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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 An oil tanker seized by Iran. Photo: IRNA news agency

IRGC Seizes Oil Tanker Over Alleged Fuel Smuggling

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps announced it has seized a Togo-flagged oil tanker carrying more than 700,000 liters of fuel in the Gulf, the second such…

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World  This photograph shows a building destroyed by shelling in the town of Toretsk, Donetsk region, on July 29, 2024, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (AFP)

Ukraine Aid Package Valued at up to $200 Million, White House Says

The United States announced a new security assistance package for Ukraine on Monday that is valued at up to $200 million and includes air defenses and anti…

World A high-speed train by French railway company SNCF travels on the Bordeaux-Paris route at reduced speed, at Chartres, northern France on July 26, 2024. AFP

Vandals Attack French Telecoms Lines Days after Rail Sabotage

Vandals attacked telecoms lines in parts of France overnight, disrupting some fixed and mobile services, the junior minister for digital matters, Marina…

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World People shop at a market as the curfew is relaxed after the anti-quota protests, in Dhaka on July 25, 2024. (AFP)

Bangladesh Restores Internet as Students Call off Job-Quota Protests 

Bangladesh said it had restored internet services as conditions return to normal after students called off protests against reforms to job quotas that killed…

World SNCF employees look on as a TGV train moves past them at Vald'yerre on the outskirts of Chartres, northern France on July 26, 2024, after the resumption of high speed train services on the line between Paris and Bordeaux. (Photo by JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / AFP)

Interior Minister: France Leaning Towards Far-left Suspects Behind Rail Sabotage

France is leaning towards the likelihood that far-left extremists were behind last week's sabotage of the country's SNCF rail network - which coincided with…

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World 28 July 2024, North Korea, North Pyongan: This image provided by the North Korean state news agency KCNA on 29 July, 2024 shows flooded areas in North Pyongan province, according to KCNA. Photo: Uncredited/kcna/kns/dpa

North Korea Mobilizes Military Helicopters for Flood Rescue

North Korea deployed military helicopters to bring thousands of people stranded in a flood-hit zone to safety, state media reported Monday. The official Korean…

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World Ukrainian tanks of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade take part in the training of fighters of the Shkval special battalion, created from ex-convicts, in an unspecified place in the Donetsk region on July 26, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP)

Ukraine Keeps Pounding Russia's Kursk Region with Drones, Russian Officials Say

Kyiv launched more than two dozen drones on the Russian region of Kursk in several waves of attacks that started Saturday night and damaged an oil depot,…

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World President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met on Saturday with his Somalian counterpart Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (Turkish presidency)

Turkish Parliament Approves 2-Year Military Deployment to Somalia

The Turkish parliament approved a presidential motion to deploy elements of the Turkish Armed Forces to Somalia, including to its territorial waters. The…

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World (L to R) India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Japan's Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken chat at the end of their press conference following the Quad Ministerial Meeting at the Iikura Guest House in Tokyo on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)

Quad FMs Discuss Bolstering Maritime, Cyber Defenses

Foreign ministers from Australia, India, Japan and the United States - a grouping known as the 'Quad' - discussed initiatives to bolster maritime security and…

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World Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro celebrates the results after the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela July 29, 2024. REUTERS/Fausto Torrealba

Venezuela’s Maduro Wins Third Term, Electoral Authority Says

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has won a third term with 51% of the vote, the country's electoral authority said just after midnight on Monday, despite…

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World FILE PHOTO: US Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at a campaign event in Pittsfield, Mass., US,  July 27, 2024. Stephanie Scarbrough/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Harris Raised $200M in 1st Week of Campaign and Signed Up to 170,000 Volunteers

US Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign has raised $200 million since she emerged as the likely Democratic presidential nominee last week, an eyepopping haul…

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World US Ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara (not pictured) attend their Extended Deterrence Ministerial Meeting at Iikura Guest House in Tokyo, Japan July 28, 2024. REUTERS/Issei Kato

US-Japan Security Talks Underscore Threat from China

Japanese and US defense chiefs and top diplomats agreed to further bolster their military cooperation by upgrading the command and control of US forces in the…

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World A handout picture provided by Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei office shows, Khamenei (C), as he delivers the official endorsement letter to president elect Masoud Pezeshikan during the new president endorsement ceremony on July 28, 2024. (Photo by KHAMENEI.IR / AFP)

Khamenei Officially Endorses Pezeshkian as Iran's President

Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei formally endorsed Masoud Pezeshkian as the country's president on Sunday, after he won the elections this month. …

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World Migrants try to board a smuggler's boat in an attempt to cross the English Channel, on the beach of Gravelines, near Dunkirk, northern France on April 26, 2024. (Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)

One Person Dead as Migrants Try to Cross Channel to Britain

One person was found dead after a boat carrying migrants trying to cross the Channel near Calais to Britain got into difficulties overnight, French authorities…

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World In this pool photograph released by Russian state owned Sputnik agency, Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Chapel of the Valaam Icon of the Mother of God on Svetly Island, Republic of Karelia on July 26, 2024. (Photo by Alexander KAZAKOV / POOL / AFP)

Putin Warns the US over Missiles in Germany

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday warned the United States that if Washington deployed long-range missiles in Germany then Russia would station…

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World HANDOUT - 28 July 2024, North Korea, Pyongyang: A photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on 28 July 2024 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un placing a flower at the base of the Monument to the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War, during celebrations to mark the 71st anniversary of the end of the Korean War. Photo: KCNA/dpa

NKorea Vows 'Total Destruction' of Enemy on Korean War Anniversary

North Korea vowed to "totally destroy" its enemies in case of war when leader Kim Jong Un gives an order, state media KCNA reported on Sunday. Senior military…

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World In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a landslide blocks a road in Shouyue Town of Nanyue District, Hengyang City, central China's Hunan Province on Sunday, July 28, 2024. (Xinhua via AP)

Landslide from Typhoon Gaemi Remnants Kills 12 in China

Continued heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Gaemi triggered a landslide that killed 12 people in southern China, caused flash floods in the northeast and…

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World Masoud Pezeshkian in an interview with the website of the Supreme Leader’s office

Iran: Khamenei to Endorse Pezeshkian’s Decree on Sunday

The presidential decree of Masoud Pezeshkian will be endorsed by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in a ceremony on Sunday, while reports said the newly…

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World Democratic presidential candidate and US Vice President Kamala Harris waves before boarding Air Force Two at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, US, July 27, 2024. (Reuters)

Harris Is Holding Her First Fundraiser as the Likely Democratic Nominee as Donors Open Their Wallets

Vice President Kamala Harris is holding her first fundraiser since becoming the Democrats' likely White House nominee, looking to build on a record week of…

World  Ukrainian tanks of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade take part in the training of fighters of the Shkval special battalion, created from ex-convicts, in an unspecified place in the Donetsk region on July 26, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (AFP)

Russian Shelling Kills Boy in Ukraine Town near Border, Kyiv Says

A 14-year-old boy was killed and 12 other people wounded in a Russian rocket attack on the small town of Hlukhiv in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region on…

World International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi speaks to the media at the Dupont Circle Hotel in Washington, US, March 15, 2023. (Reuters)

Grossi Wants to Meet with Iran’s Pezeshkian ‘at Earliest Convenience’

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi announced he intends to visit Tehran through a letter he addressed to Iranian…

World US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting at the National Convention Center, in Vientiane, Laos, July 27, 2024. (Reuters)

Blinken Meets China’s Wang after Chiding Beijing’s ‘Escalating Actions’ at Sea

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Saturday during a regional summit in Laos, hours after criticizing Beijing's …

World Workers operate to reconnect the signal box to the track in its technical ducts in Vald' Yerres, near Chartres on July 26, 2024, as France's high-speed rail network was hit by an attack disrupting the transport system, hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (AFP)

Traffic on French High-Speed Trains Gradually Improving after Sabotage

Traffic on France's TGV high-speed trains was gradually returning to normal on Saturday after engineers worked overnight repairing sabotaged signal stations…

World People take part in a song march to protest against the indiscriminate killings and mass arrest in Dhaka on July 26, 2024. (AFP)

Bangladesh Says Student Leaders Held for Their Own Safety

Bangladesh said three student leaders had been taken into custody for their own safety after the government blamed their protests against civil service job…