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Nearly 1,500 Migrants Arrive in Canary Islands in One Day

World Rescued migrants disembark from a Spanish Maritime Rescue Service vessel with assistance from emergency workers and Civil Guard officers at the port of La Restinga in El Pinar on the island of El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain, 14 November 2026. EPA/GELMERT FINOL

Nearly 1,500 Migrants Arrive in Canary Islands in One Day

Almost 1,500 migrants arrived in Spain's Canary Islands on Saturday, the highest number in a single day since 2020, the EFE news agency reported on Sunday,…

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World Satellite imagery from Jun 9th, 2025 via Airbus/Bulletin, shows a truck at Iran’s Isfahan underground complex carrying 18 sealed containers (AP)

Iranian Lawmaker: A Nuclear Bomb is a ‘Public Demand’

Iranian lawmaker Hosseinali Haji Deligani said on Saturday that building a nuclear bomb has become a public demand, just days before a meeting of the…

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World People visit the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran, Iran, November 4, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

IRGC Media: Technical Modifications to Allow Iran Develop Missiles that Reach US

Iran on Saturday said it could introduce technical modifications to its long-range missiles, enabling them to reach US territory. Tasnim News agency, the…

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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 The funeral of an Israeli soldier killed in battle on Wednesday, November 1, 2023. (Reuters)

Israel Says Officer Killed in Northern Gaza Battles

The Israeli army announced the death of an officer in the ongoing ground operation in the northern Gaza Strip, The Jerusalem Post newspaper reported on…

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World Demonstrators raise a picture of Nasrin Sotoudeh during a protest in Paris. (AFP)

UN Expert Says Israel-Hamas War Emboldens Iran 'Repression'

The UN special rapporteur on human rights in Iran said Tuesday that the Israel-Hamas war has emboldened “repression” inside the country. Javaid Rehman, a…

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World Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations  - The AP

Russia: Israel is an Occupying State, Has No Right for Self-defense

Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzia said that Israel is an occupying state and has no right to defend itself. He also…

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World US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks in Tel Aviv, Tuesday Oct. 17, 2023, after an overnight meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Blinken Will Enter Diplomatic Maelstrom over Gaza War on New Mideast Trip

Just weeks after a frenzied trip to the Middle East, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is returning to the region with a somewhat more nuanced message than he…

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World UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix, center, talks to the media as the UN Secretary General's Special Representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart listens to him, after their meeting with Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides at presidential palace in divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Lacroix is in Cyprus for three-day visit. (AP)

Cyprus Plans to Send Humanitarian Aid Directly to Gaza by Ship, to Be Received by UN

Cyprus offered more detail Wednesday on its initiative to create a sea corridor for the steady flow of humanitarian assistance from Cyprus to Gaza, saying that…

World A member of the combined sapper unit of the police department, de-mines territory near the Eastern-Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, Ukraine, 24 October 2023 amid the Russian invasion. (EPA)

Ukraine Says More than 260 Civilians Killed after Stepping on Mines, Explosives

More than 260 civilians have been killed in Ukraine after stepping on landmines or other explosives during the 20-month-old war with Russia, Ukraine's military…

World Firefighters work at an oil refinery which was hit during Russia's drone attacks in Kremenchuk, Poltava region, Ukraine November 1, 2023. (Head of the Poltava Regional Military Administration Filip Pronin/Handout via Reuters)

Ukraine Says Russian Drones Hit Oil Refinery, Damage Railway Power Lines 

An overnight Russian drone attack hit and set ablaze the Kremenchuk oil refinery in central Ukraine on Wednesday and falling debris from drones that were shot…

World This picture taken on November 1, 2023 from a position along the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel shows a flare fired by Israeli forces falling above the Palestinian enclave amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (AFP)

Israel Deploys Missile Boats in Red Sea as Houthis Attack from Yemen 

The Israeli military said it had deployed missile boats in the Red Sea on Wednesday as reinforcements, a day after the Iran-aligned Houthi militias said they…

World Bolivia's deputy Foreign Minister Freddy Mamani (R) speaks next to the minister of the presidency Maria Nela Prada, during a press conference announcing that Bolivia will break relations with Israel, on October 31, 2023, at the Casa Grande del Pueblo government palace in La Paz, Bolivia. AFP

Israel Calls Bolivia's Cut-off of Ties 'Capitulation to Terror'

Israel accused Bolivia on Wednesday of "capitulation to terrorism and to the ayatollah regime in Iran" after the South American nation cut ties in protest at…

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World Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy looks on before awarding members of the State Border Guard Service, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kherson region, Ukraine October 20, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via Reuters)

Don’t Expect Instant Success, Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Warns as He Rallies His Troops 

Ukraine's attacks on the Russian Navy in the Black Sea have crippled Moscow's war efforts, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday, seeking to rally his…

World  Sotoudeh has spent much of the last decade in jail. (AFP)

Lawyer Arrest Fuels Outrage over Iran Teen’s Death

The arrest of a prize-winning Iranian rights lawyer has compounded the anger expressed by rights groups over the death of a teenage girl who activists say was…

World Protesters raise their painted hands as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testify during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing to examine the national security supplemental request, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on October 31, 2023. (AFP)

Anti-War Protest Hits US Congress Hearing as Biden Officials Seek Aid for Israel, Ukraine

Two of President Joe Biden's top advisers asked US lawmakers to provide billions more dollars to Israel on Tuesday at a congressional hearing interrupted…

World US President Joe Biden holds an event to sign an Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence in the East Room at the White House in Washington, US, October 30, 2023. (Reuters)

Poll: Arab American Support for Biden, Democrats Plummets over Israel

President Joe Biden's support among Arab Americans, who are crucial voters in battleground election states, has plunged from a comfortable majority in 2020 to…

World US forces in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on December 15, 2022. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP/File

Attacks on US Forces Risk Conflict with Iran

Repeated attacks on American troops in the Middle East risk drawing the United States into a conflict with Iran even as Washington strives to prevent fighting…

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World Residents have been told to evacuate from two massive bushfires in the southeast portion of Queensland - Reuters

Two Dead, Dozens of Homes Destroyed as Bushfires Rage across Eastern Australia

Two people have been killed and dozens of homes destroyed in bushfires raging across Australia's northern Queensland state, as firefighters travel from across…

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World Flames rise during an Israeli air strike on west Gaza, October 30, 2023. (Reuters)

Iranian Chief of Staff: Palestinian Fighters Ready for Gaza Ground Operation

Iranian Chief of Staff Mohammad Bagheri declared on Monday that Hamas "Palestinian fighters" were ready for a potential Israeli ground operation in the Gaza…

World Wadea Al-Fayoume's father, Oday Al-Fayoume, right, and his uncle Mahmoud Yousef attend a vigil for Wadea at Prairie Activity and Recreation center in Plainfield, Ill., Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP)

Reports: Illinois Man Pleads Not Guilty in Fatal Stabbing of Muslim Boy

An Illinois man charged with murder and hate crimes for stabbing a 6-year-old Muslim boy to death and wounding his mother pleaded not guilty before a judge on…

World  A Ukrainian serviceman jumps out of the boat onto the shore of Dnipro at the frontline near Kherson, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. (AP)

Two Civilians Dead as Russia Pounds Frontline Kherson Region

Russian shelling pounded the frontline region of Kherson in southern Ukraine on Monday, killing two civilians, hurting at least eight others and hitting a bus,…

World This video grab taken from footage released by the Press service of the Head of Dagestan on October 30, 2023 shows Head of Dagestan Sergei Melikov (2ndR) visiting the airport in Makhachkala. (Photo by Handout / Press service of the Head of Dagestan / AFP)

Kremlin: Dagestan Airport Violence Result of ‘Outside Influence’ 

The Kremlin said on Monday that the storming of an airport in the capital of the southern Russian region of Dagestan by an anti-Israeli mob on Sunday was the…

World A photo released by the Istanbul Security Directorate of one of the raids on ISIS.

Türkiye Arrests 7 Foreign Members of ISIS

The Turkish counter-terrorism forces arrested seven foreign fighters from the terrorist ISIS group in a security operation in Istanbul. Security sources…

World Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, center, takes a seat for the opening ceremony of the 10th Beijing Xiangshan Forum in Beijing, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. (AP)

Russia’s Shoigu Accuses West of Seeking to Expand Ukraine War to Asia-Pacific 

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said the West wants to expand the conflict in the Ukraine to the Asia-Pacific region, Russian state media reported,…

World Mourners are seen at Armita Geravanad's funeral on Sunday. (KhabarOnline)

Iran Arrests Rights Lawyer After She Attended Funeral for Girl Injured in Mysterious Metro Incident 

Iranian authorities arrested a leading human rights lawyer Sunday after she attended the funeral of a teenage girl who died after being injured weeks ago in a…

World  Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrives to speak during the 10th Emergency Special Session 39th plenary meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the United Nations in New York on October 26, 2023. (AFP)

FM: Iran Does Not Want Israel-Hamas Conflict to Spread

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Sunday said Iran does not want war to "spread out" following the Oct. 7 attack by Palestinian militants of…

World  A German-made self-propelled anti-aircraft (SPAAG), known as the Flakpanzer Gepard, takes position during exersices in Odesa region on October 17, 2023, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (AFP)

Russia Says It Shot Down 36 Ukrainian Drones as Fighting Grinds on in Ukraine’s East

Russian air defense shot down over 30 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and the Crimean peninsula overnight Saturday, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Sunday. …