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US Treasury Chief Blames Commerce Dept for Failure in Nvidia Scandal

World  US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during the National Committee on US-China Relations 60th Anniversary Gala Dinner in New York City, US, November 10, 2026. (Reuters)

US Treasury Chief Blames Commerce Dept for Failure in Nvidia Scandal

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday blamed the Commerce Department for failing to blacklist Megaspeed, the Singapore company at the center of a…

World UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at a press conference on the fifth day of the COP31 annual UN climate conference in Antalya, Türkiye, 13 November 2026. (EPA)

UN Chief Urges Drastic Emissions Cuts as COP31 Wrestles with Fossil Fuels

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for an "immediate and drastic reduction" in greenhouse gas emissions, as divisions over fossil fuels…

World 13 November 2026, Ireland, Dublin: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks during a press conference on the sidelines of the EU summit at the Convention Centre in Dublin. (dpa)

Europe’s Security Cannot Be Part of Ukraine Peace Talks, EU Leaders Say

EU leaders said on Friday that Europe's security structure should not be a subject for Ukraine-Russia peace negotiations, but they did not answer the question…

World  09 November 2026, France, Paris: France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, speaks during a G7 foreign ministers' meeting in Paris. (dpa)

France Criticizes ‘Demagogic’ Move by Israel to Ban Hard-Left Leader Melenchon

France has ‌criticized as "demagogic" a decision by Israel to ban French hard-left presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchonand another leading figure in…

World Congolese workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) walk outside the Ebola Treatment Center at the Bunia General Referral Hospital following a resurgence of Ebola involving the Bundibugyo strain, in Bunia, Ituri province, the Democratic Republic of Congo, November 2, 2026. (Reuters)

UN Hails Progress in Ebola Response, Cites Insecurity as Biggest Challenge

UN health officials on Friday hailed progress in the Ebola response six months after the outbreak first prompted global concerns, but cautioned that the…


World The commander of the Revolutionary Guard inspects Basij units on the sidelines of the ‘Power’ (Ightedar) military exercises in Tehran (Daneshjoo). 

IRGC Figure Warns: Next War Will Not End Before Israel Is ‘Completely Erased’

A senior adviser to the commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Mohammad Reza Naqdi, warned on Thursday that Iran would not stop any future…

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World Sri Lanka is currently experiencing the northeast monsoon season but rainfall has intensified due to a cyclone. AFP

Sri Lanka Deploys Troops as Weather Toll Climbs to 56

Sri Lankan authorities deployed the military for relief and rescue operations Friday as the death toll from floods and landslides rose to 56, with another 21…

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World TOPSHOT - Firemen get ready after a major fire swept through several apartment blocks at the Wang Fuk Court residential estate in Hong Kong's Tai Po district on November 27, 2025. (Photo by Dale DE LA REY / AFP)

Hong Kong Blaze Death Toll Rises to 128

The death toll in a fire that ripped through a Hong Kong residential estate this week has risen to 128, the city's security chief said Friday. Dozens were…

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World Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a press conference after the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit at the Yntymak Ordo Presidential Administration in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 27 November 2025. EPA/ALEXANDER KAZAKOV/SPUTNIK/KREMLIN

Hungary’s Orban Seeks More Russian Oil and Gas at Kremlin Talks with Putin

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Friday, once again shunning efforts by his European…

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World An aerial view shows a home surrounded by flood waters in Kangar in northern Malaysia's Perlis state on November 28, 2025. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP)

Dozens Dead as Floods Ravage Southeast Asia

The toll from days of flooding in Southeast Asia rose on Friday, with at least 90 dead in Indonesia, and a hospital in southern Thailand announcing its morgue…

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World A US Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber returns from Operation Midnight Hammer, the US attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, US June 2025. US Air Force/Handout via REUTERS

Trump Says US Just Ordered a Lot More B-2 Bombers

President Donald Trump told US military service members on Thursday his administration had ordered "a lot more" B-2 Spirit stealth bombers made by Northrop…

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World President Donald Trump holds up a photo as he speaks to troops via video from his Mar-a-Lago estate on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump Says to 'Permanently Pause Migration from All Third World Countries'

US President Donald Trump said Thursday he planned to suspend migration from what he called "third world countries," a day after an Afghan national allegedly…

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World Secret Service uniformed division officers patrol in Lafayette Square across from the White House, in Washington, DC on November 27, 2025. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

FBI Launches Terror Probe after Washington Shooting

The FBI said Thursday it was launching a full-scale terror probe after a gunman carried out what officials described as an "ambush style" attack near the White…

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World Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun attend a press conference after the signing of the maritime demarcation agreement, at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon November 26, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Türkiye Says Lebanon-Cyprus Maritime Deal Violates Turkish Cypriots' Rights, is Unacceptable

A maritime demarcation deal signed between Lebanon and Cyprus violates the rights of Turkish Cypriots on the island and is therefore unacceptable, Türkiye said…

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World Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, November 27, 2025. Sputnik/Alexander Kazakov/Pool via REUTERS

Putin Says US-Ukraine Text Could Form Basis for Future Peace Agreement

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the outlines of a draft peace plan discussed by the United States and Ukraine could become the basis of future…

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World Pope Leo XIV leaves after a Mass for the Jubilee of the Choirs in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Leo XIV Encourages Türkiye's Role as Stabilizing Force for Peace

Pope Leo XIV encouraged Türkiye to continue being a source of stability and dialogue in a world riven by conflict, as he opened his first foreign trip as pope…

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World The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters, before the beginning of a board of governors meeting, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Vienna, Austria, March 1, 2021. (Reuters)

Iran Condemns Australia's Listing of Revolutionary Guards as State Sponsor of Terrorism

Australia's listing of the Revolutionary Guard Corps as a state sponsor of terrorism is "an unjustified and insulting action", Iran's foreign ministry said in…

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World France's President Emmanuel Macron reviews the troops prior to unveiling a new national military service in a speech at an army base in the French on November 27, 2025. Pool via Reuters

French President Unveils New Voluntary Military Service for Volunteers Aged 18 and 19

President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a new national military service plan Thursday as France seeks to bolster its armed forces to address growing concerns over…

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World Firefighters and police officers work at the site of an apartment building which was damaged during an evening Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine November 25, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer

Türkiye Ready to Take Part in Ukraine 'Reassurance' Force, Says Ministry

Türkiye on Thursday said it was ready to participate in a "reassurance force" to be deployed in Ukraine after any eventual peace deal with Russia. "The…

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World Senegal President Macky Sall, Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara, President of Economic Community of West African States Commission Omar Touray, Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe, Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo, Vice President of Gambia Muhammad B.S Jallow, Sierra Leone President Julius Maid Bio, Benin Republic President Patrice Talon and Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo during the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Extraordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government on the political, Peace and Security Situation in the ECOWAS sub-region in Abuja, Nigeria February 24, 2024. REUTERS/Marvellous Durowaiye  NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

West African Bloc ECOWAS 'Unequivocally Condemns' Guinea-Bissau Coup

West African regional bloc ECOWAS on Thursday condemned a military takeover in Guinea-Bissau and called for the immediate release of President Umaro Sissoco…

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World A plane lands at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, near Caracas, Venezuela, 26 November 2025. EPA/RONALD PENA R.

Venezuela Revokes Flight Rights for Six Airlines amid Escalating US Tensions

Venezuela has revoked operating rights for six major international airlines which suspended flights to the country following a warning from the US Federal…

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World A Turkish flag with the Bosphorus Bridge in the background, flies on a passenger ferry in Istanbul, Türkiye September 30, 2020. (Reuters)

Türkiye Says Construction Starts on Indigenous Air Defense Destroyer

Türkiye said on Thursday contractors had begun building a naval air defense destroyer, adding the vessel would form part of the country's planned "Steel Dome"…

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World (FILES) This picture taken on September 11, 2023, shows Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina awaiting the arrival of France's President Emmanuel Macron (not pictured) at the Prime Minister's office during his two-day visit in Dhaka. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

Bangladesh Ex-PM Hasina Gets 21 Years in Jail for Corruption

A court in Bangladesh sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday to 21 years in prison for corruption, a week after she was given the death…

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South Africa Slams Trump's G20 Ban as ‘Punitive’

South Africa denounced US President Donald Trump's decision to bar it from the 2026 G20 summit, calling the move punitive and driven by distortions that erode…

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World File photo: Security officials examine damage at the site of a bombing on the outskirts of Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan on Tuesday, December 12, 2023. AP

Militants Kill 3 Police Officers in Attack on Checkpoint in Northwest Pakistan

A group of militants armed with assault rifles attacked a roadside police checkpoint overnight in northwest Pakistan, killing three officers before fleeing,…

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World A person sits in a small boat on Dal Lake in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 26 November 2025. EPA/FAROOQ KHAN

More than 20 Dead and 14 Missing as Heavy Rains Trigger Landslides and Floods in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka stopped passenger trains and closed roads in some parts of the country where landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains have caused more than 20…

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World Firefighters work the scene of a fire at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong's New Territories, on Wednesday, Nov. 26 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

'Very Worried': Hong Kong Fire Survivors Hunt for the Missing

The morning after saving her elderly neighbor from Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades, retiree Kwok was trawling through social media groups looking for…

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World FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump, left, and Sanae Takaichi, Japan's prime minister, during a signing ceremony for a document on the implementation of the US Japan trade deal at Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. Kiyoshi Ota/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Trump Urged Japan to Avoid Escalation in China Dispute

US President Donald Trump asked Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takiachi to avoid further escalation of a dispute with China during talks this week, sources with…

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World Military officers said they had formed ‘the high military command for the restoration of order’ and would rule until further notice. (AFP) 

Military Announces ‘Total Control’ in Guinea-Bissau

Military officials in Guinea-Bissau said they seized “total control” of the West African nation on Wednesday, arresting the president, closing borders and…

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