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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 This picture taken on August 10, 2022 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on August 14, 2022 shows Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, speaking at the National Emergency Prevention General Meeting in Pyongyang. (KCNA via KNS / AFP)

Kim Jong Un’s Sister Rejects Outreach by South’s New President 

The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rebuffed overtures by South Korea’s new liberal government, saying Monday that its “blind trust” in…

World People take shelter inside a metro station during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 28, 2025. (Reuters)

Russia Night Attack on Kyiv Leaves Eight Injured, Including Child, Ukraine Says 

A Russian overnight air attack on Kyiv wounded eight residents of an apartment building, including a three-year-old child, authorities in the Ukrainian capital…

World Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at the Iranian Foreign Ministry headquarters last Saturday (Iranian Presidency) 

Araghchi: Khamenei Approved Ceasefire Decision

On the eighth or ninth day of the 12-day war between Iran and Israel, the Iranian Supreme National Security Council made a strategic decision stating that if…

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World A boy walks past the wreckage of burned vehicles following clashes in Goma on January 30, 2025. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP)

ISIS-backed Militants Attack a Catholic Church in Eastern Congo, Killing Dozens

ISIS-backed militants attacked a Catholic church in eastern Congo on Sunday, killing at least 34 people, according to a local civil society leader. …

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Iran Executes Two Members of Mujahideen-e-Khalq Group

Iran executed two members of the banned Mujahideen-e-Khalq group for attacking civilian infrastructure with homemade projectiles, the judiciary news outlet…

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World FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian service members of the 25th Sicheslav Airborne Brigade fire a BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launch system towards Russian troops near the frontline town of Pokrovsk, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine April 19, 2025. REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov/File Photo/File Photo

Russia Accuses Kyiv and the West of Rejecting Diplomacy to Solve Conflict in Ukraine

Russia prefers political and diplomatic means to resolve conflict in Ukraine, but Kyiv and the West rejected that path, Russian news agencies reported on…

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World This photo provided by Philippine Army 2nd Infantry Battalion shows assault rifles and grenade launchers recovered by troops after a brief gun battle with communist guerrillas in Masbate province, Philippines Sunday, July 27, 2025.(Philippine Army 2nd Infantry Battalion via AP)

Philippine Troops Kill 7 Communist Rebels in Latest Flare-up of Decades-long Insurgency

Philippine troops killed seven communist guerrillas in an offensive Sunday in a central province and were pursuing several others in the latest flare-up of the…

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World An Iranian woman holds up a poster of the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in an anti-Israeli gathering in Tehran, Iran, July 25, 2025 (AFP) 

Khamenei: Loss of Iranian Commanders, Scientists is Heavy Blow

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei admitted on Saturday the loss of military commanders and nuclear scientists as a heavy loss for Iran but insisted that “the…

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World Emergency services respond after multiple people were stabbed at Walmart in Traverse City, Mich., Saturday, July 26, 2025. (Jan-Michael Stump/Traverse City Record-Eagle via AP)

A Man Accused of Stabbing 11 People at a Walmart is in Michigan Authorities' Custody

Eleven people were stabbed at a Walmart in Traverse City on Saturday — with six in critical condition — in what a Michigan sheriff said appeared to be a random…

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World North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery, to mark the 72nd anniversary of the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War, in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this picture released by the Korean Central News Agency on July 27, 2025. KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea's Kim Vows to Win Anti-US Battle Marking Korean War Anniversary

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country would achieve victory in "anti-imperalist, anti-US" battles, as the country marked the anniversary of the…

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World FILE PHOTO: People wait outside Terminal C after many flights were cancelled or delayed due to Ukrainian drone attacks, at Sheremetyevo international airport outside Moscow, Russia July 21, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Russia Starts First Moscow-Pyongyang Passenger Flights in Decades

Russia will launch direct passenger flights from Moscow to North Korea's capital Pyongyang on Sunday, Russian authorities said, as the two former communist…

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World Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (C) poses with Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong (L), Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy (2nd-L), Britain’s Defense Secretary John Healey (2nd-R) and Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense Richard Marles (R) before the start of the Australia-UK Ministerial Consultations (AUKMIN) meeting in Sydney on July 25, 2025. (AFP)

Australia, Britain Sign 50-Year AUKUS Submarine Partnership Treaty

Australia’s government said on Saturday it signed a treaty with Britain to bolster cooperation over the next 50 years on the AUKUS nuclear submarine…

World The site of a Russian strike on a sports complex in a residential area in Kharkiv, northern Ukraine, 26 July 2025. (EPA)

Russia’s Zakharova Says Peace Settlement in Ukraine Has Never Been on ‘Real Agenda’ of the West

Peace talks and a settlement in Ukraine have never been on the real agenda of the West, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday,…

World  A firefighter works at the site of a household item shopping mall which was hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the city of Kamianske, Dnipro region, Ukraine July 26, 2025. (Reuters)

Russian Attack Kills 3 in Ukraine’s City of Dnipro, Governor Says

Russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles in an overnight attack that killed three people in Ukraine's Dnipro and the nearby region on Saturday,…

World Cambodian soldiers stand on a military truck with an anti-aircraft gun in Oddar Meanchey province on July 26, 2025. (AFP)

Trump Seeks to Broker Ceasefire in Thai-Cambodia Border Conflict

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he had spoken to the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand and that both countries want an immediate ceasefire, as he…

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9 Killed in Courthouse Attack in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan Province, Iranian Media Report

At least nine people were killed in an armed attack by the Jaish al-Adl Baluch group on a courthouse in Iran’s restive Sistan-Baluchestan province on Saturday,…

World  President Donald Trump waves from the stairs of Air Force One as he boards upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, July 25, 2025. (AP)

Trade on Agenda as Trump Heads to Scotland for Diplomacy and Golf

US President Donald Trump departed for Scotland on Friday for a mix of diplomacy, business and leisure, as a huge UK security operation swung into place amid…

World Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, shake hands after a press statement at the Carmelite Monastery in the Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary, April 3, 2025. (AP) 

International Criminal Court Refers Hungary to Its Oversight Body for Failing to Arrest Netanyahu 

A panel of judges at the International Criminal Court reported Hungary to the court’s oversight organization for failing to arrest Israeli Prime Minister…

World A Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster with a Fregat upper stage, carrying two Ionosfera-M satellites and 18 payloads, including Iran's Nahid-2 telecommunications satellite, blasts off from its launchpad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the far-eastern Amur region, Russia July 25, 2025. Roscosmos/Ivan Timoshenko/Handout via REUTERS

Iran Media: Russian Rocket Puts Iran Satellite into Space

A Russian rocket put an Iranian communications satellite into space on Friday, Iranian state media reported, the latest achievement for an aerospace program…

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World Emergency responders retrieve the body of a worker a day after a landslide hit a construction site following days of typhoon-driven rains, in Cavite province, south of Manila, Philippines, 25 July 2025. (EPA)

Tropical Storm Adds to Philippines’ Weather Toll with 25 Dead and 278,000 Evacuated This Week 

A tropical storm was blowing across the Philippines' mountainous north Friday, worsening more than a week of bad weather that has caused at least 25 deaths and…

World President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends the parliament session in Kyiv, Ukraine Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP) 

Zelenskiy Says Ukraine Has Secured Three Patriot Systems, Looking to Finance Seven More

Ukraine has received confirmation from partners that they will provide three Patriot missile defense systems and discussions are underway to obtain seven more,…

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World A man stands at the broken windows of his house after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, July 21, 2025. (AP)

Ukraine Says Starlink’s Global Outage Hit Its Military Communications 

Starlink systems used by Ukrainian military units were down for two and a half hours overnight, a senior commander said, part of a global issue that disrupted…

World Iran’s Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Kazem Gharibabadi, waits for the start of the IAEA board of governors meeting at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, Nov. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, file)

Iran Says It Held ‘Frank’ Nuclear Talks with European Powers

Iranian diplomats said they held "frank and detailed" nuclear talks on Friday with counterparts from Germany, Britain and France, who have threatened to…

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World Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi meets with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (unseen), in Beirut, Lebanon, June 3, 2025. (Reuters)

Iran Says it's Ready for Nuclear Talks with the US but only if Washington Rebuilds Trust

Iran is ready to engage in talks on its nuclear program with the United States, but only if Washington takes meaningful steps to rebuild trust, a senior…

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