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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 Israeli Minister Benny Gantz addresses the media after his ultimatum to withdraw his centrist party from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's emergency government expired, in Ramat Gan, Israel June 9, 2024. REUTERS/Nir Elias

Gantz is Quitting Israel's War Cabinet, Citing Frustrations with Netanyahu

Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel’s three-man war Cabinet, announced his resignation Sunday, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of mismanaging…

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World (L-R) Jill Biden , US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron pose for a photograph before an official state dinner at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, 08 June 2024. (EPA)

Biden, France’s Macron Reach Agreement on Using Russian Assets for Ukraine

US President Joe Biden said on Sunday he had reached an agreement with French President Emmanuel Macron on the use of profits from frozen Russian assets to…

World  In this photo provided by the 24th Mechanized brigade press service, a Ukrainian soldier fires 120mm mortar towards Russian position on the front line at undisclosed location in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, June 4, 2024. (Oleg Petrasiuk/Ukrainian 24 Mechanised brigade via AP)

Two Killed by Ukrainian Attacks in Donetsk and Kherson, Russia Says

Two civilians were killed in Ukrainian attacks on Russian-controlled areas of eastern and southern Ukraine, Moscow-installed officials there said on Sunday. …

World Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, standing in front of a picture of late Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, greets media after registering his candidacy during the registration for the Iranian presidential election at the interior ministry in Tehran, Iran, 02 June 2024. (EPA)

Iran OKs 6 Candidates for Presidential Race, but Again Blocks Ahmadinejad

Iran’s Guardian Council on Sunday approved the country’s hard-line parliament speaker and five others to run in the country’s June 28 presidential election…

World Fire Department officers inspect an area, following the search for missing British TV doctor Michael Mosley. (Reuters)

British TV Presenter Mosley Found Dead On Greek Island of Symi

British TV presenter and healthy living advocate Michael Mosley has been found dead in a rocky area on the Greek island of Symi, just meters away from his…

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World  Pro-Palestinian demonstrators, including one holding an effigy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, rally near the White House in Washington, DC, on June 8, 2024 to protest against Israel's actions in Gaza. (AFP)

No Word from White House on Whether Biden to Meet Netanyahu in Washington

The White House declined to say on Sunday whether President Joe Biden will meet Benjamin Netanyahu when the Israeli prime minister visits Washington next month…

World FILE PHOTO: A Sukhoi Su-57 jet fighter performs during the MAKS 2021 air show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia, July 25, 2021. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva/File Photo

Ukraine Says Latest-Generation Russian Fighter Jet Hit For First Time

Ukrainian forces have for the first time hit a latest-generation Russian Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jet at an air base inside Russia, Kyiv's GUR defense intelligence…

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World A man walks with a dog at a polling station during the federal, regional and European Parliament elections in Schoten, Belgium, June 9, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

Polls Open in 20 EU Countries as Voting For the European Parliament Enters its Final Day

Polling stations opened across Europe on Sunday as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union’s…

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World French President Emmanuel Macron, second left, his wife Brigitte Macron, left, welcome President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden before a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe, Saturday June 8, 2024 in Paris. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)

Biden, Macron Talk Middle East and Ukraine During Ceremonial State Visit

Fresh from commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day, French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed US President Joe Biden in Paris on Saturday for a state visit…

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World Police guard outside the hospital where Haiti's newly selected prime minister, Garry Conille was hospitalized in Port-au-Prince, Haiti late Saturday, June 8, 2024. Louis Gérald Gilles, a member of the transitional presidential council that recently chose Conille said he was en route to the hospital and did not have further information. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Haiti’s New Prime Minister Hospitalized Days After Being Selected to Lead Country

Haiti’s newly selected prime minister, Garry Conille, was hospitalized late Saturday in the capital of Port-au-Prince just days after arriving in the country,…

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World North Korea resumes sending balloons carrying trash over the border to South Korea (Reuters)

South Korea to Blast Loudspeaker Broadcasts after North’s Trash Balloons

South Korea will begin loudspeaker broadcasts directed at North Korea on Sunday that will be "unbearable" for the Kim Jong Un regime, its National Security…

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World US President Joe Biden alongside French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris (EPA)

Biden Says 'Won't Stop Working' Until All Israeli Hostages Freed

US President Joe Biden on Saturday welcomed the freeing in an Israeli operation of four hostages held by Palestinian militants in Gaza, vowing to work until…

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Benny Gantz Delays Statement after Four Hostages Were Rescued

Israel's centrist war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has delayed a statement he was due to give later on Saturday in which he was widely expected to announce his…

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World A firefighter works at a site of a household items shopping mall hit by a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kherson, Ukraine June 6, 2024. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kherson region/Handout via REUTERS

Attacks in Russian-occupied Ukrainian Regions Leave 27 Dead

Russia-installed officials in the partially occupied Ukrainian regions of Kherson and Luhansk say Ukrainian attacks left at least 27 people dead as Russia and…

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World French citizen Laurent Vinatier, right, is escorted into a cage in a courtroom in the Zamoskvoretsky District Court in Moscow, Russia on Friday, June 7, 2024. (AP Photo)

Russia Jails French Citizen Detained on Charges of Collecting Military Data

A court in Moscow on Friday ordered a French citizen accused of collecting information on military issues in Russia be held in jail pending investigation and…

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World Iranian Minister of Culture Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili submits his candidacy papers for the elections (DPA)

Iran Election Secret Message Sparks Controversy

In a surprising move, some current government ministers have sent a secret message to Iran's Guardian Council, pushing for the nomination of Culture Minister…

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World FILE - South Korean soldier wearing protective gears checks the trash from a balloon presumably sent by North Korea, in Incheon, South Korea, on June 2, 2024. (Im Sun-suk/Yonhap via AP, File)

SKorea on Alert for More Trash Balloons from the North

South Korea's military said it was on alert for more trash-carrying balloons possibly arriving from North Korea on Sunday, Agence France Presse reported. In…

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World Member of the presidium of the Russian Association for the Promotion of Science Maria Vorontsova attends the Saint-Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg on June 7, 2024. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / AFP)

Putin's Daughters Make Rare Appearance at Economic Forum

Vladimir Putin's two alleged daughters both made rare public appearances this week at a flagship economic forum in the Russian president's home city of Saint…

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World FILED - 09 February 2022, Berlin: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaks at a press conference with Chancellor Scholz after their meeting. Photo: Michele Tantussi/Getty Images Europe/Pool/dpa

Danish PM is Assaulted by Man on Copenhagen Square

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was assaulted by a man on a square in the capital of Copenhagen, the state news agency Ritzau reported Friday…

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World Children inspect a destroyed classroom in a school in the Nuseirat camp for displaced persons in the central Gaza Strip, which was destroyed by an Israeli bombing (AFP)

Israel War Cabinet Minister Could Quit Govt On Saturday

Israel's war cabinet member Benny Gantz said Friday he will hold a press conference on Saturday, with Israeli media reporting he was likely to announce his…

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World Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - File/AFP

CIA Assessment Concludes Netanyahu is Likely to Defy Biden Pressure

A CIA assessment circulated among US officials this week concluded that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu likely judges he can get away without…

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World Members of the Taliban stand at the site of the execution of three men in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, April 18, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Taliban Publicly Flogs 63 People, including Women

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan on Wednesday condemned the public flogging of more than 60 people, including more than a dozen women, by…

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World  President Joe Biden delivers a speech on the legacy of Pointe du Hoc, and democracy around the world, Friday, June 7, 2024 as he stands next to the Pointe du Hoc monument in Normandy, France. (AP)

Biden Apologizes to Zelenskyy for Congressional Holdup to Weapons That Let Russia Advance

US President Joe Biden on Friday for the first time publicly apologized to Ukraine for a monthslong congressional holdup in American military assistance that…

World  Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China June 7, 2024. (China Daily via Reuters)

China Says Willing to Upgrade Economic Corridor with Pakistan, Deepen Ties with Brazil

Beijing is willing to work with Islamabad to build an upgraded version of an economic corridor linking the two countries, China's leader Xi Jinping told the…