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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: Chinese Defence Ministry spokesperson Wu Qian attends a press briefing in Beijing, China August 31, 2023. REUTERS/Yew Lun Tian/File Photo

China Accuses Australia of 'Hyping' Chinese Naval Drills

China’s defense ministry spokesperson Wu Qian said on Sunday that Australian complaints over recent Chinese live-fire naval drills in international waters…

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World A police investigator of French forensic police works to collect evidence at the site of a bladed weapon attack where a man is suspected of killing one person and wounding two municipal police officers in Mulhouse, eastern France on February 22, 2025. (AFP)

Macron Says Knife Attack in East France Was 'Terrorism'

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday a knife attack that killed one and injured three in eastern France on Saturday was "Islamist terrorism",…

World Republican People's Party, or CHP, candidate for Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu talks to journalists at his party headquarters in Istanbul, Türkiye, March 31, 2024. (AP)

Türkiye Probes Opposition Mayor’s ‘Falsified’ University Degree

Türkiye has begun investigating allegations that Istanbul’s opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, already the subject of a clutch of other legal proceedings,…

World Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council via video link in Moscow, Russia February 22, 2025. (Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via Reuters)

Trump-Putin Summit Preparations Are Underway, Russia Says

Preparations are underway for a face-to-face meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia's deputy foreign minister…

World  Residents Yekaterina Tkachenko, 75, and Maria Seryogova, 49, walk past ruins of buildings as they come to visit their apartments destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Pisky (Peski), a Russian controlled region of Ukraine, February 14, 2025. (Reuters)

US Proposes Ukraine UN Text Omitting Mention of Occupied Territory, Say Diplomats

The United States proposed Friday a United Nations resolution on the Ukraine conflict that omitted any mention of Kyiv’s territory occupied by Russia,…

World A general view shows the Gemelli hospital where Pope Francis is hospitalized in Rome, on February 22, 2025. (AFP)

Vatican Says Pope Francis Is in Critical Condition

Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required high flows of oxygen, the Vatican said. …

World A street seller carries goods on his head while searching for customers at a pirogue dock on the shores of Lake Kivu in Bukavu on February 21, 2025. (AFP)

M23 Pushes Deeper in East DR Congo, UN Urges Rwanda Forces to Leave

M23 fighters advanced on several fronts in DR Congo's volatile east Friday as the UN Security Council for the first time called on Rwanda to stop backing the…

World In this photo provided by the Australian Defense Force, the HMAS (His Majesty's Australian Ship) Arunta, left, shadows the People's Liberation Army-Navy Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang and a Fuchi-class replenishment vessel in the Tasman Sea, on Feb. 13, 2025. (Australian Defense Force via AP)

New Zealand Says Chinese Naval Vessel Fires Live Rounds in New Drill

A Chinese naval cruiser fired live rounds Saturday during a task force drill in the sea between Australia and New Zealand, government officials said, prompting…

World  Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles listens during the AUKUS Defense Ministers Meeting at Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (Reuters)

Australia Says China Failed to Explain Inadequate Navy Live-Fire Notice

Australia accused China on Saturday of failing to give satisfactory reasons for what it called inadequate notice of a live-fire drill in waters between…

World  US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) meets with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski at the State Department in Washington, DC, on February 21, 2025. (AFP)

Rubio Says He Discussed with Poland the ‘Need’ for NATO Allies to Raise Spending

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he met Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski in Washington on Friday and discussed "fair and reciprocal market…

World A boy sells snacks as residents queue with their water jars to collect water from a water point in Bukavu on February 21, 2025. (AFP)

US Secretary of State Rubio, Kenyan President Call for Ceasefire in Eastern Congo

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Kenyan President William Ruto urged an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo during a phone call,…

World A USAID logo is visible on a box amid the scattered remains of boxes and materials left behind by looters after widespread vandalism and looting following clashes at the World Food Program (WFP) warehouse in Bukavu on February 21, 2025. (AFP)

Judge Clears Way for Trump Administration to Pull Thousands of USAID Staffers off the Job

A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for one of the Trump administration's remaining steps in its dismantling of the US Agency for International…

World A German police officer guards the Holocaust Memorial after a man was seriously injured in a stabbing near the US Embassy in Berlin, Germany, February 21, 2025. (Reuters)

Syrian Refugee Arrested after Berlin Stabbing as Germany Prepares to Vote

A Syrian refugee arrested over the stabbing of a tourist at Berlin's Holocaust memorial had been planning "to kill Jews", prosecutors said on Saturday, the day…

World Tracers are seen in the night sky as Ukrainian servicemen fire at the drone during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 21, 2025. (Reuters)

Drone Attack Kills One Outside Kyiv, Drone Fragments Fall in the City

A Russian drone attack killed a rail worker at a crossing outside Kyiv and falling drone fragments struck a building inside the capital, local authorities said…

World  This image provided by the US Air Force shows Lt. Gen. Dan Caine. (US Air Force via AP)

‘He’s a Real General’: How Trump Chose Dan Caine to Be Top US Military Officer

Dan Caine may not have been on Washington's radar before Friday night. But President Donald Trump's fascination with the retired three-star general, his…

World US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Charles Brown Jr., speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on July 25, 2024. (AFP)

Trump Fires Top US General in Unprecedented Pentagon Shakeup

President Donald Trump on Friday fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General C.Q. Brown, and pushed out five other admirals and generals…

World  Vice President JD Vance, speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2025, at the National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (AP)

Vance Criticizes Germany’s Free Speech Laws in Remarks to Conservatives

US Vice President JD Vance has criticized Germany's free speech laws during an appearance at a conservative gathering outside Washington, linking the country's…

World French President Emmanuel Macron waits for the arrival of guests for a second meeting on Ukraine and European security at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, February 19, 2025. (Reuters)

Macron’s Message to Trump: ‘You Can’t Be Weak in the Face of Putin’ 

French President Emmanuel Macron said he intends to tell Donald Trump that it's in the joint interest of Americans and Europeans not to “be weak” in the face…

World A Ukrainian serviceman of the 24 Separate Mechanized Brigade named after King Danylo fires a mortar towards Russian positions, at an undisclosed location in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, 17 February 2023. (EPA)

Russia Says Took Two More East Ukrainian Villages 

Russia on Friday said it captured two more east Ukrainian villages in the Donetsk region, edging closer to the central Dnipropetrovsk region. Moscow has…

World A Conviasa airplane lands with Venezuelan migrants flown from Guantanamo Bay via Honduras, at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, La Guaira State, Venezuela, February 20, 2025. (Reuters)

Venezuelan Migrants Fly Home from Guantanamo via Honduras 

The US government and a Venezuelan state airline flew 177 Venezuelan migrants from Guantanamo Bay to Honduras and on to Venezuela on Thursday, US Immigration…

World Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson talks to an officer as he visits troops taking part in exercises in central Stockholm, Sweden, February 17, 2025. (Reuters)

Sweden Investigates Possible Breach of Baltic Sea Cable 

Sweden is investigating a possible breach of an undersea cable off the country's southwestern coast in the Baltic Sea, the coastguard said on Friday, in an…

World A media station outside Gemelli University Hospital, where Pope Francis is hospitalized for pneumonia treatment, in Rome, Italy, 21 February 2025. EPA/FABIO CIMAGLIA

Pope Francis Not Yet Cured, but Not in Danger of Death, Doctor Treating Him Says

Pope Francis, who is being treated in hospital for double pneumonia, is not in danger of death, but has not been fully cured and his condition could yet change…

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World A photo published by the International Atomic Energy Agency of a meeting between Grossi and Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi last October

Iran: Enriching Uranium at 60% Does Not Violate NPT

Iran on Thursday criticized the statements of UN atomic agency chief Rafael Grossi, calling them “unprofessional” and “politically charged.” Enriching…

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World International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director Rafael Grossi attends a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Japan, 20 February 2025. EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON

Grossi: Nuclear Deal is ‘Empty Shell,’ We Need New Format

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi called Thursday for a new framework for negotiations with Iran over its almost weapon level nuclear program, describing the…

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