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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 man holds the Syrian opposition flag as they celebrate after Syria's army command notified officers on Sunday that President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year authoritarian rule has ended - Aleppo, Syria - AFP

Syria's Sharaa, Shibani Expected at Brussels Donor Summit

Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, is expected to attend an international donor summit for his country in Brussels on March 17, a Syrian source and…

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World Honor guards shoot into the air during the funeral ceremony of six Ukrainian servicemen killed in a Russian rocket attack at a Ukrainian military academy, during their funeral ceremony in Poltava, Ukraine, Saturday Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Online Map Appears to Show Ukraine No Longer in Control of Russia's Sudzha

A widely-used online Ukrainian battlefield map appeared to show Ukrainian forces no longer in control of the town of Sudzha in Russia's Kursk region on…

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World Coils of steel are seen at the ArcelorMittal Dofasco Steel Plant in Hamilton, Ontario, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada Announces C$29.8 Billion in Retaliatory Tariffs on US

Canada will impose retaliatory tariffs on US imported goods worth C$29.8 billion ($20 billion) effective on Thursday in response to US President Donald Trump's…

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EU Welcomes Joint Statement Issued by Ukraine, the US Following Meeting in Saudi Arabia

The European Union welcomed the joint statement issued by Ukraine and the United States following their meeting in Saudi Arabia, including proposals for a…

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Trump Administration Yet to Talk to Cuba over Migration

Cuba has yet to discuss migration with the Trump administration, Vice Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio told Reuters, even as the US plows ahead with…

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World Representation photo: Access to the gates at Hanover Airport is closed. The trade union Verdi has called on public service and ground handling employees to go on a 24-hour warning strike at 13 airports on Monday. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa

Man is Shot Outside of a Chicago O'Hare Airport Terminal Following an Altercation

A man was shot outside of a Chicago O'Hare International Airport terminal early Wednesday following an altercation among multiple people, police said. The 25…

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World A view of Odessa seaport (archive - Reuters).

Russian Missile Attack on Central Ukraine Kills One Person, Wounds Nine

A Russian missile attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih killed a 47-year-old woman and wounded at least nine other people, Dnipropetrovsk regional…

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World US President Donald Trump waits to greet British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the entrance of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 27, 2025. (Photo by Carl Court / POOL / AFP)

Iran Says an Arab Country Will Deliver Trump's Letter to Tehran

US President Donald Trump's letter to Iran's clerical establishment "will soon be delivered to Tehran by an Arab country," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas…

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World A general view of Tiananmen Square during the closing meeting of the Third Session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) of China in Beijing, China, 11 March 2025. EPA/JESSICA LEE

China, Russia, Iran to Hold Nuclear Talks in Beijing on Friday

China will hold a meeting on Friday in Beijing with Russia and Iran on the Iranian "nuclear issue", its foreign ministry said, with both nations sending their…

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World A view shows an election poster, ahead of the Greenlandic parliamentary elections on March 11, in Nuuk, Greenland March 7, 2025. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen via REUTERS

Center-right Party Wins Most Votes in Greenland's Parliamentary Election as Trump Seeks Control

The center-right Demokraatit Party won the most votes in Greenland’s parliamentary elections, a surprise result as the territory went to the polls in the…

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World Paramilitary soldiers stand guard at a railway station in the Sibi district of southwestern Balochistan province on March 12, 2025, during a security operation against militants a day after they hijacked a passenger train. (Photo by Banaras KHAN / AFP)

Pakistan Security Forces Battle to Free About 300 Hostages Aboard Train

Pakistani security forces exchanged gunfire on Wednesday with hundreds of separatist militants as they sought to free about 300 hostages aboard a train in the…

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World Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei

Iran’s Branches of Government to Support Pezeshkian Against Sanctions

Iranian officials on Tuesday urged the Parliament and judiciary to support the government of President Masoud Pezeshkian, based on the recommendation of…

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World US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks with the media following meetings with a Ukrainian delegation in Jeddah on March 11, 2025. SAUL LOEB / POOL/AFP

Rubio Heads to Canada as Trump Wages Trade War

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio headed Wednesday to Canada on the highest-level visit by the administration of President Donald Trump, who has unleashed a…

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World This handout photograph taken and released by Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on March 11, 2025, shows (From L) US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Ukrainian Head of Presidential Office Andriy Yermak, Ukraine's Foreign Affairs Minister Andrii Sybiha and Ukraine's Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov as they pose for a photograph after attending the Ukrainian and US delegations meeting in Jeddah. (Handout / Ukrainian Presidential Press Service / AFP)

US Resumes Military Aid and Intelligence Sharing as Ukraine Says It Is Open to a 30-Day Ceasefire

The Trump administration lifted its suspension of military aid and intelligence sharing for Ukraine, and Kyiv signaled that it was open to a 30-day ceasefire…

World Dozens of people from all over the world line in front of the central registration center for asylum-seekers in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. (AP)

EU Wants to Increase Deportations and Supports ‘Return Hubs’ in Third Countries

The European Union wants to increase deportations and is opening the way for “return hubs” to be set up in third countries for rejected asylum-seekers,…

World  A Chinese warship attending a naval drill with Iran and Russia arrives at Shahid Beheshti port in Chabahar in the Gulf of Oman, Iran, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP)

China, Iran and Russia Hold Joint Naval Drills in Mideast as Tensions Rise between Tehran and US

China, Iran and Russia conducted joint naval drills Tuesday in the Middle East, offering a show of force in a region still uneasy over Tehran's rapidly…

World Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a Parliament session to defend his Minister of Economy and Finance at the Iranian Parliament in Tehran, Iran, 02 March 2025. (EPA)

Iran’s President to Trump: I Will Not Negotiate, ‘Do Whatever the Hell You Want’

President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran would not negotiate with the US while being threatened, telling President Donald Trump to "do whatever the hell you want,…

World A general view of the scene of a bus accident in Ekurhuleni on March 11, 2025. (AFP)

South Africa Bus Crash Kills 12, Dozens Hurt 

A bus overturned in an area of Johannesburg near South Africa's main airport early Tuesday, killing at least 12 people, city officials said, with dozens more…

World A Ukrainian serviceman patrols a street next to buildings damaged during fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in the Ukrainian-controlled town of Sudzha in Russia's Kursk region, August 16, 2024. (Reuters)

Russia Says It Makes 100 Square Kilometer Advance in Kursk Region  

Russia said on Tuesday that its troops had retaken over 100 square kilometers (38.6 square miles) of territory and 12 settlements in the Kursk region of…

World US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff speaks to the media at the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 06 March 2025. (EPA)

Russia on Witkoff Visit: Russia-US Contacts Are Quite Intensive 

Contacts between Russia and the United States are now quite intensive, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova was quoted as saying by the RIA…

World (FILES) World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a daily press briefing on COVID-19 in Geneva on March 11, 2020. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

WHO Starts Process of Slimming Down in Response to US Cuts

The World Health Organization has started a process of fixing new priorities and announced a one-year limit on staff contracts, an internal memo showed on…

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World The Iranian flag is seen flying over a street in Tehran, Iran, February 1, 2023. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters

UN Security Council to Meet Over Iran’s Growing Stockpile of Near-Bomb-Grade Uranium 

The United Nations Security Council will meet behind closed doors on Wednesday over Iran's expansion of its stock of uranium close to weapons grade, diplomats…

World FILE PHOTO: The S-300 missile system is seen during the National Army Day parade ceremony in Tehran, Iran, April 17, 2024. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Tehran Objects to US Threats of Resorting to Military Option

Tehran has rejected US statements that warned Washington could resort to military option to curb Iran’s nuclear program. In an interview with Fox Business…

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World Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech during the proclamation rally for his political party PDP-Laban's senatorial candidates ahead of the midterm elections, at Club Filipino in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines, February 13, 2025. (Reuters)

Philippines’ Ex-President Duterte Arrested at ICC’s Request Over ‘Drugs War’ Killings  

The Philippines' firebrand former leader Rodrigo Duterte was arrested on Tuesday at the request of the International Criminal Court, a major step in its…