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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 A child escorted by coast guard officers disembarks with other migrants from a vessel after a rescue operation, at the port of Mytilene, on the northeastern Aegean Sea island of Lesbos, Greece, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. (AP)

Greek Authorities Say That Dozens More Migrants Have Reached Aegean Islands from Türkiye

Nearly 140 migrants have reached Greece's Aegean Sea islands in boats from Türkiye, Greek authorities said Thursday, including 51 people who made landfall on…

World People walk through the Saad ol-Saltaneh traditional market in the city of Qazvin, some 93 miles (150 kilometers) northwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP)

Iranian Man Detained in Nationwide Protests Convulses and Dies While Awaiting New Sentence

An Iranian man arrested last year during nationwide protests over the death of a 22-year-old woman detained over her headscarf has died after suffering a…

World Iranian Supreme Leader Meets Members of Ebrahim Raisi's Government (Khamenei's Website)

Iran's Supreme Leader Advises President to Terminate Sanctions, Support Diplomacy

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei called on the government of Ebrahim Raisi to terminate the sanctions while supporting diplomacy aimed at reviving the…

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World A picture of the soldiers who seized power in Niger. (AFP)

EU Foreign Ministers to Tackle Niger Coup Response

European Union foreign ministers meet in Spain on Thursday to discuss their response to last month's coup in Niger - including possible sanctions - as they…

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World Two Ukrainian soldiers during a patrol in the Ukrainian Donetsk region. (AP)

Six Ukrainian Servicemen Killed in Helicopter Incident in Kramatorsk

Six servicemen aboard an aircraft were killed in an accident involving two Ukrainian helicopters, Ukrainian media reported on Wednesday. The news site…

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World A screen at a railway station in Seoul displays archival footage of a missile test conducted by North Korea. (AFP)

North Korea Stages Nuclear Strike Drill

North Korea conducted a simulated tactical nuclear strike on targets across South Korea, state media reported on Thursday, in reaction to the US deploying of…

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White House Says Putin and Kim Jong Un Traded Letters as Russia Looks for Munitions from North Korea

The White House on Wednesday said that it has new intelligence that shows Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have swapped…

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World Iranians protest a 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini's death after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, Sept. 20, 2022, in this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran. (AP)

Iran Steps up Crackdown Ahead of Amini Anniversary, Say Activists 

Iran is ratcheting up a crackdown ahead of the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, arresting prominent personalities, campaigners and relatives…

World A portrait of PMC Wagner group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin sits on his grave at the Porokhov cemetery in St Petersburg, Russia, 30 August 2023. (EPA)

Kremlin Says Prigozhin Plane Crash May Have Been Caused Deliberately 

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that the investigation into the plane crash which killed mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin included the possibility that it was…

World FILE PHOTO: Migrants stand beside a razor wire fence as members of the Texas National Guard stand guard on the banks of the Rio Bravo river, the border between the United States and Mexico, August 28, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo

Smuggler with ISIS Ties Helped Refugees Cross US-Mexico Border

A smuggler with ties to a foreign extremist group helped Uzbek migrants enter the US from Mexico, the White House said on Tuesday, raising questions about a…

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World Firefighters take a break while trying to extinguish a fire in a building that was damaged following a missile attack in a village outside Kyiv on August 30, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (AFP)

Air Attack Kills 2 in Kyiv While Russia Accuses Ukraine of Biggest Drone Attack of the War 

Russian officials on Wednesday accused Ukraine of launching what appeared to be the biggest nighttime drone attack on Russian soil since the war began 18…

World Robert Malley speaks before the Senate in the Capitol in Washington in May 2022. (AFP)

Iranian Media ‘Scoop’ on Rob Malley Draws US Republican Ire

US Republican lawmakers are calling on the State Department to investigate how the Tehran Times newspaper, close to Ali Khamenei's office, obtained a purported…

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World Gas platform at Leviathan gas field in the Mediterranean Sea

Netanyahu Considers Gas Pipeline to Europe Via Türkiye

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed an inter-ministerial team to examine alternatives to Israel's current gas exports. One of the…

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World Iran's former health minister Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi, spotted in Montreal. (Iran International)

Canada to Deny Temporary Residency to Ex-Iran Minister

Canada will deny temporary residency to Iran's former health minister Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi, Canadian Immigration Minister Marc Miller said on Monday,…

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World Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba listens during the 5th mid-year coordination meeting of the African Union, at the United Nations (UN) offices in Gigiri, Nairobi, on July 16, 2023. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP)

Gabonese Military Officers Announce they Have Seized Power

A group of senior Gabonese military officers appeared on television in the early hours of Wednesday and said they had taken power, after the state election…

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World Oleksandr Pishchyk, a school director, stands in front of the school library that was destroyed by shelling in Kupiansk, Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (AP)

Russian Shelling Kills One in Northeast Ukraine, Kyiv Says It’s Pushing South

Russian shelling killed a 45-year-old civilian man in the town of Kupiansk on Tuesday, local officials said, as Moscow's forces try to advance in northeastern…

World A supporter of the military junta displays a flag of Niger during a rally at at a roundabout leading to the French airbase during a rally in Niamey, Niger, 27 August 2023. (EPA)

Algeria Proposes Transition to Resolve Niger Crisis

Algeria is proposing an initiative to resolve the political crisis in neighboring Niger with a six-month transition period led by a civilian, Foreign Minister…

World A man places plywood in front of a store ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Idalia in Cedar Key, Florida, US, August 29, 2023. (Reuters)

Intensifying Idalia Threatens Florida’s Gulf Coast with Storm Surges

Hurricane Idalia was strengthening on Tuesday as it lumbered toward Florida's Gulf Coast, where officials ordered evacuations and urged millions of residents…

World Portraits of Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group, and Dmitry Utkin, group commander, are seen at a makeshift memorial in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia August 27, 2023. (Reuters)

Private Funeral Held for Russia’s Prigozhin

Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was buried privately at a cemetery on the outskirts of St Petersburg on Tuesday, six days after his death in an…

World TOPSHOT - This picture taken on August 27, 2023 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on August 29, 2023 shows North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (C) visiting the Naval Command of the Korean People's Army to mark Navy Day, at an undisclosed location in North Korea. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)

Kim Says NKorea Must be Ready Against US-led Invasion Plots

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for his military to be constantly ready for combat to thwart its rivals’ plots to invade his country, state media said…

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World Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, gestures as he speaks with Reuters during an interview, in Lahore, Pakistan March 17, 2023. (Reuters)

Pakistan Ex-PM Imran Khan’s Graft Conviction Suspended 

A Pakistani court on Tuesday suspended former Prime Minister Imran Khan's recent conviction on corruption charges, his lawyer Naeem Panjutha said, though it…

World Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Omsk Region Acting Governor Vitaly Khotsenko during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Kremlin: Putin Won’t Attend Prigozhin’s Funeral 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has no plans to attend the funeral of Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed when his plane crashed last…

World An Iranian girl walks past an anti-US mural around the former US embassy in Tehran, Iran, 16 August 2023. (EPA)

Tehran Open to Nuclear Talks on Sidelines of UN General Assembly

Tehran has left the door open for a revival of stalled nuclear negotiations, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York at the end of the coming…

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World French President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech in front of French ambassadors during the conference of ambassadors at the Elysee Palace, Paris, France, August 28, 2023. (Reuters)

Macron Urges Iran to Cease ‘Destabilizing Regional Activities’

President Emmanuel Macron covered a wide array of topics and challenges facing France in the coming years as he addressed the French diplomatic corps on the…

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