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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 FILE - Ukrainian soldiers of the 71st Jaeger Brigade fire a M101 howitzer towards Russian positions at the frontline, near Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, March 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Russian Daytime Attack on Ukraine Kills at Least 20, Hits Children's Hospital in Kyiv

Russia launched a barrage of missiles on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities in a rare daytime attack on Monday, killing at least 20 people across the country and…

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World Fireworks go off as people gather in front of "Le triomphe de la Republique" statue during an election night rally following the first results of the second round of France's legislative election at Republique Square in Paris on July 7, 2024. (AFP)

French Vote Gives Leftists Most Seats over Far-Right, but Leaves Hung Parliament and Deadlock

A coalition of the French left won the most seats in high-stakes legislative elections Sunday, according to near-final results, beating back a far-right surge…

World US President Joe Biden gives members of his staff a thumbs up as he embarks Air Force One as he prepares to depart Harrisburg International Airport on July 07, 2024 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (Getty Images/AFP)

Biden Campaigns through Pennsylvania as His Team Quietly Braces for More Democratic Defections

President Joe Biden urged his supporters to stay unified at a rousing Black church service in critical Pennsylvania on Sunday, even as his campaign team…

World 28 June 2024, South Korea, Jeju: A Super Hornet fighter jet taking part in the first multidomain exercise of Freedom Edge held by South Korea, the United States and Japan in international waters, south of South Korea's southern island of Jeju. /US Navy vs YNA/dpa

North Korea's Kim Yo Jong Calls South Korean Drills a Provocation

Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said South Korea's recent military drills near the border between the two nations are an…

World  Smoke rises after recent Russian air strikes, in the town of Toretsk, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near a front line in Donetsk region, Ukraine July 3, 2024. (Reuters)

Russian Defense Ministry Says Its Iskanders Destroy Two Patriot Launchers in Ukraine

Russian Iskander ballistic missiles destroyed two launchers for Patriot surface-to-air missiles systems in Ukraine's Odesa region, the Russian defense ministry…

World  Israeli police work to extinguish a fire lit by anti-government protestors on a day of protests marking 9 months since the deadly October 7 attack, under the slogan "Israel comes to a standstill", near Shoresh, Israel, July 7, 2024. (Reuters)

Israeli Protesters Urging Gaza Deal Block Roads

Protests aimed at pressuring the Israeli government to reach a hostage deal with Hamas began across the country on Sunday, with demonstrators blocking roads…

World  France's Prime Minister Gabriel Attal (R) casts his ballot during the second round of France's parliamentary elections at a polling station in Vanves, suburb of Paris, France on July 7, 2024. (Reuters)

France Votes, with Far Right Seeking Power

Voter turnout in a parliamentary run-off election rose sharply from the last time in 2022, the French interior ministry said, in a ballot that could see the…

World File photo: Smoke rises following an alleged drone attack in Sevastopol, Crimea in 2023. (Reuters)

Fire Breaks Out after Accident at Gas Pipeline in Crimea

A fire broke out late Saturday after an accident at a gas pipeline near the village of Vinogradnoye in Moscow-annexed Crimea, spreading to nearby forest and…

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World Head of the military junta in Niger Abdourahamane Tchiani (L) and Interim leader of Burkina Faso Captain Ibrahim Traore (R) salute at the first ever Alliance of Sahel States summit in Niamey, Niger, 06 July 2024. EPA/ISSIFOU DJIBO

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso Rule Out Returning to the ECOWAS Regional Bloc

Military junta leaders of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso on Saturday ruled out returning their nations to the West Africa regional bloc whose division could…

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World Women and children of ISIS militants walk in Syria’s Roj camp in northeastern Syria (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Canada Police Charge Syrian Returnee with Terrorism Offenses

Canadian police said on Saturday they had charged a returnee from Syria with terrorism-related offenses after an investigation into allegations that she had…

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World A handout photo made available by the Hungarian Prime Minister's Press Office shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (C-R) and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (C-L) during their meeting as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (3-R), Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto (2-L) and Orban's chief national security advisor Marcell Biro (L) look on in the Kemlin in Moscow, Russia, 05 July 2024. Orban arrived in Moscow on a one-day working visit.  EPA/VIVIEN CHER BENKO/HUNGARIAN PM'S PRESS OFFICE

Hungary's Orbán Meets Putin for Talks in Moscow in a Rare Visit by a European Leader

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visited Moscow on Friday to discuss prospects for a peaceful settlement in Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin,…

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World Pezeshkian and former foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif during an election rally in Tehran last week- Jamaran News

What Changes Are Expected Under Iran's New President?

Iranians have picked reformist Masoud Pezeshkian as the Iran's next president in a election to replace Ebrahim Raisi who was killed in a helicopter crash in…

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World Pezeshkian and former foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif raising victory sign after election results - EPA

Iran Vote Winner Could Ease, But Won't End, Nuclear Tensions, Analysts Say

Masoud Pezeshkian's victory in Iran's presidential elections has given a rare boost to efforts for scaling down years of tensions over Tehran's nuclear program…

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World  Local resident Natalia Latysheva, 60, stands inside her house destroyed by recent shelling, which local Russian-installed authorities called a Ukrainian military strike, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the town of Yasynuvata (Yasinovataya) in the Donetsk region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, July 6, 2024. (Reuters)

Russian Military Downs Drones in Southern Belgorod, Kursk Regions

Russian air defense units downed seven Ukrainian drones each on Saturday in the southern Belgorod and Kursk regions on the Ukrainian border, officials and the…

World  Britain's newly appointed Foreign Secretary David Lammy leaves 10 Downing Street, following the results of the election, in London, Britain, July 5, 2024. (Reuters)

UK Seeks Balanced Position on Israel and Gaza, Says New Foreign Minister Lammy

Britain wants a balanced position on the war in the Middle East and will use diplomatic efforts to ensure a ceasefire is reached and hostages held by…

World  President Joe Biden responds to questions from the traveling press as he arrives at Delaware Air National Guard Base in New Castle, Del., Friday, July 5, 2024, from a campaign rally in Madison, Wis. (AP)

Biden Digs in as Pressure from Fellow Democrats Escalates

Amid increasing calls from fellow Democrats to end his campaign for re-election, US President Joe Biden on Saturday gave no hint that he was considering…

World  Britain's Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer chairs the first meeting of his cabinet in 10 Downing Street, following a landslide Labour win in Thursdays General Election, in London, Britain, July 6, 2024. (Pool via Reuters)

New UK Prime Minister Starmer Assembles Cabinet for the First Meeting: ‘Now We Get to Work’

Prime Minister Keir Starmer held his first Cabinet meeting Saturday as his new government takes on the massive challenge of fixing a heap of domestic woes and…

World Far-right National Rally party president Jordan Bardella, right, leaves with far-right leader Marine Le Pen after a press conference, Monday, June 24, 2024 in Paris. (AP)

Voters in France’s Overseas Territories Kick off a Pivotal Parliamentary Election

Voters in France’s overseas territories and living abroad started casting ballots Saturday in parliamentary runoff elections that could hand an unprecedented…

World A general view shows the headquarters of Armenia's Foreign Ministry in Yerevan, Armenia, September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze

Armenia, US to Hold Joint Military Drills on July 15-24

Armenia and the United States will hold joint military exercises in Armenia on July 15-24, the Armenian Defense Ministry said on Saturday. The Eagle Partner…

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World An aerial view shows the BRP Sierra Madre on the contested Second Thomas Shoal, locally known as Ayungin, in the South China Sea, March 9, 2023. (Reuters)

China Anchors ‘Monster Ship’ in South China Sea, Philippine Coast Guard Says

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Saturday that China's largest coastguard vessel has anchored in Manila's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South…

World Russian President Vladimir Putin reads his press statement after the talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, July 5, 2024. (AP)

Putin Congratulates Iran’s Pezeshkian, Calls for Bilateral Cooperation

Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Masoud Pezeshkian on his election as the new president of Iran, the Kremlin said on Saturday. "I hope that…

World FILE - In this photo taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry on Monday, July 1, 2024, Russian soldiers fire from the BM-21 "Grad" self-propelled 122mm multiple rocket launcher in an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

Russia Drone Attack Hits Energy Facility in Ukraine’s Sumy Region

Russia launched an overnight drone attack across Ukraine on Saturday, hitting an energy facility in the Sumy region in the northeast of the country, officials…

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World Uttar Pradesh State Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visits the place where a fatal stampede took place in Fulrai village of Hathras district, Uttar Pradesh, India, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Main Organizer of India Religious Event Surrenders to Police after Deadly Stampede

The chief organizer of an Indian preacher's event where a stampede killed 121 people this week surrendered to police on Friday, a lawyer for the preacher said,…

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World TOPSHOT - Iranian reformist presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian (C) greets supporters outside a polling station in Tehran on July 5, 2024. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Moderate Pezeshkian Wins Iran Presidential Election, Urges People to Stick with Him

Relative moderate Masoud Pezeshkian urged people on Saturday to stick with him on "the difficult road ahead" after beating a hardline rival to win Iran's…

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