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2 Planes Collide on the Ground in Miami, Only Minor Injuries Reported

World FILE - Vehicles drive past the entrance to Miami International Airport in Miami May 12, 2020, (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

2 Planes Collide on the Ground in Miami, Only Minor Injuries Reported

Federal aviation safety officials on Sunday were investigating a minor collision between two planes at a taxiway intersection at Miami International Airport,…

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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 A view shows the damaged Chonhar bridge connecting Russian-held parts of Ukraine's Kherson region to the Crimean peninsula, following what Russian-appointed officials say was a Ukrainian missile attack, in this picture released June 22, 2023. (Russian-installed leader of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo via Telegram/Handout via Reuters)

Russia Shoots Down Missiles over Crimea, Rostov Region, Officials Say

Russian air defense systems shot down two missiles on Sunday, Russian officials said, one over the annexed Crimean peninsula and another over Russia's southern…

World  Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, July 9, 2023. (AP)

Netanyahu Signals Impatience with Protests as Israel’s Judicial Reform Edges Ahead

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled impatience on Sunday with disruptions caused by resurgent demonstrations against his judicial overhaul plans…

World A view shows the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant outside Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 15, 2023. (Reuters)

Russia Calls on NATO to Discuss Ukraine Nuclear Plant at Summit

Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday that the leaders of the US-led transatlantic NATO defense alliance should discuss Ukraine…

World Britain's Prince Charles, left, greets President of the United States Joe Biden ahead of their bilateral meeting during the COP26 summit at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 2, 2021. (AP)

Biden Begins Three-Nation Tour with Stop in London

US President Joe Biden departed on Sunday on a three-nation trip that will be dominated by a NATO summit in Lithuania aimed at showing solidarity with Ukraine…

World Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency reacts during a meeting with lawmakers from the opposition Democratic Party at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, July 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korean Lawmakers Berate IAEA Chief over Japanese Plans to Release Treated Fukushima Wastewater

South Korean opposition lawmakers sharply criticized the head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog for its approval of Japanese plans to release treated…

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World This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on July 8, 2023, shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) attending an event for the return of commanders of Ukrainian forces who held Mariupol's resistance in the city's Azovstal steel plant, in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. (Handout/ Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/AFP)

Zelensky Hails ‘Brave’ Ukraine on 500th Day of War

President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed "brave" Ukraine on the 500th day of Russia's invasion on Saturday, as the war's toll mounted with eight deaths reported in…

World People carrying umbrellas line up to visit the Panda enclosure on a sweltering day at a zoo in Beijing, Sunday, July 9, 2023. (AP)

9 Missing in China Landslide Sparked by Heavy Rains amid Flooding and Searing Temperatures

Nine people are missing in central China after a landslide sparked by heavy rains amid flooding and searing temperatures across much of the country,…

World Rescue teams search for victims in the rubble of a collapsed building in the municipality of Paulista, on the outskirts of Recife, in Brazil's northeastern state of Pernambuco, on July 7, 2023. (AFP)

Condemned Building Used by Homeless People Falls in Brazil, Killing 14 People

An apartment building condemned for more than a decade but used by homeless people collapsed in Brazil’s northeastern state of Pernambuco, killing 14 people,…

World US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, left, shakes hands with China's Vice Premier He Lifeng during their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Saturday, July 8, 2023. (Pedro Pardo/Pool Photo via AP)

Yellen Sees 'Progress' in Rocky US-China Ties, Expects More Communication

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said 10 hours of meetings with senior Chinese officials in recent days were "direct" and "productive", helping stabilize the…

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World FILE PHOTO: Dozens of 155mm Base Burn Dual Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions (DPICM) rounds wait to be loaded at a US Army motor pool at Camp Hovey, South Korea September 20, 2016.  US Army/2nd Lt. Gabriel Jenko/Handout via REUTERS

Ukraine Vows it Won't Use Cluster Bombs in Russia

Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov welcomed a US decision to send cluster bombs to Kyiv, saying it would help to liberate Ukrainian territory but…

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World Rob Malley until recently served as President Biden’s special envoy for Iran - AP

FBI Investigates Biden Iran Envoy Over Classified Information

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating Rob Malley, who until recently served as President Biden’s special envoy for Iran, over the handling of…

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World US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and US ambassador to Beijing Nicholas Burns during climate talks in the Chinese capital (Reuters).

Yellen Urges China to Support Existing Institutions to Fight Climate Change

The United States and China, as the world’s two largest economies, must work together to combat the “existential threat” of climate change, US Treasury…

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World Firefighters use a water hose on a burnt bus in Nanterre, outside Paris, France, Saturday, July 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

Paris Protest against Police Violence Banned

Paris police banned a planned protest on Saturday against violence by the force, a week after France was rocked by riots sparked by the killing of a teenager…

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World Ukrainian soldiers drive military tank in Kharkiv (AFP).

Pentagon: Ukraine's Counter-Offensive Slower Than Expected

Ukraine's counter-offensive against Russian forces is going more slowly than some expected but it remains too early to draw conclusions about Kyiv's prospects…

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Militants Attack Police Station, Killing 2 Security Forces in Iran

Four militants attacked a police station and killed two security forces in southeastern Iran, state TV reported on Saturday. The armed group attacked a…

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World A bullet hole is seen in a broken glass at the shrine in Shiraz, Iran, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. AP

Iran Hangs 2 Men over Deadly Shrine Attack

Iran executed two men on Saturday over an attack on a Shiite shrine that killed at least 13 people in October and was claimed by ISIS, Iranian state media…

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World Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shaking hands with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky (AP).

Erdogan: Ukraine Deserves Membership in NATO

Türkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed support early Saturday for Ukraine joining NATO, saying the war-torn country deserves to join the alliance. …

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World Belgian women Tatiana Wielandt and Bouchra Abouallal, each 26, who joined ISIS in Syria are pictured in Ain Issa, Syria March 10, 2019. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah

France Halts Large-Scale Repatriations of Militants Wives From Syria

France has repatriated all of the French women and children who want to return home from Kurdish-run militant prison camps in Syria and will not be organizing…

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World Damage sustained by M/T Richmond Voyager. US Naval Forces Central Command/US 5th Fleet/Handout via REUTERS

Iran Seizes Tanker with 900 Tons of 'Smuggled Fuel'

Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized a tanker holding 900 metric tons of "smuggled fuel" and 12 crew members based on a court order, a report by the semi…

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World Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala lay flowers at the Velvet Revolution Memorial in Prague in Prague, Czech Republic, July 7, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via Reuters)

NATO Makes Membership Pledge to Ukraine as Zelenskiy Drums up Support

The head of NATO said on Friday the military alliance would unite at a summit next week on how to bring Kyiv closer to joining, while Ukraine's president…

World This photograph taken from Ukrainian city of Nikopol on July 7, 2023, shows the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is under Russian control since the first days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (AFP)

UN Nuclear Agency Seeks More Access to Plant That Kyiv, Moscow Say Is under Threat

The head of the United Nations nuclear agency said Friday he was pushing for access to the roof of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine after…

World HANDOUT - 01 July 2023, Ukraine, Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference with Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (not pictured) following their meeting. Photo: Ukrainian Presidency/dpa

Zelenskiy, Erdogan to Discuss Grain Deal, Prisoner Swaps

The presidents of Ukraine and Türkiye will discuss on Friday the potential extension of the Black Sea grain deal and a possible prisoner exchange between…

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World This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo)

West Clashes with Russia and Iran at UN over Tehran's Uranium Enrichment and Drones for Russia

The United States and its Western allies clashed with Russia and Iran at the UN Security Council on Thursday over Tehran’s advancing uranium enrichment and its…

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World A firefighter truck is parked outside the "Casa per Coniugi" nursing home where a fire broke out overnight in Milan, Italy, Friday, July 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Nursing Home Fire in Italy Kills 6 Residents

A fire that broke out in a Milan nursing home early Friday killed six of the residents and injured about 80 others, Italian firefighters said. Firefighters…

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