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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 US President Donald Trump (R) and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Trump Urges Iran to Begin Negotiations for ‘Nuclear Peace Agreement’

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged Iran to begin negotiating with Washington for a “nuclear peace agreement.” Meanwhile Iranian President Masoud…

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World FILED - 06 December 2024, Uruguay, Montevideo: Argentina's President Javier Milei gives a speech on stage at the Uruguayan Association of Marketing Executives (ADM). Photo: Santiago Mazzarovich/dpa

Argentina Says it Will Withdraw from WHO, Echoing Trump

Argentina's president has ordered the country's withdrawal from the World Health Organization due to “profound differences” with the UN agency, a presidential…

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World Members of Mexico's National Guard patrol the border wall between Mexico and the US after Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed with US President Donald Trump to bolster border enforcement efforts in response to Trump's demand to crack down immigration and drug smuggling, on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, February 5, 2025. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Mexico Deploys 10,000 National Guard Troops to US Border

A line of Mexican National Guard and Army trucks rumbled along the border separating Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, Texas Wednesday, among the first of 10,000…

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World Cargo containers sit stacked as cranes load and unload containers from cargo ships at the Cristobal port, operated by the Panama Ports Company, in Colon, Tuesday, Panama, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Panama Canal Denies US Claim of Preferential Crossing Rights

The Panama Canal Authority on Wednesday denied the US State Department's claim that US government vessels would be able to cross the canal without paying fees,…

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World US House Speaker Mike Johnson during a press conference at the US Capitol, Washington, DC, USA, 05 February 2025. (EPA)

US House Speaker Johnson Praises Trump’s ‘Bold’ Gaza Proposal

Republican US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday praised President Donald Trump's proposal for the US to take over the war-torn Gaza…

World This aerial view shows a billboard bearing a portrait of US President Donald Trump with a slogan, displayed by the Coalition for Regional Security group on the facade of a hotel building in Tel Aviv, on February 5, 2025. (AFP)

Some Israelis Praise Trump’s Plan for Gaza

Some Israelis praised US President Donald Trump’s proposal to transfer the Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and rebuild it as a tourist destination. "As…

World  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump (not pictured) meet at the White House in Washington, US, February 4, 2025. (Reuters)

Netanyahu Gifted Trump a Golden Beeper

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave US President Donald Trump a golden beeper as a gift during their meeting in Washington, in a nod to a sophisticated…

World Palestinians make their way among the rubble of destroyed buildings amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, on Al-Rashid road, Gaza City, 02 February 2025. (EPA)

France, UK Reject Any Displacement of Palestinians 

France firmly denounced any forced displacement of Gaza’s Palestinians, warning that it would cause upheaval across the Middle East. In response to Trump’s…

World Signage for the US government's humanitarian agency USAID is seen on a cargo container beside a tricycle in Manila on February 4, 2025. (AFP)

Trump Administration Puts on Leave USAID Staff Globally in Dramatic Aid Overhaul 

The Trump administration on Tuesday announced that it was going to put on leave all directly hired employees of the US Agency for International Development…

World People walk past the rubble of destroyed buildings, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, January 30, 2025. (Reuters) 

Kremlin, on Trump’s Gaza Comments, Says Russia Backs Palestinian State Alongside Israel 

Russia believes a settlement in the Middle East is only possible on the basis of a two-state solution, the Kremlin said on Wednesday after US President Donald…

World This image made from a video provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office on Jan. 11, 2025, shows Ukrainian forces capturing two North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian forces in Russia’s Kursk border region. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Inside the Operations That Took Captive 2 North Korean Soldiers Fighting Ukraine 

When Ukrainian soldiers captured two North Korean prisoners of war last month, it provided the first undeniable proof of Pyongyang’s direct involvement in the…

World People walk on Enqelab-e-Eslami square near a huge banner showing the late commander of the Iran's Revolutionary Guard expeditionary Quds Force, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, center, who was killed in a US drone attack in 2020, and Hezbollah and Hamas officials killed by Israel, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP)

Iran’s Currency Plunges to Record Low After Trump Orders Restart of ‘Maximum Pressure’ Campaign 

Iran’s currency plunged Wednesday to a record low of 850,000 rials to $1 after US President Donald Trump ordered a restart to the “maximum pressure” campaign…

World A police operation is underway on Polhemsgatan street in connection with a search of the home of a suspected perpetrator shooting at the Risbergska education center in Orebro, Sweden, 04 February 2025. (EPA)

Sweden’s Worst Mass Shooting Leaves at Least 11 Dead at an Adult Education Center 

Sweden's worst mass shooting left at least 11 people dead, including the gunman, at an adult education center west of Stockholm as officials warned the death…

World  The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria, March 1, 2021. (Reuters)

Trump Set to Reimpose ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Iran, Aims to Drive Oil Exports to Zero

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday plans to restore his "maximum pressure" campaign on Iran in an effort to stop Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and…

World A crossing point on the border with Russia a is seen, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the Russian border in Sumy region, Ukraine August 11, 2024. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi/File Photo

Ukraine Says it Hit Russian Command Post in Kursk Region

Ukraine's military said on Tuesday its air force had struck a Russian military command post in Russia's Kursk region the previous day. "The facility sustained…

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World The USAID building sits closed to employees after a memo was issued advising agency personnel to work remotely, in Washington, DC, US, February 3, 2025. (Reuters)

Elon Musk Targets Closure of US Humanitarian Aid Agency 

The Trump administration said it would lock US Agency for International Development workers out of their headquarters in downtown Washington DC for a second…

World Two Philippine FA-50 fighter aircrafts and two US B1-B bombers were taking part in the exercises, which will included flying over Scarborough Shoal, a disputed maritime feature in the South China Sea which China controls. (AFP)

Philippines, US Hold Joint Air Patrol Exercises Over South China Sea 

The air forces of the Philippines and the United States were holding joint patrols over the South China Sea on Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Philippine Air…

World Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk arrives to the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Reuters)

Musk Takes Control of US Treasury Payments Systems

Elon Musk's aides have taken control of the US Treasury Department's payments system -- which manages trillions of dollars of transactions each year --…

World  Friedrich Merz, CDU candidate for chancellor and CDU federal chairman,celebrates after his speech at the 37th federal party conference of the CDU in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb.3, 2025. (AP)

Front-Runner in German Election Says His Party Will ‘Never’ Work with the Far-Right

The front-runner in Germany's upcoming election said Monday that the far-right Alternative for Germany is his “most important opponent” and his party will …

World The flags of Mexico, the United States and Canada fly in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico February 1, 2025. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo

White House: Canada Has 'Misunderstood' Tariff Order as Trade War, Mexico is 'Serious'

The White House said on Monday it has noticed that Mexico is "serious" about President Donald Trump's executive order on tariffs, but Canada has "misunderstood…

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World A rescue helicopter flies near the site of a blast in a residential building in Moscow, Russia February 3, 2025. REUTERS/Mikhail Antonov

Bomb Kills at Least One Person at Luxury Moscow Apartment Building

A bomb tore through the lobby of a luxury apartment block in Moscow on Monday, killing at least one person and injuring four others in an attack targeting a…

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World An American flag and USAID flag fly outside the USAID building in Washington, DC, US, February 1, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon

Musk Says Trump Has ‘Agreed' USAID Should be Shut Down

The US Agency for International Development is on the cusp of being shuttered, according the Trump administration's billionaire adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk…

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World Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks to journalists during a press conference at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 6, 2023. (AP)

WHO Chief Asks Countries to Push Washington to Reconsider Its Withdrawal 

The World Health Organization chief asked global leaders to lean on Washington to reverse President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the UN health…

World Ukrainian soldiers of Da Vinci Wolves Battalion train not far from the frontline on Pokrovsk direction, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) 

Ukrainian Troops Lose Ground with Fewer Fighters and Exposed Supply Lines 

A dire shortage of infantry troops and supply routes coming under Russian drone attacks are conspiring against Ukrainian forces in Pokrovsk, where decisive…