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New French Protests Focus on Children and Police

World A protester waves a French flag amid tear gas smoke during a demonstration in Lyon, France. (Getty Images/AFP)

New French Protests Focus on Children and Police

France faces more rallies on Saturday with demonstrators venting frustrations ranging from inflation to opposition to a new police bill at the latest protests…

World The main entrance at the RAF Lakenheath airbase, which hosts United States Air Force (USAF) personnel, amid reports of a security threat in Lakenheath, Britain, November 13, 2026. (Reuters)

US Forces Responded to Suspected Drone Activity Over Base in Britain

US forces responded to possible unauthorized drone activity over a military base in Britain Friday, spokespeople from the two countries said, in the latest…

World  Secretary Marco Rubio delivers a keynote speech at Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention, in Washington, DC on November 13, 2026. (AFP)

Rubio Says Further US Military Action Is Not Needed Against Economically Weakened Iran

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that further US military action against Iran is unnecessary because the economic pain the US is inflicting on a…

World Traditional Russian wooden dolls depicting China's President Xi Jinping, the US president, Donald Trump, and Russia’s Vladimir Putin. (AP)

Trump, Xi, Putin to Hold Historic Meeting in China, Says White House

Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will hold the first three-way meeting between the leaders of the United States, Russia and China at a summit in…

World  Travelers wait in line at ticket counters at LaGuardia Airport in New York, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026, after the Federal Aviation Administration grounded flights nationwide. (AP)

‘I May Lose My Mind’: Frustrated Travelers Stuck in US Flight Havoc

Confusion reigned at airports across the United States on Friday as a rare grounding of all US flights stranded hundreds of thousands of frustrated travelers. …


World Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Facility (AFP)

Iran Has Amassed Even More Near Weapons-grade Uranium, UN Watchdog Says

Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, a confidential report by the UN nuclear watchdog said Saturday. In…

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

Istanbul Mayor's Staff Targeted By Dozens Of Arrest Warrants

Turkish authorities have issued 47 arrest warrants for municipal officials and staff across Istanbul, whose mayor -- the main political rival to President…

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World France's President Emmanuel Macron (centre L) and his wife Brigitte Macron (R) look on during a visit to the University of Science and Technology in Hanoi on May 27, 2025. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

Trump's Advice to Macron: ‘Make Sure the Door Remains Closed'

US President Donald Trump said his advice for French President Emmanuel Macron, who has been shown on a video through an open plane door being pushed in the…

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World A Palestinian boy sits on the curb as he waits near a food distribution kitchen in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Barcelona Breaks 'Friendship Agreement' with Tel Aviv Over Gaza War

Barcelona City Council voted Friday to sever institutional ties with the Israeli government and suspend its friendship agreement with Tel Aviv, citing…

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World A handout picture released by Iran's Atomic Energy Organization on November 4, 2019, shows the atomic enrichment facilities Natanz nuclear research center, some 300 kilometers south of capital Tehran. (HO / Atomic Energy Organization of Iran / AFP)

Iran's Nuclear Weapons Program Still Active… IRGC Agents Disguised in European Companies

The Austrian intelligence agency said in a report that Iran is continuing with its active nuclear weapons program, which it says can be used to launch missiles…

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World Former US President Joe Biden speaks to reporters, after a ceremony, at Veterans Memorial Park, in New Castle, Delaware, US May 30, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

Biden Optimistic After Cancer Diagnosis

Former US President Joe Biden told reporters Friday he was feeling “optimistic” about the future after delivering his first public remarks since revealing he…

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World In this handout photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), rescuers search for victims at the site of a collapsed natural stones quarry in Cirebon district , West Java province, Indonesia, Friday, May 30, 2025. (BASARNAS via AP)

Death Toll from Quarry Collapse in Indonesia Rises to 14

At least 14 people were killed after a quarry collapsed the previous day in Indonesia’s West Java province, officials said Saturday. More than two dozen…

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World Elon Musk speaks during a news conference with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump, Musk Offer Show of Unity as Tesla CEO Departs Government

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that billionaire Elon Musk will remain a close adviser, after the Tesla CEO ended a chaotic four-month stint leading…

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World US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth waits to deliver his speech at the 22nd Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Pentagon Chief Warns China 'Preparing' to Use Military Force in Asia

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth warned Saturday that China was "credibly preparing" to use military force to upend the balance of power in Asia, vowing…

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World A view of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) laboratories in Seibersdorf, Austria, May 26, 2025. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

Diplomats: West Plans to Push IAEA Board to Find Iran in Breach of Duties

Western powers are preparing to push the UN nuclear watchdog's board at its next quarterly meeting to declare Iran in breach of its non-proliferation…

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World An aerial view of Maiduguri, northeastern, Nigeria, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

At Least 111 People Dead after Floods Submerge Market Town in Nigeria

At least 111 people were confirmed dead in central Nigeria on Friday after floods submerged the market town of Mokwa in the country's Niger State following…

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World A view shows ruins of buildings in the abandoned town of Marinka (Maryinka), which was destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the Donetsk region, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, April 1, 2025. (Reuters)

Russia Tells UN a Simple Ceasefire Can't End War in Ukraine

Russia told the United Nations Security Council on Friday that a simple ceasefire is not enough to end Moscow's more than three-year war in Ukraine. "To…

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World Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan speaks during a joint news conference following a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov, Pool)

Türkiye Hopes to Host Leaders of US, Russia, Ukraine after Potential Next Round Peace Talks

Türkiye hopes that Russia and Ukraine will largely finish work on technical issues at their next potential talks aimed at ending the war, Foreign Minister…

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World People walk near a bus at the site of a landslide following a cloudburst in Neelum Valley, Pakistan-administered Kashmir, 28 May 2025. EPA/AMIRUDDIN MUGHAL

Rain, Storms in Pakistan Kill 32 in a Week

At least 32 people have been killed and more than 150 injured in Pakistan in a week of storms that followed a heatwave, with officials reporting on Friday five…

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World Representation photo: Miners work at the D4 Gakombe coltan quarry in Rubaya, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Friday, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Officials Say at Least 2 People are Dead and 8 are Missing after Stone Quarry Collapse in Indonesia

A natural stones quarry in Indonesia’s West Java province collapsed on several people who were working inside on Friday, killing at least two people and…

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World The Iranian negotiating team departs the Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman in Rome last Friday (Reuters). 

Cautious Optimism Between Washington and Tehran as Nuclear Talks Inch Forward

Amid renewed diplomatic engagement, cautious optimism is building around the Iranian nuclear file, with sources in Washington and Tehran suggesting that a…

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World Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks after a press conference in Jerusalem, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)

Israeli PM’s Office: Netanyahu 'Successfully Underwent Routine Colonoscopy'

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the 75-year-old premier "successfully underwent a routine colonoscopy" at a hospital in Jerusalem…

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World US Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg looks on as he meets with Polish President Andrzej Duda at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, February 18, 2025. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights

Trump Envoy Says Russian Concern over NATO Enlargement is Fair

US President Donald Trump's envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, said Russia's concern over the eastward enlargement of NATO was fair and the United States did not…

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World (FILES) Demonstrators with signs stand around the John Harvard Statue in Harvard Yard following a rally against President Donald Trump's attacks on Harvard University at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 17, 2025. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP)

Universities Seek to Lure US-bound Students amid Trump Crackdown

Universities around the world are seeking to offer refuge for students impacted by US President Donald Trump's crackdown on academic institutions, targeting…

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World Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, center, attends the signing ceremony of “the Convention on the Establishment of the International Organization for Mediation”, in Hong Kong, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jonathan Lee)

China Forms New Global Mediation Group with Dozens of Countries

Dozens of countries joined China on Friday in establishing an international mediation-based dispute resolution group. Representatives of more than 30 other…

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World A local resident stands in a damaged flat of a multistory residential building following a drone strike in Kyiv on May 25, 2025, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

Several People Injured in Russian Attack in Ukraine's Northeast

Russian forces launched a massive drone attack overnight that injured several people, including two teenagers, in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, local…

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World In this pool picture distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin gives a bunch of flowers to Akie Abe, widow of former Japanese premier Shinzo Abe, at the Kremlin. Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL/AFP

After Trump, Shinzo Abe's Widow Meets Putin

Russian leader Vladimir Putin hosted the widow of assassinated former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, the Kremlin said, five months after then US president…

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World Pedestrians walk down Water Street in Liverpool, north-west England on May 28, 2025, where a car ploughed in to crowds that had gathered on May 26 to watch an open-top bus victory parade for Liverpool's Premier League trophy parade. (AFP)

Driver Charged with Causing Grievous Bodily Harm After Liverpool Football Parade Tragedy

A 53-year-old British man who injured nearly 80 people when his car rammed into a crowd of Liverpool football fans celebrating their team’s Premier League…

World Cyprus' deputy minister for migration Nicholas loannides, second left, explains how a new voluntary repatriation program for Syrian families living in Cyprus will work during a press conference, at the Press and Informations office in the capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Cyprus Offers Syrian Families Money to Resettle, Work Permits for Main Earners

Cyprus will offer Syrian families money to help them resettle back in their homeland and allow the main income earners to remain on the island nation for up to…

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