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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 The Treasury Department is pictured in Washington, US, April 25, 2021. (Reuters)

US Targets Enablers of Iran’s Drone Production in Sanctions Action

The US on Friday issued sanctions targeting entities it accused of enabling Iran's drone program, in Washington's latest action seeking to disrupt the…

World A logo is pictured on the headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, June 25, 2020. (Reuters)

South Sudan Receives Its First Batch of a New Vaccine for Malaria from the WHO

South Sudan got its first batch of a new malaria vaccine on Friday from the UN health agency, an important step in efforts to battle a disease that is the…

World A Ukrainian serviceman hugs his comrade after returning from captivity during a POWs exchange in Sumy region, Ukraine, Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP)

Russia and Ukraine Exchange POWs for the First Time in Three Months

Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners of war on Friday, each sending back 75 POWs in the first such swap in the past three months, officials said. The…

World Police in riot gear surrounded arm-in-arm protesters Friday at the University of California, Santa Cruz - The AP

Police in Riot Gear Surround Israel-Hamas War Protesters at UC Santa Cruz

Police in riot gear surrounded arm-in-arm protesters Friday at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where pro-Palestinian demonstrations have blocked the…

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World A man watches a television screen showing a news broadcast with a photo of North Korea痴 leader Kim Jong Un, at a train station in Seoul on May 30, 2024. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

North Korea Says Kim Supervised Drills Simulating Preemptive Attacks on South Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised firing drills involving nuclear-capable, multiple rocket launchers to show the country’s ability to carry out…

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World President Donald Trump speaks to supporters. (dpa)

Trump Supporters Call for Riots and Violent Retribution after Verdict

Supporters of former President Donald Trump, enraged by his conviction on 34 felony counts by a New York jury, flooded pro-Trump websites with calls for riots,…

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World FILE PHOTO: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks as he arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Belgium December 10, 2020. John Thys/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo/File Photo/File Photo

NATO Getting Closer to War Every Week, Hungary's Orban Says

NATO's plans to get more involved in the war in Ukraine are like a firefighter trying to put out a fire with a flamethrower, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor…

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World FILE PHOTO: Russian army servicemen drive a tank on a street in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, April 6, 2024. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo

Ukraine Missiles Hit Oil Terminal at Port Kavkaz in Russia's Krasnodar Region

Missiles fired by the Ukrainian navy struck an oil terminal at the Russian port of Kavkaz in the Krasnodar region on Friday, the Ukrainian military said via…

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World FILE - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) chief Filippo Grandi speaks to The Associated Press in Nairobi, Kenya on Feb. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

UN Refugee Chief Says 114 Million Have Fled Homes Because Nations Fail to Tackle Causes of Conflict

The number of people fleeing their homes because of war, violence and persecution has reached 114 million and is climbing because nations have failed to tackle…

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World Donald Trump leaves the courthouse after a jury found him guilty of all 34 felony counts, May 30 (Reuters)

US House Speaker On Trump Conviction: Shameful Day In American History

US House Speaker Mike Johnson expressed regret over the historic conviction issued Thursday by a New York jury against former President Donald Trump, calling…

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World  Former US president Donald Trump - Reuters.

Trump is a Convicted Felon. Now what?

Donald Trump, the first former US president to be convicted of a crime, will remain a free man while he awaits sentencing and could avoid a prison term…

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World  Former President Donald Trump (Reuters)

Jury Finds Trump Guilty on All 34 Charges in Hush Money Trial

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday was found guilty on all 34 felony counts in his criminal hush money trial. It was the first time a former US…

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Stockholm Accuses Iran of Using Criminals in Sweden to Target Israel

Sweden's domestic security agency on Thursday accused Iran of using established criminal networks in Sweden as a proxy to target Israeli or Jewish interests in…

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World The Slovenian government raises a Palestinian flag alongside the flags of Slovenia and the EU in front of its building in downtown Ljubljana - Reuters

Slovenia's Government Recognizes Palestinian State

The Slovenian government on Thursday approved a decision to recognize an independent Palestinian state, Prime Minister Robert Golob said, following in the…

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World Benny Gantz speaks at the announcement of former Israeli army chief Gadi Eisenkot's election bid in Ramat Gan, Israel, on Aug. 14, 2022. (AP)

Israeli Centrist Party Proposes Vote to Dissolve Parliament

Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz's centrist party proposed on Thursday holding a parliamentary vote on dissolving the parliament, but it was unclear…

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World Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021. (AP)

Türkiye Signals New Military Intervention in Syria if Kurdish Groups Hold Local Elections

Türkiye won't hesitate to carry out a new offensive in northern Syria if Kurdish-led groups, which Ankara accuses of links to outlawed Kurdish militants,…

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World Palestinians fleeing from the southern Gaza city of Rafah during an Israeli ground and air offensive in the city on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Police Clear Out Pro-Palestinian Protester Tent Camp at Swedish University

Swedish police cleared out a tent camp Thursday outside a southern Sweden university where pro-Palestinian students have been camping since May 16. Police…

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World FILE PHOTO: A man takes part in a hacking contest during the Def Con hacker convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, US on July 29, 2017. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/File Photo

Int’l Police Operation Takes Down Ransomware Networks, Arrests 4 Suspects

Police coordinated by the European Union's justice and police agencies have taken down computer networks responsible for spreading ransomware via infected…

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World US State Department offices in Washington (Reuters)

State Department Official Resigns Over US Policy in Gaza

A senior US State Department official resigned this week over disagreements with a newly published report by the Biden administration concluding Israel was not…

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World After huddling with his lawyers, Republican presidential candidate, former US President Donald Trump walks out of the courtroom to make remarks to the media, as the 12 jurors begin deliberating at his criminal trial at the New York State Supreme Court in New York, New York, Wednesday, May, 29, 2024. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS

Jurors in Trump's Hush Money Trial Zero in on Testimony of Key Witnesses as Deliberations Resume

The jury in Donald Trump’s hush money trial is to resume deliberations Thursday after asking to rehear potentially crucial testimony about the alleged hush…

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World This handout photo taken and received on May 29, 2024 courtesy of Nickson Pakea, president of Porgera Chamber of Commerce and Industry, shows locals digging at the site of a landslide at Yambali village in the region of Maip Mulitaka, in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province. (Photo by NICKSON PAKEA / PRESIDENT OF PORGERA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY / AFP)

Rescue Teams Don't Expect to Find Survivors in Papua New Guinea Landslide

Papua New Guinea ruled out finding survivors under the rubble of a massive landslide on Thursday, with the exact number of dead under almost two stories of…

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World Visitors use binoculars to see the North Korean side from the unification observatory in Paju, South Korea, Thursday, May 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korea Fires Missile Barrage Toward its Eastern Waters

North Korea on Thursday fired a barrage of suspected ballistic missiles toward its eastern sea, according to South Korea’s military, days after its attempt to…

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World FILE PHOTO: Supporters of Ebrahim Raisi gather near his poster to celebrate his presidential election victory in Tehran, Iran June 19, 2021. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Iran Opens Registration Period for the Presidential Election after Raisi’s Death

Iran opened a five-day registration period Thursday for hopefuls wanting to run in the June 28 presidential election to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi, who was…

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World People cool off at a canal during a hot weather day in Karachi, Pakistan, 29 May 2024. EPA/REHAN KHAN

4 Pakistanis Killed by Iranian Border Guards in Southwestern Region

Iranian border guards opened fire at a vehicle carrying a group of Pakistanis, killing four people and wounding two others in a remote area in the southwest,…

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