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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 People carrying relief materials wade through flood waters in Feni, in south-eastern Bangladesh, on August 24, 2024. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)

Nearly 300,000 Bangladeshis in Emergency Shelters after Floods

Nearly 300,000 Bangladeshis were taking refuge in emergency shelters Saturday from floods that inundated vast areas of the low-lying South Asian country,…

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World  In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescuers walk across a river after delivering relief items to affected people on the other bank in Heishanke Township, Huludao City of northeast China's Liaoning Province, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. (Yang Qing/Xinhua via AP)

Heavy Rainstorms Kill 11 People, Leave 14 Missing in Northeastern Chinese City

Heavy rainstorms that swept a city in northeast China this week killed 11 people and left 14 others missing, while causing more than $1 billion in damages,…

World A man infected with mpox lies on a bed inside a ward at the Kamenge University Hospital's mpox treatment center in Bujumbura on August 22, 2024. (AFP)

Uganda Confirms Two More Cases of Mpox

Uganda has confirmed two more mpox virus infections, bringing the number of cases in the east African country to four, according to the health ministry. The…

World Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris gives her keynote address on the final night of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, USA, 22 August 2024. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS

Harris isn’t Backing Away from Biden’s Democracy Focus. But She’s Putting Her Own Spin on It

Before dropping his bid for reelection, President Joe Biden framed voters’ choice in November in dark and ominous terms, painting Republican nominee Donald…

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World FILE PHOTO: Volunteer firefighter members of the Alto Pantanal Brigade are seen on a tractor as they work to extinguish a fire rising in the Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, in Corumba, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil, June 14, 2024. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo

Wildfires Affecting 30 Cities in Brazil's Sao Paulo State, Leave 2 Dead

Brazil's Sao Paulo state said that wildfire outbreaks were affecting or closing in on 30 of its cities on Friday evening, adding two people had died in an…

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Philippines Says its Fisheries Plane Was Threatened By Flares Fired From a Chinese Island Base

A Philippine fisheries bureau plane was threatened by flares fired from a Chinese island base while conducting a routine patrol in the South China Sea,…

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World US President Joe Biden looks on as he speaks at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, US, August 19, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights

North Korea Says it Strongly Condemns US Nuclear Strategic Plan

North Korea expressed serious concern and strongly condemned on Saturday a revised nuclear strategic plan approved by US President Joe Biden this year. "The…

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World Pro-democracy guerrillas and ethnic minority armed forces, including the Arakan Army, have been battling to oust the country’s military rulers since they seized power in 2021 from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. - The AP

UN Rights Chief Raises Alarm about Myanmar's Rohingya Civilians Trapped by Fighting

The UN's human rights chief joined a chorus of concern Friday for members of Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority after many were reported killed in…

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Multiple Dead after Stabbing Attack at Festival in Western Germany

Multiple people were killed and others wounded in a stabbing attack at a festival on Friday night in the western German city of Solingen, police confirmed. …

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World ]Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine August 23, 2024. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich Purchase Licensing Rights

Indian PM Urges Zelenskiy to Sit Down for Talks with Russia during 'Historic' Visit to Kyiv

India's Narendra Modi urged President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday to sit down for talks with Russia to end the war in Ukraine and offered to act as a friend…

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World Russian law enforcement officers drive along a road following the seizure of hostages by a group of inmates in the penal colony IK-19, in the town of Surovikino in the Volgograd Region, Russia August 23, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer Purchase Licensing Rights

Russian Snipers Kill ISIS Hostage-takers to End Prison Siege

Russia's security services shot dead four inmates on Friday who had taken hostages at a penal colony, fatally stabbed four of its staff and posted online…

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World US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan attends the plenary session during the summit on peace in Ukraine, in Stansstad near Lucerne, Switzerland, June 16, 2024. (Reuters)

US National Security Chief Sullivan to Visit China Next Week

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will meet with top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi in China next week to discuss issues ranging from Taiwan to US…

World Ukrainian servicemen ride a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun near the front line in Kherson region, Ukraine, November 9, 2022. Stringer, Reuters

Ukraine Says it Has Recaptured Land in the Kharkiv Region

Ukrainian forces say they have recaptured territory in the eastern region of Kharkiv, where Russia launched a large offensive in the spring that brought…

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World French President Emmanuel Macron (Reuters)

Macron Holds Talks with Key Political Players in a Bid to Form New Govt.

French President Emmanuel Macron kicked off talks Friday with key political players in a bid to choose a new prime minister who would form a government and end…

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World Malaysia Fire and Rescue Department officers inspect the site where a woman fell into an eight-meter deep sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 23 August 2024. EPA/FAZRY ISMAIL

Malaysia: Woman Plunges Into 8-meter Deep Hole after Pavement Sinks

A woman plunged Friday into an 8-meter deep sinkhole in the Kuala Lumpur city center after the pavement she was on caved in, burying her alive, Malaysian…

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World Volunteers rescue people on a boat after several districts flooded at Chhagalnaiya in Feni, Bangladesh, August 23, 2024. REUTERS/Abdul Goni

Flood Deluge Worsens in Bangladesh with Millions Affected

Flash floods wrought havoc in Bangladesh on Friday as the country recovers from weeks of political upheaval, with the death toll rising to 13 and millions more…

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World Karim Bouamrane delivering a speech at the opening of “Socrates Street” in the Olympic Village, March 2024 (Getty)

French-Moroccan Karim Bouamrane Eyed for Prime Minister Role

If French President Emmanuel Macron chooses Karim Bouamrane, born to Moroccan parents, to form the new government, he will follow a precedent of foreign-born…

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World US soldiers during a ceremony handing over four F-16 fighter jets at Balad Air Base. (AP)

Security is Stepped Up at a NATO Air Base in Germany Due to a 'Potential Threat'

Security at a NATO air base in western Germany has been raised because of intelligence information pointing to a “potential threat,” and all staff not…

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World Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he arrives to pay his respects at the Jam Saheb of Nawanagar Memorial at the Good Maharaja Square, Poland on August 21, 2024. (Photo by Sergei GAPON / AFP)

Indian PM Modi Arrives in Kyiv for Talks with Ukraine's Zelenskiy

India's Narendra Modi arrived in wartime Kyiv on Friday for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the first trip by an Indian prime minister to Ukraine…

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World Abbas Araghchi outlines his program to the Iranian parliament before confidence vote (Tasnim)

Araghchi Puts Conditions on Renewing Iran’s Ties with EU

A day after Iran's parliament approved President Masoud Pezeshkian's 19 minister-cabinet, the country’s new foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, put conditions on…

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World A wing of an Airbus A-320 aircraft of British Airways is pictured above northern France during a Geneva to London Heathrow flight, August 7, 2024.  REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Report: Airlines Fly Over Afghanistan as Mideast Becomes the Greater Risk

Singapore Airlines, British Airways and Lufthansa have increased their flights over Afghanistan after years of largely avoiding it now the Middle East conflict…

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World Police vehicles leave the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office at the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe, Germany (AP)

Germany Charges 2 Afghans Accused of Planning Attack Near Swedish Parliament

The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office in Karlsruhe, southwest Germany, has charged two Afghans with conspiring to carry out a shooting near the Swedish…

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World FILE - In this photo provided by the Belarusian Presidential Press Service, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko speaks to military personnel during his visit to Oshmyany District, Grodno region of Belarus on March 26, 2024. A Belarusian human rights group said Thursday, July 4, 2024 that at least 10 political prisoners have been freed since the country’s authoritarian president this week promised to release seriously ill people jailed in connection with massive protests nearly four years ago. (Belarusian Presidential Press Service via AP, File)

China, Belarus Agree to Strengthen Cooperation in Trade, Security

China and Belarus have agreed to strengthen cooperation in a range of sectors including trade, security, energy and finance, a joint communique showed. …

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World Thousands of mostly peaceful pro-Palestinian protesters have marched and demonstrated outside the Democratic National Convention, in a show of anger against the Biden administration's support for Israel in the Gaza war. ( Reuters Photo)

Final Night of Pro-Palestinian Protests at DNC Kicks off with Festive, Family-friendly Tone

Pro-Palestinian protests during the final hours of the Democratic National Convention began Thursday night much like they had earlier this week — largely…

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