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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 Turkish police officers stand guard in a cordoned off area outside the Santa Maria church, in Istanbul, Türkiye, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Türkiye: 72 People Detained over Suspected ISIS Ties

Turkish authorities have detained 72 people suspected of having ties to the militant ISIS group in operations across 13 provinces, Interior Minister Ali…

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World A Ukrainian serviceman belonging to the attack drones battalion of the Achilles, 92nd brigade, launches a mid-range reconnaissance type drone, Vector, for flying over positions of Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in a Kharkiv region, Ukraine June 19, 2024. REUTERS/Inna Varenytsia

Ukraine Destroys 25 of 38 Drones in Russian Attack

Ukrainian forces destroyed 25 Russian attack drones out of 38 launched overnight, Ukraine's air force chief said on Thursday. "Last night, the enemy used 38…

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World Smoke rises from the Shetland Creek wildfire as a helicopter carries a bucket near Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada July 22, 2024. BC Wildfire Service/Handout via REUTERS

Wildfire Burns Structures in a Town in the Canadian Rockies' Largest National Park

One of two raging wildfires menacing the town of Jasper in the Canadian Rockies’ largest national park roared into town Wednesday and began burning buildings…

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World A handout photo from the Philippine Coast Guard shows part of MT Terra Nova oil tanker after it capsized in Manila Bay. Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)/AFP

Philippine Tanker Carrying 1.4 Mln Liters of Oil Capsizes off Manila

A Philippine-flagged tanker carrying 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil capsized and sank off Manila on Thursday, authorities said, as they raced to…

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World An aerial view shows Xindian river's rising water level at New Taipei City as typhoon Gaemi passes Taiwan on July 25, 2024. (AFP)

Typhoon Gaemi Sinks Freighter off Taiwan, Heads to China Coast 

Typhoon Gaemi swept through northern Taiwan on Thursday, killing two people, triggering flooding and sinking a freighter offshore before heading across the sea…

World US Republican Presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives at his campaign rally at the Bojangles Coliseum on July 24, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Getty Images via AFP)

With Biden Out, Trump, Harris Trade Barbs in Reset US Presidential Race 

US President Joe Biden addressed the nation on Wednesday for the first time since dropping his reelection bid, saying he decided to forgo personal ambition to…

World FILE Photo: Australian Federal Police officers detain a suspect in Sydney - AFP

Australia Imposes Sanctions on Israeli Youth Group, Settlers over West Bank Violence

Australia on Thursday imposed financial sanctions and travel bans on seven Israeli settlers and a youth group it said had been involved in violence against…

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World In a rare Oval Office address to the nation explaining why he stepped down from the 2024 presidential race, President Joe Biden said he believes the best way to unite the nation is to “pass the torch to a new generation. - The AP

Biden Uses Oval Office Address to Explain Decision to Quit 2024 Race

Insisting that “the defense of democracy is more important than any title,” President Joe Biden on Wednesday will explain in an Oval Office address his…

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World  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - The AP

In Fiery Speech to Congress, Netanyahu Denounces US Protesters as 'Idiots'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged in a scathing speech to Congress on Wednesday to achieve “total victory” against Hamas and denounced US…

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World Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba speaks during the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin, Germany, June 11, 2024. REUTERS/Nadja Wohlleben/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights

Ukraine Tells China it is Open to Talks if Moscow Acts in Good Faith

Ukraine's top diplomat said on Wednesday, after a day of "very deep and concentrated" talks in China, that Kyiv was prepared for talks on the conflict with…

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World  Paris 2024 Olympics - Beach Volleyball Training - Eiffel Tower Stadium, Paris, France - July 24, 2024. General view as the Olympic Rings and the Eiffel Tower are seen during training. (Reuters)

French Authorities Foil Several Plots on the 2024 Olympics in Paris

French authorities have foiled several plots to disrupt the 2024 Olympics, officials said Wednesday, two days before the opening ceremony of the Summer Games…

World Hadi Matar, charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie, listens during an arraignment in the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, N.Y., Aug. 18, 2022. (AP)

Man Who Attacked Author Salman Rushdie Charged with Supporting Hezbollah

A man who severely injured author Salman Rushdie in a frenzied knife attack in western New York faces a new charge that he supported a terrorist group. An…

World A goal to eliminate global hunger by 2030 looks increasingly impossible to achieve today -(Reuters)

Drive to End Global Hunger Has Stalled, United Nations Warns

A goal to eliminate global hunger by 2030 looks increasingly impossible to achieve, with the number of people suffering chronic hunger barely changed over the…

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World In this image taken from video released by the Ukraine Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry Dmytro Kuleba, third from left holds talks with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at a meeting in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)

Ukraine Seeking 'Common Ground' with China in Talks on Ending War with Russia

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said he is seeking “common ground” in talks this week with his Chinese counterpart on ending his country's war…

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World Commuters are seen moving along a road in Dhaka on July 24, 2024, after authorities eased a curfew imposed to contain deadly clashes sparked by student protests over civil service employment quotas. (AFP)

Bangladesh Factories, Banks Reopen as Curfew Is Eased After Protests Taper Off 

Rush-hour traffic returned to the streets of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Wednesday, as a curfew was eased after four days of nationwide shutdown that…

World 24 July 2024, Hamburg: Police officers stand in front of the Islamic Center Hamburg with the Imam Ali Mosque (Blue Mosque) on the Outer Alster during a raid. (dpa)

Germany Bans Group Accused of Iran Links and Hezbollah Support, Carries Out Raids 

The German government on Wednesday banned a Hamburg-based organization accused of promoting the Iranian leadership's ideology and supporting Lebanon's…

World Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump speaks, as he holds a campaign rally for the first time with his running mate, Republican vice presidential nominee US Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) in Grand Rapids, Michigan, US July 20, 2024. (Reuters)

Trump Takes Fight Against Harris to North Carolina Rally 

Donald Trump has so far watched from the sidelines as Vice President Kamala Harris galvanized and re-energized Democrats by stepping in as their likely…

World Rescuers and army personnel stand at the site after a Saurya Airlines' plane crashed during takeoff at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on July 24, 2024. (Photo by Prabin RANABHAT / AFP)

Plane Crashes in Nepal, 18 Passengers Dead and Pilot Injured

A small domestic plane slipped off the runway and crashed Wednesday while trying to take off from the airport serving Nepal's capital, killing the 18…

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World A group of Rosgvardia (National Guard) servicemen and people with umbrellas walk under the rain through Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Monday, July 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Military Intelligence Officer Reportedly Injured in Moscow Car Bomb Attack

A car bomb injured an officer from Russia's military intelligence agency in northern Moscow on Wednesday, the Kommersant newspaper reported. Russia's interior…

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World FILE - A sign stands in front of the New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police, in London, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Man Arrested after British Soldier Stabbed in Attack Near Barracks

A 24-year-old man was arrested after a soldier was stabbed and seriously injured in a street near a barracks in southeast England, police said Wednesday. The…

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World Anjem Choudary speaks at a rally outside London's Regents Park mosque in April 2015 (AP)

Radical Preacher Anjem Choudary Convicted Again in UK

Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary was found guilty Tuesday by a London jury of directing a terrorist group. Born in the UK to parents of Pakistani…

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World People walk in the rain as Typhoon Kaimi approaches in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Typhoon Gaemi Strengthens as it Nears Taiwan, Flights Cancelled

Taiwan hunkered down on Wednesday for the arrival of a strengthening Typhoon Gaemi, with financial markets and tourist sites shut, people getting the day off…

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World Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather on the day of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to a joint meeting of Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, July 24, 2024. (Reuters)

Netanyahu’s Visit Sparks Wave of Protests in DC, with All Sides Criticizing the Israeli Leader

Hundreds of protesters rallied Wednesday within sight of the Capitol building, denouncing Israel's war in Gaza and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…

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World The tit-for-tat Cold War-style campaigns between the two Koreas are inflaming tensions on the Korean Peninsula, with the rival threatening stronger steps and warning of grave consequences - The AP 

North Korea is Again Flying Balloons Likely Carrying Trash toward South Korea

North Korea again launched a raft of balloons likely carrying trash toward South Korea on Wednesday, Seoul officials said, the 10th such balloon incident in…

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