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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 A demonstrator holds a photograph of Olivier Grondeau at a Paris gathering in support of French nationals jailed in Iran, February 1, 2025. Sebastien Dupuy, AFP

French Citizen Olivier Grondeau Freed after Imprisonment in Iran, Macron Says

A French citizen imprisoned in Iran for over 880 days has been freed, French officials said Thursday. The release of Olivier Grondeau comes as France and the…

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World FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., US, March 7, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo/File Photo

Trump Vows to Address Issue of Abducted Ukrainian Children

US President Donald Trump promised Wednesday to help Ukraine get back thousands of children allegedly abducted to Russia, even after his administration cut off…

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World FILE PHOTO: Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu addresses his supporters from the top of a bus after giving testimony to judicial authorities at the Justice Palace, known as Caglayan Courthouse, in Istanbul, Türkiye, January 31, 2025. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya/File Photo

Türkiye Seizes Detained Istanbul Mayor's Construction Company

Türkiye seized the construction company co-owned by detained Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's office said. Türkiye…

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World  A view of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Wednesday, March 19, 2025, where Pope Francis is hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis No Longer Using Ventilation, Confirmed as Improving, Vatican Says

Pope Francis is no longer using mechanical ventilation for help breathing at night and his doctors believe he will continue to improve, the Vatican said on…

World  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks on, during a joint press conference with Finland's President Alexander Stubb, at the Presidential Palace, in Helsinki, Finland, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva via AP)

Trump and Zelenskyy Wrap up Call a Day after Talks with Russia about Possible Ceasefire

President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed the path to a ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow on Wednesday, a day after the US…

World Freed Russian prisoners of war sit on a bus following a swap on February 5, 2025, at an undisclosed location. © Handout, Russian Defence Ministry, AFP / File picture

Russia, Ukraine Have Exchanged 175 Prisoners of War Each, Moscow Says

Russia has conducted a prisoner exchange with Ukraine finalized during a telephone call between US President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin, Russia…

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World Israeli National Security Minister and head of Jewish Power party Itamar Ben-Gvir gives a statement to members of the press, ahead of a possible ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Jerusalem, January 16, 2025. (Reuters)

Ben-Gvir Returns to Netanyahu's Government  

An Israeli government statement on Wednesday said Itamar Ben-Gvir, leader of the ultranationalist Jewish Power party, regained his portfolio as national…

World Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney answers questions from the media after making an announcement at a Canadian Armed Forces forward-operating location in Iqaluit, Nunavut, on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada’s New Leader Announces Australian Radar Purchase While Visiting Edge of Arctic Circle 

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday announced a radar purchase from Australia and an expansion of military operations in the Arctic while visiting…

World A 24-year-old radio operator of the Chechen Akhmat battalion with the call sign "Swallow" stands by a burned out Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicle in the village of Kazachya Loknya, which was previously held by Ukrainian troops and recently retaken by Russia's armed forces, in the Sudzha district of the Kursk region on March 18, 2025, amid the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict. (AFP)

Situation in Russia’s Belgorod Region ‘Difficult’, at Least One Killed, Government Says 

The situation in Russia's Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine remains difficult, local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Wednesday, a day after Moscow…

World Migrants wait to disembark from a fiber boat in the port of Arguineguin, on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, March 5, 2025. REUTERS/Borja Suarez

Six Migrants Die, 40 Missing in Shipwreck Off Italy's Lampedusa

Six migrants have died and 40 are missing after a shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa late on Tuesday, Italy's main news agency ANSA and other media…

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World Khaled Khalifa, Senior Advisor to the High Commissioner and UNHCR Representative to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (Asharq Al-Awsat)

UN Official Urges Funding to Support 123 Million Displaced People Worldwide

A senior United Nations official has issued an urgent appeal for funding to address the worsening humanitarian crisis faced by displaced people worldwide. The…

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World A police tow-truck leaves the scene of an explosion near the Presidential Palace, also known as Villa Somalia, in the Hamar Jajab district of Mogadishu, Somalia March 18, 2025. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Somali Militants Target Presidential Convoy in Bomb Attack, President Safe

Al Shabaab militants targeted Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in a bomb attack on his motorcade as it was traveling through the capital Mogadishu on…

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World Indonesian vessel KN. Pulau Marore-322 patrols to inspect the Iranian-flagged Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC), and the Cameroon-flagged MT S Tinos, as they were spotted conducting a ship-to-ship oil transfer without a permit near Indonesia's North Natuna Sea, Indonesia, July 7, 2023. (Reuters)

Cyber Group Disrupts Communication Networks of Iranian Oil Fleet

A hacker group has disrupted the communication networks of ships belonging to two major Iranian shipping companies sanctioned by the US. The group, called…

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World A handout photo made available by the Russian Defense Ministry's press service shows abandoned Ukrainian ammunition at a position in the Kursk region, Russia, 14 March 2025. (EPA/ Russian Defense Ministry Press Service Handout) 

Russia, Ukraine Trade Accusations of Infrastructure Attacks After Putin-Trump Call 

Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Wednesday of launching air attacks that sparked fires and damaged infrastructure just hours after their leaders agreed…

World Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf. (AFP)

Iran Wants ‘Economic Benefits’ Before Holding Talks with US

Iran said on Tuesday it will only sit at the negotiation table with the US administration if it gains “economic benefits,” adding that its Foreign Ministry is…

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World FILE PHOTO: Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu addresses his supporters from the top of a bus after giving testimony to judicial authorities at the Justice Palace, known as Caglayan Courthouse, in Istanbul, Türkiye, January 31, 2025. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya/File Photo

Police Arrest Istanbul Mayor Over Alleged Corruption and Terror Links

Turkish police on Wednesday arrested Istanbul’s mayor — a key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — as part of an investigation into alleged corruption and…

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World France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech in front of a Dassault Rafale (R) and A Dassault Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft during his visit of the French Air and Space Force (Armee de l'air et de l'espace) Luxeuil-Saint-Sauveur Airbase in Saint-Sauveur, north-eastern France on March 18, 2025. (AFP)

Macron Speeds up Rafale Warplane Orders as France Invests in Nuclear Deterrence

President Emmanuel Macron said France would order additional Rafale warplanes in the coming years and invest nearly 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) into one…

World Police officers are seen in London, Britain, November 27, 2024. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy

UK to Use Police Stations as Prisons under Emergency Measure

Police cells will temporarily be used to hold prisoners in a stop-gap measure to cope with overcrowding in jails, the British government said on Tuesday. The…

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

Major Search Continues after Deadly Migrant Boat Sinking Off Cyprus Coast

A major rescue operation continued Tuesday off the southern coast of Cyprus after a migrant boat sank in international waters, with no additional survivors or…

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World In this photo provided by NASA, Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams pose for a portrait inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station's Harmony module and Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on June 13, 2024. (NASA via AP)

NASA's Stuck Astronauts are Finally on their Way Back to Earth after 9 Months in Space

NASA’s two stuck astronauts headed back to Earth with SpaceX on Tuesday to close out a dramatic marathon mission that began with a bungled Boeing test flight…

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World Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha attends Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi, India, March 18, 2025. (Reuters)

Ukraine Can Achieve Just and Lasting Peace Under Trump, Says Foreign Minister 

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Tuesday that Kyiv was not the obstacle for a peace deal with Russia and believes it can achieve just and…

World This photograph released by Taiwan Ministry of National Defense taken from a Taiwan Air Force P-3C Orion anti-submarine aircraft, shows a Chinese Cloud Shadow WZ-10 drone near Taiwan, Monday, March 17, 2025. (Taiwan Ministry of National Defense via AP)

China Conducts Air and Sea Drills Near Taiwan, Blaming Recent Statements by US and Taiwanese Leaders 

An unusually large number of Chinese military ships, planes and drones entered airspace and waters surrounding Taiwan between Sunday and Monday, the self…

World A ship fires missiles at an undisclosed location, after US President Donald Trump launched military strikes against Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday over the group's attacks against Red Sea shipping, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video released on March 15, 2025. US Central Command/Handout via REUTERS

North Korea Condemns US Strikes against Yemen

North Korea condemned recent US strikes on Yemen as an act violating international law and a country's sovereignty and said such a move could never be…

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World FILED - 14 June 2019, Japan, Osaka: US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting on the sidelines of the 2019 G20 summit. Photo: White House/dpa -

Trump, Putin Agree to Russia-Ukraine Energy Infrastructure Ceasefire for 30 Days

Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Tuesday to a proposal by US President Donald Trump that Russia and Ukraine cease attacking each other's energy…

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