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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 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy (File/DPA)

Ukraine's Zelenskiy Expresses Gratitude to New British PM on Wartime Support

New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that London would keep providing support for Kyiv in its war against…

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World  President Joe Biden arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Sherman Middle School in Madison, Wis., Friday, July 5, 2024. (AP)

Biden Dismisses Age Questions in Interview as He Tries to Salvage Reelection Effort

President Joe Biden, fighting to save his endangered reelection effort, used a highly anticipated TV interview Friday to repeatedly reject taking an…

World Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán arrive to deliver a joint press statement following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 5, 2024. (AFP)

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

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

World Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico speaks during a press conference with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the Carmelite Monastery in Budapest, Hungary, Jan. 16, 2024. (AP)

Slovak PM Fico Makes First Public Appearance since Assassination Attempt

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico appeared in public on Friday for the first time since a May assassination attempt. Fico, who is recovering after being shot…

World King Charles III officially appointed Keir Starmer as prime minister on Friday during an audience at Buckingham Palace - AFP

Keir Starmer Officially Takes Power as British PM after Landslide Victory

Britain's head of state King Charles III officially appointed Keir Starmer as prime minister on Friday during an audience at Buckingham Palace, a few hours…

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World Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casts his ballot during the runoff © ATTA KENARE / AFP

Reformist Faces Ultraconservative as Iran Votes for President

Iranians voted Friday in a presidential election runoff between a reformist advocating improved ties with the West and an ultraconservative former nuclear…

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World Keir Starmer, leader of Britain's Labor party, speaks at a reception to celebrate his win in the election, at Tate Modern, in London, Britain, July 5, 2024. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

World Leaders React to Labor's Sweeping Victory in UK Election

Keir Starmer will be Britain's next prime minister after his center-left Labor Party won a huge majority in a parliamentary election, defeating Rishi Sunak's…

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Jemaah Islamiyah in Southeast Asia Disband Group in Surprise Announcement

In a surprise move, senior members of the Jemaah Islamiyah, the Southeast Asian militant network blamed for the deadly Bali bombings, announced they are…

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World Keir Starmer, leader of Britain's Labour party, reacts as he speaks at a reception to celebrate his win in the election, at Tate Modern, in London, Britain, July 5, 2024. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

UK Labour Party Sweeps to Power in Historic Election Win

Britain’s Labour Party swept to power Friday after more than a decade in opposition, as a jaded electorate handed the party a landslide victory — but also a…

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World President Joe Biden speaks during a barbecue with active-duty military service members and their families on the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday, July 4, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden Says 'I'm Not Going Anywhere' as Calls to Quit Race Grow

President Joe Biden said "I'm not going anywhere" as he faced calls by many Democrats to end his re-election bid, using the Fourth of July celebrations on…

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World Migrants rescued by Tunisia’s national guard during an attempted crossing of the Mediterranean by boat, rest on the beach at the port of el-Ketef in Ben Guerdane in southern Tunisia near the border with Libya, on December 15, 2021. (AFP/Fathi Nasri)

Land Routes across Africa are Twice as Deadly for Migrants as Mediterranean Voyages, UN Estimates

The United Nations and partners say more migrants and refugees in Africa are heading northward toward the Mediterranean and Europe, crossing perilous routes in…

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World FILE - Pedestrians cross Delancey Street as congested traffic from Brooklyn enters Manhattan over the Williamsburg Bridge, March 28, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

2 Dead, 9 Injured after Truck Strikes Group Celebrating July 4 in Manhattan

Two people were killed and nine others injured, four critically, when a pickup truck drove into a group celebrating the Fourth of July holiday in New York City…

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World A view of a ballot box for the run-off presidential election between Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili in Tehran, Iran, July 5, 2024.  Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Polls Open in Iran Runoff Election

Iranians are voting in a runoff election on Friday to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi. Voters will choose between hard-line former nuclear negotiator…

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World Putin and Xi regularly meet under the aegis of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) alliance - AFP

Putin, Xi Advance Anti-West Alliance At Central Asian Summit

The leaders of China and Russia on Thursday urged their allies and partners to resist malign external influence, advancing their shared anti-Western agenda at…

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World Keir Starmer, leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, delivers a speech at a business conference in London, on Feb. 1, 2024. (AP)

UK's Labour Set to Sweep into Power with Huge Majority, Exit Poll Shows

Keir Starmer will be Britain's next prime minister with his Labour Party set to win a massive majority in a parliamentary election, an exit poll on Thursday…

World This handout photograph taken and released by the press service of the 24th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces on July 4, 2024, shows an aerial view of the destroyed Novyy district in the town of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / press service of the 24th mechanized brigade of Ukrainian Armed forces / AFP)

Ukraine’s Army Retreats from Positions as Russia Gets Closer to Seizing Strategically Important Town

Ukraine’s army has retreated from a neighborhood in the outskirts of Chasiv Yar, a strategically important town in the eastern Donetsk region that has been…

World Vice President Kamala Harris waves as she departs after speaking at the Tribal Nations Summit in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Nov. 16, 2021, in Washington. (AP)

Trump Allies Intensify Harris Attacks as Biden Replacement Talk Builds

Donald Trump's campaign and some of his allies have launched a pre-emptive political strike on Vice President Kamala Harris, moving swiftly to try to discredit…

World Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech on January 17, 2022 REUTERS/Florion Goga//File Photo

Erdogan Tells Xi He Wants Türkiye-China Ties to Continue Improving

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Thursday that he wanted steps to improve Türkiye-China ties in all areas to…

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World Police officers patrol alongside a steel wall at Evros river, near the Greek village of Poros. (AP file photo)

Greece Arrests 7, Including 2 Iranians, over Arson Attacks on Israeli-owned Hotel

Greece's anti-terrorism police have arrested seven people over arson attacks against an Israeli-owned hotel and a synagogue in central Athens this year, police…

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World In this photo made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, Iranian presidential candidate reformist Masoud Pezeshkian, left, and hard-line candidate Saeed Jalili attend a debate at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)

Iran Candidates Pezeshkian and Jalili Hold Final Rallies ahead of Presidential Runoff

Iranian presidential hopefuls Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili held their final campaign rallies on Wednesday in preparation for Friday's snap election…

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World FILE PHOTO: Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards participate in a military parade to commemorate the anniversary of the start of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, in Tehran September 21, 2008. REUTERS/Caren Firouz  (IRAN)/File Photo

France Expels Iranian Suspected of Having Links to IRGC

France on Wednesday expelled an Iranian suspected of influence peddling on behalf of Tehran and having links to the Revolutionary Guard’s ideological army, his…

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World FILE PHOTO: A polling station direction sign is attached to a street sign near the Elizabeth Tower, more commonly known as Big Ben, ahead of general elections, in London, Britain July 3, 2024. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska/File Photo

Labor Predicted to Rout Sunak's Conservatives as Britain Goes To Polls

Britain looks set to elect Labor Party leader Keir Starmer as its next prime minister when voters go to the polls on Thursday, sweeping Rishi Sunak's…

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World Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Gazprom Neft CEO Alexander Dyukov at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia July 2, 2024. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS

Leaders of Russia and China Meet at a Central Asian Summit in a Show of Deepening Cooperation

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping met Wednesday for the second time in as many months as they visited Kazakhstan for a session…

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World Members of the Australian Palestinian community shout slogans at the Palestinian Protest Campsite at University of Sydney in Sydney on May 3, 2024. (AFP)

Pro Palestine Protesters Scale Roof of Australia's Parliament

Pro Palestine protesters climbed the roof of Australia's Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday and unfurled banners, one saying Palestine will be free, and…

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