice Oligui Nguema at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 6, 2026. (AFP)

China Says It Is Talking with Relevant Parties on China-Russia-US Leaders’ Meeting

China is maintaining communication with relevant parties on a meeting of the heads of state of China, ‌Russia and ‌the US, ‌China's ⁠foreign…

World This screengrab from video footage by CTI obtained via AFPTV on November 9, 2026 shows Alice Huang (C partially obscured), a Chinese executive linked to the data centre company called Megaspeed, attending a dinner hosted by Nvidia's chief executive and co-founder Jensen Huang (R in black) at a restaurant in Taipei on May 22, 2025, during Computex, the island's top tech expo. (AFP photo / CTI via AFPTV)

Nvidia Announces Probe into Huang Amid Reports China Spied on Him

Chip giant Nvidia's board announced Sunday it had opened a probe into chief executive and co-founder Jensen Huang after he acknowledged an affair with a woman…

World Traffic moves amid dense smog the morning after Diwali in New Delhi. Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP

Indian Capital Chokes with Pollution after Diwali Fireworks

Toxic air in parts of India's capital New Delhi soared to more than 58 times the World Health Organization's recommended daily limit Monday, after fireworks…

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World A man walks past the COP31 logo inside the venue at the Antalya Expo Center on November 8, 2026, ahead of the opening of the UN climate conference. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP)

COP31 Opens as Climate and Geopolitical Pressures Mount

The UN's annual climate talks kick off Monday in Türkiye as rising temperatures heighten the urgency of action, with financial constraints and geopolitical…

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World EVIAN-LES-BAINS, FRANCE - JUNE 17: US President Donald Trump (C) is joined by (L-R) US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as he speaks at a press conference during the G7 Leaders' Summit on June 17, 2026 in Evian-les-Bains, France. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

G7 Ministers Meet on Efforts to End Ukraine Conflict, Halt New Iran War

Foreign ministers of the G7 group meet in Paris from Monday for two days of talks expected to see European powers press the United States to seek a fair…

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World 25 September 2026, US, Bronx: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi delivers a statement during a press conference at Security Council encounter at UN Headquarters in New York. (dpa)

Iran FM Says No Negotiations Since ‘Shock’ of US Midterms

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that mediators striving for a peace deal between the US and Iran had not travelled at all since the …

World  Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, November 3, 2026. (Reuters)

Trump Says He Is Highly Unlikely to Order Iran Strikes if Talks Progress

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he was highly unlikely to order fresh attacks on Iran as long as talks to end the conflict progress, even as both…

World  US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media at President Donald J. Trump International Airport in Palm Beach, Florida, US, November 6, 2026. (Reuters)

Trump Says Elections Were ‘Giant Step Back in History' for US

President Donald Trump vowed Sunday to bounce back stronger from a massive midterm elections loss that he called a "giant step back in history" for the United…

World Demonstrators march during a "Red Line" protest in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 08 November 2026. (EPA)

Tens of Thousands March in Amsterdam, Pressing the Dutch Govt on Gaza and Israel

Tens of thousands of people, many of them dressed in red, marched through Amsterdam on Sunday in a mass demonstration aimed at pressing the Dutch government to…

World Then Israeli transportation minister Israel Katz attends the cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem February 17, 2019. (Reuters)

Israel Defense Minister Says ‘Mission Not Complete’ on Iran

Israel is not finished with Iran, its defense minister said Sunday, as he renewed charges that Tehran is pursuing nuclear weapons, which the country has long…

World A banner depicting US President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US Vice President JD Vance and US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is displayed on a street in Tehran, Iran, November 4, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

US Launches Task Force to Disrupt Land Transit Routes into Iran

The US military has announced it will create a 20-member task force to find ways to disrupt land routes into Iran that it says are used for shipments of…

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