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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  US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Democratic Republic of the Congo's Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner and Rwanda's Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington DC, June 27, 2025. (Reuters)

Trump Tells Iran’s Supreme Leader: ‘You Got Beat to Hell’

President Donald Trump on Friday scoffed at Ali Khamenei’s heated warning to the US not to launch future strikes on Iran, as well as the Iranian supreme leader…

World FILE - A view of a Greenland flag in the village of Igaliku in Greenland, Friday, July 5, 2024. (Ida Marie Odgaard/ Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)

Danish General Says He Is Not Losing Sleep over US Plans for Greenland

The head of Denmark's Arctic command said the prospect of a US takeover of Greenland was not keeping him up at night after talks with a senior US general last…

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World Tourists walk past the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, and the Houses of Parliament, in London, Britain, June 26, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes

UK Police Arrest 4 Over Pro-Palestinian Protest at Military Base

British police have arrested four people in connection with a pro-Palestinian protest last week in which military planes were sprayed with paint at an air base…

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Iran's Hackers Keep a Low Profile after Israeli and US Strikes

After Israeli and American forces struck Iranian nuclear targets, officials in both countries sounded the alarm over potentially disruptive cyberattacks…

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World FILE PHOTO: Members of the M23 rebel group mount their vehicles after the opening ceremony of Caisse Generale d'epargne du Congo in Goma, North Kivu province in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo, April 7, 2025. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo

Congo and Rwanda to Sign US-mediated Peace Deal to End Conflict in Eastern Congo

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda are set to sign a peace deal facilitated by the US to help end the decadeslong deadly fighting in eastern Congo. …

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World Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei delivers his third video message to the nation since the Iran-Israel conflict, in Tehran, Iran, 26 June 2025. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH

Katz: Israel Would Have Killed Khamenei if Given Opportunity

Defense Minister Israel Katz told media that Israel would have killed Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei during the war between the two countries if the…

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World Singer Taylor Swift, left, takes in the third period in Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final between the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers in Sunrise, Fla., Thursday, June 12, 2025. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Germany Charges Syrian National in Connection with Taylor Swift Concert Plot

Germany has charged a Syrian national with supporting a foreign terrorist organization for helping to plan a foiled attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna…

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World Takahiro Shiraishi leaves a police station in Hachioji, suburbs of Tokyo, in November 2017. (Takuya Inaba/Kyodo News via AP, File)

Japan Executes Man Convicted of Murder for Killing, Dismembering 9 People

A man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering nine people in his apartment near Tokyo was executed Friday, Japan's Justice Ministry said. Takahiro…

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White House Wants Deep Cut in US Funding for War Crimes Investigations

The White House has recommended terminating US funding for nearly two dozen programs that conduct war crimes and accountability work globally, including in…

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World FILE - Neighborhoods of North Korea's Kaepoong village are seen from the observation post in Ganghwa, near the border with North Korea, South Korea, Feb. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

6 Americans Detained for Trying to Send Rice and Bibles to North Korea by Sea

Six Americans were detained Friday in South Korea for trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles filled with rice, US dollars bills and Bibles toward North Korea by…

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World Donald Trump's evisceration of funding for USAID has dealt a hammer blow to humanitarian campaigns. John Falchetto / AFP

UN Conference Seeks Foreign Aid Rally as Trump Cuts Bite

Spain will host a UN conference next week seeking fresh backing for development aid as swingeing cuts led by US President Donald Trump and global turmoil…

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World People hold pictures of victims during a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary the Mutual Israelite Association of Argentina (AMIA) bombing attack in Buenos Aires on July 18, 2024. (AFP)

Argentina to Put Iranians and Lebanese on Trial in Absentia over 1994 Jewish Center Bombing

An Argentine judge on Thursday ordered that the seven Iranians and three Lebanese citizens accused of involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community…

World  Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia June 23, 2025. (Sputnik/Sergei Karpukhin/Pool via Reuters)

Iran Denies Any Meeting with US Next Week, Foreign Minister Says

Iran currently has no plan to meet with the United States, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Thursday in an interview on state TV, contradicting US…

World Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine, responds to a question during a press conference about Operation Midnight Hammer at the Pentagon, June 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. (dpa)

How the US Used Its Bunker-Buster Bombs at Iranian Nuclear Sites

The deep penetrating bombs that the US dropped into two Iranian nuclear facilities were designed specifically for those sites and were the result of more than…

World  A sample of samarium (Sm) is displayed at the Laboratory of Physics and Material studies (LPEM) in Paris, France, June 23, 2025. (Reuters)

US Says Deal with Beijing Will Expedite Rare Earth Exports from China

The United States has reached an agreement with China on how to expedite rare earth shipments to the US, a White House official said on Thursday, amid efforts…

World US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force General Dan Caine, speak during a press conference at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, US, June 26, 2025. REUTERS/Idrees Ali

No Known Intelligence that Iran Moved Uranium, US Defense Chief Says

US defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday said he was unaware of any intelligence suggesting Iran had moved any of its highly enriched uranium to shield it…

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World This handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei shows him, flanked by the Iranian flag and a portrait of his predecessor the late supreme leader and Iranian revolution leader Ruhollah Khomeini, giving a televised address in Tehran on June 18, 2025. (Photo by KHAMENEI.IR / AFP)

Iran’s Khamenei Resurfaces to Warn Against Future US Attacks in First Statement Since Ceasefire

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said Thursday that his country had delivered a "slap to America’s face" by striking a US air base in Qatar and warned…

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World A poster depicting US President Donald Trump prostrating in front of Iran's Ali Kamenei hangs in a southern Beirut suburb. AFP

US to Offer New Defense of Strikes on Iran Nuclear Sites

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to hold a news conference on Thursday to offer a fresh assessment of strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, following a…

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World FILE PHOTO: A tail of an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane that crashed is seen stuck on a building after the incident in Ahmedabad, India, June 12, 2025. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo

India: Efforts Are on to Reconstruct Events that Caused Air India Crash

Efforts are underway to reconstruct the sequence of events leading to the Air India plane crash this month that killed 260 people, and identify contributing…

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Türkiye Backs NATO's 5% Defense Spending Goal, Plans Nationwide Air Shield

Türkiye supports NATO's decision to more than double its defense spending target to 5% of GDP by 2035 and is already exceeding the previous 2% benchmark, a…

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World Sébastien Lecornu, Minister of the Armed Forces for France delivers his speech during the 22nd Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

France Says It Intercepted Drones Targeting Israel Prior to Iran Ceasefire

France's military took part in efforts to stop Iranian drones targeting Israel prior to this week's ceasefire, the country's defense minister Sebastien Lecornu…

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World Afghan refugees who returned after fleeing Iran to escape deportation and conflict gather at a UNHCR facility near the Islam Qala crossing in western Herat province, Afghanistan, on Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Omid Haqjoo)

'Thrown Out Like Trash'; Afghans Return to Land they Hardly Know

Ghulam Ali begins his days in pain, his muscles aching from hauling grain on a rickety cart through the streets of Kabul, homesick for the country he called…

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World This photograph shows a lightning bolt falling near Sacre Coeur Basilica in Montmartre during a thunderstorm, in Paris on June 25, 2025. (Photo by Olivier MORIN / AFP)

Two Dead in Severe Storm in France

Two people, including a child, died in a violent storm that lashed France overnight, emergency services said Thursday. In southern France, a falling tree…

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World At least 300 were injured in Nairob. SIMON MAINA / AFP

Kenya Anniversary Protests Turn Violent, 8 Dead

Marches in Kenya to mark a year since massive anti-government demos turned violent on Wednesday, with eight killed and at least 400 injured as protesters held…

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