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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 Former US President Donald Trump leaves Manhattan Supreme Court on the 6th day of the hush money trial against him on April 23 2024. Curtis Means/Pool via REUTERS

Trump Says Foreigners Who Graduate from US Colleges Should Get Green Cards

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in a podcast released on Thursday said that students graduating from US colleges should get a green card to stay…

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Nobel Committee Condemns Jail Term for Iranian Laureate Mohammadi

The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Thursday criticized an Iranian court's decision to slap an additional one-year jail term on imprisoned 2023 Peace Prize…

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World FILE - Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, speaks during a joint press conference in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut, File)

Mark Rutte Seals NATO Top Job

Outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Thursday clinched the race to become the next head of NATO after sole challenger Romanian President Klaus Iohannis…

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World White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby participates in a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 17 June 2024. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS

White House Calls Netanyahu's Comments on US Weapons 'Perplexing'

The White House on Thursday said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's comments on the US-supplied weapons was "incorrect." Netanyahu on Tuesday…

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World Romanian President Klaus Iohannis exits a voting cabin during European and local elections in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Voters across the European Union are going to the polls on the final day of voting for the European parliamentary elections to choose their representatives for the next five-year term. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

NATO Member Romania to Send a Patriot Missile System to Neighboring Ukraine

NATO member Romania’s top defense body said Thursday that the country will donate a Patriot missile system to neighboring Ukraine to help Kyiv in the war with…

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World Russia's President Vladimir Putin, who soon begins a visit to North Korea, last traveled to the isolated country in 2000. NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP

Putin Signs Deals With Vietnam in Bid to Shore Up Ties in Asia

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a series of deals with his Vietnamese counterpart To Lam on Thursday, during a state visit that comes as Moscow is…

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World FILED - 15 April 2023, Saxony, Dresden: The police cordoned off the scene of the incident with tape. Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa

Germany Arrests Iraqi Man Accused of ISIS Links

An Iraqi man who is accused of standing by to carry out attacks for ISIS after he arrived in Germany in 2022 has been arrested, prosecutors said Thursday. …

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World People walk on a pier as dark clouds caused by Tropical Storm Alberto are seen on the horizon, in Veracruz, Mexico June 19, 2024. REUTERS/Yahir Ceballos

Alberto, Season's First Named Tropical Storm, Dumps Rain on Texas and Mexico, Which Reports 3 Deaths

Tropical Storm Alberto rumbled toward northeast Mexico early Thursday as the first named storm of the season, carrying heavy rains that left three people dead…

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World Police work at a knife attack site in Vetlanda, Sweden March 3, 2021. TT News Agency/Mikael Fritzon.

Swedish Court Acquits Ex-Syrian Army General Accused in War Crimes Role

A Swedish court on Thursday acquitted a former Syrian army general accused of playing a role in war crimes committed in 2012 in his home country. Brig. Gen…

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World A security guard closes the door of Recreo metro station after a blackout in Quito June 19, 2024. (Photo by Galo Paguay / AFP)

Power Back on in Ecuador after Massive Outage Blamed on Transmission Failure

Power was nearly fully restored in Ecuador on Wednesday afternoon, after a nationwide electricity outage struck residential users, hospitals as well as the…

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World Armed al-Shabab fighters ride on pickup trucks as they prepare to travel into the city, just outside the capital Mogadishu, in Somalia on Dec. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

Somalia Asks Peacekeepers to Slow Withdrawal, Fears Extremists Insurgence

Somalia's government is seeking to slow the withdrawal of African peacekeepers and warning of a potential security vacuum, documents seen by Reuters show, with…

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World A view shows a damaged private house at the site of a Russian drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, on the outskirts of Lviv, Ukraine June 19, 2024. (Reuters)

Russia Obliterates Front-Line Ukraine Towns

The first shock wave shattered aisles stacked almost to the ceiling with home improvement products. The next Russian bomb streaked down like a comet seconds…

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World FILE PHOTO: Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards participate in a military parade, in Tehran September 21, 2008. REUTERS/Caren Firouz

Iran Condemns Canada's Listing of IRGC as Terrorist Group

Iran condemned on Thursday Canada's listing of the Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization as "an unwise and unconventional politically-motivated…

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World 19 June 2024, Italy, Roccella Ionica: Six bodies of the victims of the shipwreck in the Ionian Sea have been recovered. Photo: Salvatore Cavalli/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

Italy's Coast Guard Searches for Dozens of Missing Migrants

Italy's coast guard was searching by sea and from the air on Thursday for dozens of people missing when a boat capsized and partially sank earlier this week in…

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World Russia's President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un pose for a photo during a signing ceremony following bilateral talks in Pyongyang, North Korea June 19, 2024. Sputnik/Kristina Kormilitsyna/Kremlin via REUTERS

North Korea, Russia Sign Pact to Give All Available Military Help if Other is Attacked

North Korea and Russia agreed to provide immediate military assistance if either faced armed aggression, under a pact their leaders signed during Russian…

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World A view of the entrance to Evin prison in Tehran, Iran (Reuters)

Iran Prisoner Says Sweden Left Him Behind in Jail

A Swedish-Iranian dual national has accused Sweden's prime minister of leaving him out of a prisoner swap in a call from the Iranian jail where he remains…

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World 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. (Reuters)

Canada Preparing to List Iran’s IRGC as a Terrorist Group, Says CBC

Canada is preparing to list Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization and could make an announcement as early as this week, the…

World File photo: A handout photo made available by the Yemeni Al-Joumhouriya TV shows the last part of the British-registered cargo vessel, Rubymar, sinking in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen, 03 March 2024 (issued 07 March 2024). EPA/Yemeni Al-Joumhouriya TV

Shipping Industry Urges Red Sea Action as Houthis Sink Second Vessel

Urgent action must be taken in the Red Sea to stop attacks on merchant shipping by Yemen's Houthis, leading industry groups said on Wednesday, after the…

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World Supporters of Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, the most prominent candidate for the June 28 presidential election, wave the country's flags in his campaign gathering in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran’s Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi Sentenced to Another Year in Prison

Iran's imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Narges Mohammadi, has been sentenced to another year in prison over her activism, her lawyer said Wednesday…

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World A Palestinian girl stands at the entrance of her family tent at a makeshift tent camp for those displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip in Khan Younis, Gaza, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (AP)

Europe Must Host Gaza Children Impacted by War, Greek Foreign Minister Says 

Europe has a duty to host children hurt and traumatized by war in Gaza for as long as the conflict continues, Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis told…

World Gordon Black, a US Army staff sergeant, who was detained in Russia on May 2 on suspicion of stealing from a woman he was in a relationship with, appears in a court in Vladivostok, Russia, June 19, 2024. REUTERS/Tatiana Meel

US Soldier Jailed for Nearly Four Years in Russia

A US soldier was sentenced on Wednesday to nearly four years in a Russian penal colony after being found guilty by a Russian court of stealing $113 from his…

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World Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (2-R) attend an official welcoming ceremony during their meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, 19 June 2024. (EPA/ Gavriil Grigorov / Sputnik / Kremlin)

Putin Gets Lavish Welcome in North Korea, Signs Partnership Pact with Kim 

Cheering crowds and lavish ceremonies greeted Russian President Vladimir Putin in Pyongyang on Wednesday, where he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed…

World A street mural of the Iranian flag in Tehran in October 2017. (AFP via Getty Images)

No Future US Government Can Prevent Iran Oil Exports, Minister Says 

Iranian oil exports will continue regardless of who is elected as the next US president, Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji said on Wednesday, amid concerns that…

World US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a joint news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the State Department in Washington, US, June 18, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

US Insists Arms Are Flowing Despite Netanyahu’s Accusations

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed the United States is withholding weapons needed for the war in Gaza. In a video released Tuesday,…

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