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France's Macron: Unity between Europe and US on Ukraine is ‘Essential'

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France's Macron: Unity between Europe and US on Ukraine is ‘Essential'

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that unity between Europe and the United States was key in the support of Ukraine, adding there is "no mistrust…

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World A PULS multiple rocket launcher miniature and artillery rockets by Israeli Elbit Systems is exhibited at the DEFEA Defense Exhibition, in Athens, Greece, May 8, 2025. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi Purchase Licensing Rights

Greek Parliament Approves Purchase of Rocket Systems from Israel

Greek lawmakers approved late on Thursday the purchase of 36 PULS rocket artillery systems from Israel for about 650 million euros ($757.84 million), two…

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World Deadly flooding inundated thousands of homes in Vietnam's Lam Dong province in what authorities say is a record-breaking year of natural disasters. Quoc Nguyen / AFP

Flooding Kills Two as Vietnam Hit by Dozens of Landslides

Heavy rain in Vietnam triggered flooding that killed at least two people and caused more than a dozen landslides, state media said Friday, adding to what…

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World FILED - 25 June 2024, Israel, Jerusalem: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz is pictured during an event in Jerusalem. Photo: Hannes P Albert/dpa

Israel Sets 2026 Defense Budget at $34 Billion Despite Ceasefire in Gaza

Israel's defense budget for 2026 has been set at 112 billion shekels ($34.63 billion), the defense minister's office said on Friday, up from 90 billion shekels…

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World In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi look out from a car prior to an informal dinner at Modi's residence. Alexander KAZAKOV / POOL/AFP

India Rolls Out Red Carpet for Russia's Putin

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosts Russia's President Vladimir Putin at a summit on Friday, with defense and trade ties taking center stage as New…

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World A handout photo made available by the Presidential Press Service shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (C-R), his wife Olena Zelenska (C-L) together with top officials and service members visit the Holodomor Genocide complex of the National Museum in Kyiv,  Ukraine, 22 November 2025. EPA/PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / HANDOUT

Ukraine's Allies Push Back on a US Peace Plan Seen as Favoring Moscow

Ukraine’s Western allies rallied around the war-torn country on Saturday as they pushed to revise a US peace plan seen as favoring Moscow despite its all-out…

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World France's President Emmanuel Macron walks past European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney during a plenary session on the first day of the G20 Leaders' Summit at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 22, 2025. REUTERS/Yves Herman P

Canada's Carney and France's Macron Discuss Ukraine, Gaza on G20 Sidelines

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the war in Ukraine and the situation in Gaza on the sidelines of the G20…

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World Leaders attend a plenary session on the opening day of the G20 Summit at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 22, 2025. REUTERS/Yves Herman

G20 Summit in South Africa Adopts Declaration Despite US Boycott, Opposition

A Group of 20 leaders' summit in South Africa adopted a declaration addressing the climate crisis and other global challenges on Saturday after it was drafted…

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World (FILES) Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press next to his son Senator Flavio Bolsonaro at the Federal Senate in Brasilia on July 17, 2025. (Photo by Mateus Bonomi / AFP)

Brazil Ex-president Bolsonaro Detained Preventatively by Police

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was taken into federal police custody on Saturday, his lawyer told Reuters, ending months of house arrest as he…

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World A man in Lagos reads a local newspaper with headlines on gunmen abducting schoolchildren and staff of the St. Mary's Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri community in Nigeria, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba )

Number of Children Abducted in Nigeria School Attack Raised to More Than 300

A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St. Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria’s…

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World FILE - The sun sets behind telescopes at the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, July 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)

Chinese Navy: US, China Held Maritime Security Talks in Hawaii

The US and Chinese militaries this week held "frank and constructive" maritime security talks, the Chinese navy said on Saturday, as the two superpowers…

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World President Donald Trump talks after meeting with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump to End Temporary Protected Status for Somalis in Minnesota

US President Donald Trump on Friday said he was immediately terminating temporary deportation protections for Somalis living in Minnesota, accelerating the end…

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World (FILE) - Republican Congressman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia heckles Democrats during President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of the United States Congress in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 04 March 2025 (reissued 22 November 2025). EPA/JIM LO SCALZO

Marjorie Taylor Greene Plans to Resign after Split with Trump over Epstein Files

US lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene, an influential figure of the far right, announced Friday she is quitting her seat in Congress, one week after President…

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World People ride on a truck at a flooded area in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam, 20 November 2025 (issued on 21 November 2025). EPA/STRINGER

Central Vietnam Death Toll Rises from Flooding, Landslides

The death toll from torrential rain, flooding and landslides in central Vietnam has risen to 55, with 13 people reported missing, the country's disaster agency…

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World US President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani shake hands as they meet in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., US, November 21, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Trump Lavishes Praise on New York's Mayor-elect Mamdani at Warm White House Meeting

After months of trading insults, US President Donald Trump and incoming New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani smiled at each other, swapped compliments and…

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World France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy leaves his residence to present himself to La Sante Prison for incarceration in Paris, on October 21, 2025. (AFP)

France's Sarkozy to Publish 'Diary of a Prisoner' Over 3-week Jail Stint

France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy will publish a book next month about his experience of serving three weeks in jail, he announced on Friday, less than…

World Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks in a new briefing after attending a conference titled "International Law Under Assault: Aggression and Self-Defense," in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. (AP)

Iran Says New Framework Needed to Access Bombed Nuclear Sites

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said a new approach should be taken for the monitoring of the country's nuclear sites attacked in a recent war with…

World  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, attends a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. (Sarah Meyssonnier, Pool Photo via AP)

Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Faces Choice of Losing Dignity or Risking Loss of Key Partner with US Plan

Ukraine faces a hard choice at a pivotal point in its almost four-year fight to defeat Russia’s full-scale invasion, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told…

World FILE -A national flag of Iran waves in front of the building of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, in Vienna, Austria, Dec. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Gruber, File)

Iran Rejects UN Atomic Agency's Resolution and Threatens More Reprisal Actions

Iran’s foreign ministry called a resolution by the UN atomic watchdog’s board of governors “anti-Iranian” and threatened unspecified retaliatory actions, state…

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World Ukrainian servicemen ride a tank installed with a grille and electronic warfare systems as combat drones protection near a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, Ukraine November 20, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer

Russian Glide Bomb Hits an Apartment Block and Kills 5 in Southern Ukraine

A Russian glide bomb slammed into a residential district in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing five people, officials said Friday, as Moscow…

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World Firefighters work at the site of a residential building damaged during an overnight Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine, in this handout picture released on November 21, 2025. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Odesa region/Handout via REUTERS

Trump Peace Plan Leaves Ukraine Out of NATO, Gives Donbas to Russia

US President Donald Trump's plan for ending the war in Ukraine would cede land to Russia and limit the size of Kyiv's military, according to a draft obtained…

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World A Palestinian flag is seen on a building opposite Israeli national flags placed at the entrance of As-Sawiyah village, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on November 16, 2025. (AFP)

Singapore Imposes Sanctions, Entry Bans on Four Israeli West Bank Settlers

Singapore will impose financial sanctions on four Israelis and bar them from entering the city-state, its foreign affairs ministry announced on Friday,…

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World Rescue volunteers stand at the site of a landslide in Situkung village, Banjarnegara, Central Java, on November 18, 2025. (Photo by DEVI RAHMAN / AFP)

Death Toll From Indonesia Landslides Rises to 30

The death toll from multiple landslides in Indonesia's Java island last week has risen to 30, as the search to find many still missing continues, a disaster…

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World FILE PHOTO:Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's office, in Tokyo, Japan, October 21, 2025. Eugene Hoshiko/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Japan PM Says Wants 'Constructive' China Ties, Taiwan Stance 'Unchanged'

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Friday that she wants "constructive" ties with China and that the country's stance on Taiwan remains "unchanged"…

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World Residents stand in an alley after vacating their house next to a fallen scaffolding following an earthquake in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 21, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Earthquake Jolts Bangladesh, Killing Five and Injuring around 100

At least five people, including a child, were killed and around 100 injured when a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Bangladesh on Friday, the government said,…

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World Iranian flag flies in front of the UN office building, housing IAEA headquarters, in Vienna, Austria, May 24, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo

Iran Stepping Up Harassment of Its Nationals in Germany, Says Opposition Group

Iranians living in Germany are facing increased harassment from Iranian security services, including threats and pressure to inform on other exiles, German…

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World The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria, Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP)

UN Atomic Agency's Board Votes to Urge Iran to Provide Information about Nuclear Material

The UN atomic watchdog’s board of governors urged Iran on Thursday to “extend full and prompt cooperation,” to provide the agency’s inspectors with “precise…

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World Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides speaks during a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (not pictured), at the Chancellery Berlin, Germany, November 14, 2025. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner Purchase Licensing Rights

Leaders of Ethnically Split Cyprus Agree to Work towards Reviving Talks

The rival leaders of ethnically split Cyprus said they were ready to meet the United Nations Secretary-General to discuss the potential for relaunching long…

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World A reflection in a water puddle shows a pedestrian and Berlin TV Tower in central Berlin, Germany, 20 February 2025. (EPA)

German Minister Backs Stripping of Citizenship from Hamas Supporters

Germany's interior minister on Wednesday backed Berlin’s decision to strip a man of his citizenship for supporting Hamas, saying naturalized citizens should…

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