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Report: Trump Tells Advisers He May Hold Off on Iran Attacks Barring New Provocations

World US President Donald Trump attends a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, US, November 11, 2026. (Reuters)

Report: Trump Tells Advisers He May Hold Off on Iran Attacks Barring New Provocations

President Donald Trump has told senior advisers in recent days that he may hold off on attacking Iran if the US faces no new provocations from Tehran or the…

World US President Donald Trump presents the National Medal of Science to Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk during the "A New Golden Age" summit at the US Institute of Peace, renamed The Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace by the Trump administration, in Washington, DC, US, October 8, 2026. (Reuters)

Trump Is Taking Elon Musk on His Asia Trip, but He Plans to Avoid Talking About Nvidia Scandal

President Donald Trump plans to take the world's wealthiest man, Elon Musk, with him next week when he travels to the Philippines and China. As the head of…

World South Sudan People's Defense Forces (SSPDF) officers attend the funeral of Sudan's late former Vice President Joseph Lagu, near the Dr John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan, November 13, 2026. (Reuters)

South Sudan Delays Election to February 2027

South Sudan has pushed back its national elections to February 11, 2027, according to a timetable issued by the country's National Elections Commission, in…

World Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, October 12, 2026. (Reuters)

Iran’s Navy Says Oil Tanker on Fire After Hitting Mine in Hormuz

Iran's navy said an oil tanker caught fire on Saturday ‌morning after ‌hitting a ‌naval ⁠mine in the eastern ⁠Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state…

World The exterior of the International Criminal Court is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, September 22, 2025. (Reuters file)

Rubio Takes Swipe at International Law, Attacks ICC

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio took aim Friday at what he deemed the "weaponization of international law," calling it a tool of the elite, and issued a…


World File photo: Former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor Mark Carney speaks after he won the race to become leader of Canada's ruling Liberal Party and will succeed Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, March 9, 2025. REUTERS/Amber Bracken/Pool

New Canadian Leader Says Trump Will Want Trade Talks as Americans Suffer from Trade War

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday US President Donald Trump will ultimately respect Canada’s sovereignty and be ready for comprehensive trade…

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World FILE - A demonstrator waves a flag on the Columbia University campus at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment, in New York, April 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Columbia University Agrees to Some Trump Demands in Attempt to Restore Funding

Columbia University agreed to some changes demanded by US President Donald Trump's administration before it can negotiate to regain federal funding that was…

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World  Elon Musk and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth laugh at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, US, March 21, 2025 in this screengrab obtained from a video. (Reuters)

Elon Musk Holds Unprecedented Pentagon Meeting, Wants Leakers Prosecuted

Billionaire Elon Musk took his campaign to cut the US federal government into uncharted waters on Friday, holding an unprecedented top-level meeting at the…

World  US President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listen during an event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 21, 2025. Trump announced the award to Boeing of a major contract for the Air Force's high-tech next-generation F-47 fighter plane. (AFP)

Trump Awards Boeing Much-Needed Win with F-47 Fighter Jet Contract

US President Donald Trump awarded Boeing on Friday the contract to build the US Air Force's most sophisticated fighter jet yet, dubbed the F-47, handing the…

World US President Donald Trump (Reuters)

Washington ‘Drags’ Tehran to Negotiations as Military Option Remains on the Table

The administration of US President Donald Trump is intensifying pressure on Iranian authorities to adopt a clearer stance and to “drag” them into direct…

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World Middle East Technical University (ODTU) students clash with Turkish anti riot police as they use tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters demonstrate against the arrest of Istanbul mayor, in Ankara on March 20, 2025. (AFP)

Türkiye Warns Against Growing Street Protests Over Detained Mayor 

Türkiye’s government warned on Friday against "illegal" calls from the main opposition for street protests over the detention of Istanbul's mayor Ekrem…

World Municipal workers clean up after Russian drones hit shops during the night attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP)

Russian Drones Hammer Ukraine’s Odesa as Czech Leader Visits 

Russia pounded Ukraine's Black Sea city of Odesa with one of its biggest drone attacks late on Thursday, injuring three teenagers and sparking fires as the…

World FILE - Migrants aboard a Cyprus marine police patrol boat are brought to a harbor after being rescued from their own vessel off the Mediterranean island nation's southeastern coast of Protaras, Cyprus, on Jan. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)

UN: Record 8,938 People Died on Migration Routes in 2024

Last year was the deadliest year for migrants, with nearly 9,000 people dying worldwide, the United Nations said on Friday, calling it an "unacceptable and…

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World This handout photograph taken on March 16, 2025 and released on March 17, 2025, by the press service of the 24th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces, shows Ukrainian servicemen of the 24th Mechanized Brigade firing a 120mm mortar towards Russian positions at an undisclosed location near Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by OLEG PETRASIUK / 24th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces / AFP

UN Condemns Unimaginable Suffering of Ukrainian Children at Hands of Russia

Russia inflicted unimaginable suffering on millions of Ukrainian children and violated their rights since its full scale invasion of Ukraine begun in 2022, a…

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World Debris of a collapsed building following an earthquake in Kermanshah province in 2014 (EPA)

Magnitude 5 Quake Hits Natanz Area of Central Iran

A magnitude 5 earthquake struck on Friday in the Natanz area of the central Iranian province of Isfahan where a key nuclear site is located, local media…

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World An Iranian woman jumps over a flame in celebration of the last week of the Persian year in Tehran (AP)

Iran: Behind Trump’s Threat, an Opportunity

- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi described US President Donald Trump’s message as a “threat that contains an opportunity,” confirming that Tehran is…

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World A handout picture made available by the Iranian supreme leader’s office shows Ali Khamenei delivering an address to the nation in Tehran, Iran, 20 March 2025. EPA/Iranian supreme leader's office

Khamenei Warns US Against Iran Action

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Friday that Tehran has no proxies in the region and that the groups it backs act independently. US President Donald…

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World This picture taken on March 20, 2025 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS on March 21, 2025 shows a test-fire of the latest anti-aircraft missile system to examine its comprehensive performance at an undisclosed location in North Korea. (KCNA via KNS / AFP)

North Korea’s Kim Oversees Test-Fire of Surface-to-Air Missiles

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-firing of the country's latest anti-aircraft missile system on Thursday, state media KCNA reported, as some…

World People walk past a departure board displaying Singapore Airlines SQ318 flight to London Heathrow as cancelled at Singapore Changi Airport in Singapore on March 21, 2025. (AFP)

Heathrow Says It Will Reopen after Closure Causes Global Flight Turmoil

Britain's Heathrow said it had begun the process of reopening on Friday after a fire knocked out its power supply and shut Europe's busiest airport for the day…

World Handout obtained from Cypriot government’s Joint Rescue Coordination Center shows migrant boat in Mediterranean waters east of Cape Greco in southeastern Cyprus ahead of a rescue operation. (File/AFP)

UN Refugee Agency Says Cyprus Still Pushes Back Migrant Boats, Cyprus Insists Agency Has it Wrong

Cyprus and the United Nations agency for refugees on Thursday clashed over allegations that the east Mediterranean island nation continues to engage in so…

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World Russian President Vladimir Putin's top security adviser Sergei Shoigu disembarks a plane as he arrives in North Korea, in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency March 21, 2025. (KCNA via Reuters)

Top Russian Official Meets North Korea’s Kim, Thanks Him for Support in Ukraine War

A top Russian security official met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang on Friday and thanked him for the country’s support of Moscow’s war…

World (FILES) Ronen Bar, chief of the Israel Security Agency (also known as Shabak or Shin Bet), attends a ceremony marking Memorial Day for fallen soldiers of Israel's wars and victims of attacks at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl military cemetery on May 13, 2024. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / POOL / AFP)

Israeli Supreme Court Freezes Dismissal of Shin Bet Chief

Israel's Supreme Court issued an injunction on Friday temporarily freezing the dismissal of the head of the domestic intelligence service as protestors…

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World The Liberian-flagged tanker Ice Energy, chartered by the US government, takes Iranian oil from Iranian-flagged Lana (formerly Pegas) as part of a civil forfeiture action off the shore of Karystos, on the Island of Evia, Greece, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Costas Baltas/File Photo

US Slaps Iran-related Sanctions on Oil Tankers, China ‘Teapot' Refinery

The US on Thursday issued new Iran-related sanctions, targeting entities including for the first time a Chinese "teapot", or independent refinery, and vessels…

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World A handout picture released by Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs shows US citizen George Glezmann (C) posing for a picture with US official Adam Boehler (C-L), former US envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad (C-R) and Qatari diplomats in Kabul on March 20, 2025, ahead of their departure to Doha. (Photo by QATARI MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS / AFP)

American Citizen Glezmann Freed by Taliban

The Taliban on Thursday freed an American citizen detained in Afghanistan for over two years following direct talks between US hostage envoy Adam Boehler and…

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World People protest on a day of strike and resistance, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem, June 27, 2024. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun TPX

Anti-Netanyahu Protesters Clash with Israeli Police

Israeli police deployed a water cannon and made several arrests on Thursday as protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's move to oust the…

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World United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi speaks during press a conference in Beirut, Lebanon , October 6, 2024. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki/File Photo

Millions of Lives at Risk from 'Brutal' Funding Cuts, UN Refugee Chief Says

Millions of lives are at risk from "brutal funding cuts" from donors, the UN refugee chief said on Thursday, warning that already displaced women are at…

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World UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is co-leading efforts to form the 'coalition of the willing' to help Ukraine in peace. JULIAN SIMMONDS / POOL/AFP

Military Chiefs Gather in UK to Discuss Ukraine Protections

Dozens of military chiefs from countries keen to help protect an eventual ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine will meet in Britain on Thursday to discuss…

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World 10 March 2025, United Kingdom, Dover: A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, from a Border Force vessel following a small boat incident in the Channel. Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/dpa

One Person Dies as Migrants Aim to Cross English Channel

One person has died after a boat carrying migrants trying to cross the English Channel from France got into difficulties overnight, said a local French…

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World FILE PHOTO: A protester stands near the US Department of Education headquarters after the agency said it would lay off nearly half its staff, a possible precursor to closing altogether, as government agencies scrambled to meet President Donald Trump's deadline to submit plans for a second round of mass layoffs, in Washington, D.C., US, March 12, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo

Trump to Sign Order Shuttering Education Department

US President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Thursday to close the Education Department, fulfilling a yearslong pledge to dismantle the…

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