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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 First responders work the scene after a vehicle drove into a departures entrance at Manila's International Airport terminal 1, in Manila, Philippines, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Vehicle Crashes into Entrance at Manila Airport, Killing 2 People Including a Young Girl

A vehicle crashed into an entrance at Manila's airport on Sunday morning, leaving two people dead including a young girl, officials said. The Philippine Red…

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World Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel stand guard near the India-Pakistan Wagah border post, about 35kms from Amritsar on May 3, 2025. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP)

India-Pakistan Gunfire Triggers Terror of Past Conflict

For 10 nights straight, gunfire between Indian and Pakistani soldiers has echoed from the mountains and deep valleys that form the heavily defended de facto…

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World North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un rests his foot on a tank gun as he tours a military equipment facility at an unspecified location in North Korea, in this image released May 4, 2025 by the Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea's Kim Visits Tank Factory, Touts Progress in Korean-style Tanks

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected an "important" tank factory and touted "great progress in the core technology of Korean-style tanks," state media…

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World In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

Russia's Drone Attack on Kyiv Injures 11, Sparks Residential Fires

Russia's overnight drone attack on Kyiv injured at least 11 people, including two children, and set several residential buildings throughout the city on fire,…

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World FILE - Lawmaker of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democracy Party Sirri Sureyya Onder speaks to the media after talks with Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Ankara, Türkiye, Wednesday, July 15, 2015.  (AP Photo/File)

Pro-Kurdish MP and Key Peace Negotiator Onder Dies at 62

Sirri Sureyya Onder, a prominent pro-Kurdish party lawmaker and key figure in Türkiye’s tentative process to end the Kurdistan Workers Party's (PKK) insurgency…

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World File photo: Police officers stand on duty at Windsor Castle in Windsor, Britain, April 1, 2018. Picture taken April 1, 2018. (Reuters)

UK Police Arrest Seven Iranians in Counter-terrorism Probes

Britain's counter-terrorism police have arrested eight men, seven of whom are Iranian nationals, in two separate investigations, London's Metropolitan Police…

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World A serviceman of the 43rd Hetman Taras Triasylo Separate Artillery Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces stands near an Archer self-propelled howitzer as it is fired towards Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a position in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine April 24, 2025. (Reuters)

Ukraine Says It Shot Down Russian Fighter Jet from Sea Drone for First Time

Ukraine destroyed a Russian Su-30 fighter jet using a missile fired from a seaborne drone, Ukraine's GUR military intelligence agency announced on Saturday, in…

World Supporters of Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese react at a Labor party election night event, after local media projected the Labor Party's victory, on the day of the Australian federal election, in Sydney, Australia, May 3, 2025. REUTERS/Hollie Adams

Australia's Albanese Claims Election Victory, Riding Anti-Trump Wave

Australia’s Anthony Albanese claimed a historic second term as prime minister on Saturday in a dramatic comeback against once-resurgent conservatives that was…

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World A South Sudanese soldier walks around the streets of Juba in a "show of force" ahead of Pope Francis' visit to the country this week in Juba, South Sudan February 2, 2023. REUTERS/Jok Solomun

Attack on Hospital Run by Doctors Without Borders Leaves at Least 4 Dead in South Sudan

Doctors Without Borders said Saturday that its facility in a remote part of South Sudan was targeted in an aerial bombardment that resulted in some casualties…

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World File Photo: A Chinese coastguard vessel is seen close to the islands on Saturday in a picture released by Japanese maritime authorities. Photograph: AP

Chinese Coast Guard Says it 'Warns off' Japanese Aircraft Near Disputed Island Chain

China's coast guard said it had taken "necessary control measures" to warn a Japanese civilian aircraft that was flying in the vicinity of a disputed island…

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World Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and US President Donald Trump meet, while they attend the funeral of Pope Francis, at the Vatican April 26, 2025. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Zelenskiy Lauds Common Ground with Trump after 'Best' Vatican Meeting

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said his brief meeting with US counterpart Donald Trump on the sidelines of Pope Francis’ funeral at the Vatican a week…

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World Deputy head of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev delivers a speech during a session of the educational marathon "Knowledge. First" in Moscow, Russia, April 29, 2025. Sputnik/Yekaterina Shtukina/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Russia's Medvedev Says Trump's Statement about US World War Two Role was 'Pretentious Nonsense'

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, said on Saturday that President Donald Trump's assertion that the US had done more than any…

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World Kashmiri villager stand outside their home in the backdrop of Pakistan controlled Kashmir villages at Churunda village, near the Line of Control, north of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Pakistan Test Fires Ballistic Missile as Tensions with India Spike

Pakistan test-fired Saturday a ballistic missile as tensions with India spiked over last week´s deadly attack on tourists in the disputed Kashmir region. The…

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World Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (C) arrives for the launching of his book 'The Power of Negotiation', at the Muscat International Fair on the sidelines of his attendance at the third round of indirect talk between Iran and the US, in Muscat, Oman, 25 April 2025. EPA/ALI HAIDER

Iran Says 'Has Every Right' to Enrich Uranium, Dismissing US Concerns

Iran defended on Saturday its "right" to enrich uranium despite growing Western concern that Tehran may be seeking nuclear weapons and as talks with the United…

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World Forensic experts examine the area of a bomb explosion outside a bank branch in Thessaloniki, Greece, 03 May 2025. EPA/ACHILLEAS CHIRAS

Woman Dies After Blast Near Bank in Greece

A woman died early Saturday after an explosion next to bank in the northern greek city of Thessaloniki, the police said. The 38-year-old woman was rushed to…

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World In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, a car burns against the background of a damaged private house following Russia's air raid in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, April 28, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

Russia Declares State of Emergency at Port after Ukrainian Drone Attack on Novorossiisk

The mayor of the Russian port city of Novorossiisk declared a state of emergency on Saturday after local authorities said a Ukrainian drone attack had damaged…

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World FILE - In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei speaks in a ceremony meeting a group of officials, in Tehran, Iran, March 8, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

New US-Iran Agreement Stricter Than 2015 JCPOA

The US is seeking to ink a new agreement with Iran similar to their 2015 JCPOA but with stricter conditions, including a permanent and structural change in…

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World US President Donald Trump delivers commencement remarks at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on May 1, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Trump Posts Spoof Picture Dressed as Pope

US President Donald Trump posted on Friday a spoof picture of himself dressed as the pope on his Truth Social platform after joking that he would like to be…

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World Police work on the scene as a bystander is shook up by a homicide in front of 2107 Cedar Ave S in Minneapolis, Minn., on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP)

Shooter Wounds Two at US College

A gunman wounded two women on Friday on the campus of a private college near the US city of Los Angeles, authorities said. "One's in critical condition, and…

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World People walk through buildings in Vanzara Vas, a low-income neighborhood, in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Dozens Killed and Injured in India Temple Stampede

At least six people were killed and 55 were injured in a stampede at an Indian temple in the western coastal state of Goa where hundreds of devout Hindus had…

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World An Iranian man rides a bicycle next to an anti-US mural near the former US embassy in Tehran, Iran, 01 May 2025. (EPA)

Iran Says US Sanctions ‘Will Not Change’ Policy after Trump Warnings

Iran said Friday that continued US sanctions on its trade partners will not alter its policy, after President Donald Trump threatened to penalize countries or…

World  People evacuate the coastline in Chile, following a tsunami preventive advisory generated by local authorities, after an earthquake sparked a tsunami threat on the Pacific coast, in Punta Arenas, Chile, May 2, 2025. (Reuters)

Earthquake Strikes off Chile’s Southern Coast, Sparking Tsunami Threat

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Drake Passage between Cape Horn and Antarctica at a depth of just 10 km (6 miles) on Friday, the United States Geological…

World In this handout photograph posted on the official Facebook account of Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko late on April 30, 2025, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (L) and Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko (R) attend a ceremony to sign a minerals deal, in Washington DC, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (AFP PHOTO / Facebook account of Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko)

Ukraine’s Parliament Will Vote on Ratifying US Minerals Deal on May 8, Lawmaker Says

Ukraine's parliament will hold a vote on May 8 to ratify a minerals deal signed with the United States earlier this week, a lawmaker said on Friday, while the…

World Activists wave a Palestinian flag outside the White House during a memorial for Palestinians who have died during the past year of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in Washington, US, June 5, 2021. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo

Judge Releases Palestinian Student Activist Who was Arrested at His Citizenship Interview

A judge on Wednesday released a Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested by immigration…

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