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Netanyahu Vows to Eliminate Iran Threat ‘Once and for All’

World 10 November 2026, Israel, Jerusalem: Caretaker Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech on the sidelines of the opening session of the new Knesset. (dpa)

Netanyahu Vows to Eliminate Iran Threat ‘Once and for All’

Israel's caretaker prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday reiterated his calls for a national unity government with his opponent Gadi Eisenkot, as well…

World Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy holds a press briefing in Copenhagen November 10, 2026. (AFP)

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Escalates Criticism of SpaceX Over Speed Caps

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy ‌escalated his criticism of SpaceX on Saturday, saying speed restrictions on its military-grade Starshield…

World Jorge Moreira da Silva, Executive Director of UNOPS (United Nations Office for Project Services), and coordinator of the UN Strait of Hormuz Task Force established by the UN Secretary-General, speaks during an interview with AFP on the sidelines of the 31st United Climate Change Conference (COP31), at the media center located on the Antalya Expo Center in Antalya on November 14, 2026. (AFP)

UN Official Urges Iran, US to Let Fertilizers Through Hormuz Strait

Iran and the United States should "immediately" allow fertilizer shipments through the Strait of Hormuz to ease the crisis in some of the most vulnerable…

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  Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, speaks during a Security Council meeting, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, at UN headquarters. (AP)

Ukraine’s President Calls for Unspecified Global ‘Action’ to Force Russia into Peace

Ukraine’s president dismissed the notion of peace talks with Moscow on Tuesday, calling instead for unspecified global “action” to force Russia into peace for…

World  23 September 2024, South Korea, Seoul: An object, believed to be a garbage balloon sent by North Korea, is spotted over the Yongsan district of Seoul, where the presidential office is located. (Yonhap/dpa)

Trash Balloons Sent by North Korea Cause Regular Disruptions at Seoul’s Airports

South Korea has been forced to repeatedly shut down runways at the two main airports for the capital Seoul since June due to disruption from balloons carrying…

World A view of the Typhon missile system at Laoag International Airport, in Laoag, Philippines, September 18, 2024, in this satellite image. 2024 (Planet Labs Inc./Handout via Reuters)

US Missile System Will Remain in the Philippines Despite China’s Alarm

American and Filipino security officials have agreed to keep a US mid-range missile system in the northern Philippines indefinitely to boost deterrence despite…

World A handout photo made available by the Iranian presidency shows Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (L) greeting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during a meeting on the sideline of the UN general assembly meeting in New York, US, 24 September 2024. (EPA/Handout/Iranian presidency)

Iran’s President Stirs Debate after Saying He Was Ready to Ease Tensions with Israel

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s announcement that his country was ready to ease tensions with Israel sparked a heated debate, even after the government…

World Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian addresses world leaders during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the United Nations headquarters on September 24, 2024 in New York City. (Getty Images/AFP)

Iran’s Pezeshkian Says Tehran Ready to Work with World Powers to Resolve Nuclear Standoff

Iran is ready to end its nuclear standoff with the West, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, while calling…

World US President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 21, 2023. JIM WATSON / AFP

Thomas Graham: US Does Not Comprehend its Goals in Ukraine War

After more than two years of war between Russia and Ukraine and US and Western military support to Kyiv, there are no signs the conflict is close to the end. …

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World SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - SEPTEMBER 24: Republican presidential nominee, former US President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Johnny Mercer Theatre on September 24, 2024 in Savannah, Georgia. Brandon Bell/Getty Images/AFP

Trump Briefed on Alleged Assassination Threats by Iran, his Campaign Says

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was briefed on Tuesday by US intelligence officials on alleged threats from Iran to assassinate him, Trump's…

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World FILE - Spectators wave Chinese flags as military vehicles carrying DF-41 nuclear ballistic missiles roll during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing on Oct. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

China Test-fires Intercontinental Ballistic Missile into Pacific Ocean

China test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday. The ICBM carried a dummy warhead and fell into a designated area of…

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World  State Emergency Service of Ukraine rescuers stand next to an apartment building destroyed during an airstrike in Kharkiv, on September 24, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (AFP)

Russia Strikes Apartment Block in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, Three Killed, 31 Injured

Russia hit a high-rise apartment block and a bakery in Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv with guided bombs on Tuesday, killing at least three people and…

World The USS Vermont, the US Navy's nuclear-powered attack submarine, enters a naval base in the southeastern port city of Busan, South Korea, 23 September 2024. (EPA/Yonhap)

North Korea Leader’s Sister Says US Is Increasing Threats with Nuclear Submarine

Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, criticized the presence of a US nuclear submarine in the South Korean port of Busan, state…

World A Swedish man of Iraqi descent burns a copy of the Quran in front of a mosque in Stockholm. (AFP)

Sweden Says Iran was Behind Thousands of Text Messages Calling for Revenge over Quran Burnings

Swedish authorities accused Iran on Tuesday of being responsible for thousands of text messages that were sent to people in the Scandinavian country calling…

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World  Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump makes a boxing gesture as he talks women's Olympic boxing during campaign rally at Ed Fry Arena in Indiana, Pa., Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP)

Donald Trump Says Zelenskiy Wants Democrats to Win US Election

Donald Trump said on Monday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wanted the Democrats to win the 2024 US election, in which the former president faces…

World  António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, speaks to the United Nations General Assembly during the Summit for the Future, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024 at UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

UN Chief Calls Global Situation ‘Unsustainable’ as Annual Meeting of Leaders Opens

UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned world leaders Tuesday that impunity, inequality and uncertainty are creating an "unsustainable world" where a…

World Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed earlier this year to delineate a 12-kilometer (seven-mile) stretch of border -- but differences have emerged on how to finalize the understanding. STRINGER / AFP

Armenia and Azerbaijan See Progress, But Peace Treaty Seems Distant

One year after Azerbaijan mounted a lightning offensive against Armenian separatists, the rivals are making substantial diplomatic progress together -- but a…

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World Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis poses during an interview with Reuters, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Athens,Greece, June 18, 2024. (Reuters)

Israel Not Facing Effective Pressure, Greece Says

Israel is not facing sufficient pressure to end the war in Gaza and the escalation in Lebanon is a minefield that the international community may not be able…

World US President Joe Biden gestures to the audience following his address during the General Debate of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations Headquarters in New York, New York, USA, 24 September 2024. (EPA)

Biden in Farewell UN Address Says Peace Still Possible in Conflicts in Mideast and Ukraine

President Joe Biden declared the US must not retreat from the world, as he delivered his final address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday as Israel and…

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Iran Warns Israel of 'Dangerous Consequences' of Lebanon Strikes

Iran's foreign ministry warned Israel on Monday of "dangerous consequences" following deadly strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon. Foreign ministry…

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Iran Pardons Grammy Award Winner Whose Song became Anthem to the 2022 Protests

An Iranian Grammy Award winner said on Monday he was pardoned from serving a three-year sentence over his song that became an anthem to the 2022 protests that…

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World The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria May 23, 2021. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

Iran Ready for Nuclear Talks at UN 'If Other Parties Willing', FM Says

Iran is ready to start nuclear negotiations on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York if "other parties are willing", Foreign Minister Abbas…

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World A Turkish flag with the Bosphorus Bridge in the background, flies on a passenger ferry in Istanbul, Türkiye September 30, 2020. (Reuters)

Türkiye to Submit Evidence over Turkish-American Woman's Killing to International Courts

Türkiye will submit evidence about Israel's killing of a Turkish-American woman in the West Bank this month to the United Nations Security Council,…

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World Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visits the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania, US, September 22, 2024. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via Reuters)

Kremlin Says It Will Study Zelenskiy’s ‘Victory Plan’ if Details Are Released Officially 

The Kremlin said on Monday it would study what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has billed as his "victory plan" to end the war with Russia as and when…

World Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a ceremony for the handover of new vehicles to the gendarmerie and police forces in Istanbul, Türkiye, September 20, 2024. (Reuters)

At UN, Türkiye to Press Criticism of Israel over Gaza War 

Türkiye, among the world's sharpest critics of the Israeli military operation in Gaza, will use the UN General Assembly this week to highlight what it says is…

World A handout photo provided by the South Korean Defense Ministry shows garbage carried by a North Korean balloon that landed in Seoul in June. Handout / South Korean Defense Ministry/AFP/File

South Korea Warns of 'Decisive' Action against Trash Balloons

South Korea said Monday it would take "decisive military action" if anyone is killed by the wave of trash-carrying balloons being launched across the border by…

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World An Iranian coal miner waits outside the Tabas coal mine in Tabas, Khorasan province in southeastern Iran, 22 September 2024. (EPA)

Death Toll After Explosion at Eastern Iran Coal Mine Rises to at Least 38 with 14 Still Missing 

Rescuers on Monday recovered the bodies of more workers killed in an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran, bringing the death toll in the disaster to at…