Iran's armed forces warn Gulf countries against assisting US military
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Trump pauses planned 50% tariffs on Canadian goods for three days
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US sanctions ICC chief Tomoko Akane of Japan
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Five killed as part of village home in China's Sichuan collapses
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Trump says no Iran talks planned, claims Hormuz 'new US territory'
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Hormuz won’t open until US meets demands
19 August 2026
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Russia, N Korea fight for ‘new world order’
19 August 2026
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TALKS WITH ECUADOR PRESIDENT / Xi supports LatAm countries’ ‘self‑reliance’
19 August 2026
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EBOLA OUTBREAK / DR Congo situation ‘far from under control’: WHO
19 August 2026
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Turkey to expel US envoy, 9 others
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that he had told his foreign ministry to expel the ambassadors of the United States and nine other Western countries for demanding the release of philanthropist Osman Kavala.
24 October 2021
Picasso artworks in Las Vegas fetch more than $100m
Eleven Picasso paintings and other works that helped turn Las Vegas into an unlikely destination for art were sold at auction on Saturday for more than $100 million.
24 October 2021
Facebook boss ‘not willing to protect public from harm’
The Facebook whistleblower whose revelations have tipped the social media giant into crisis has launched a stinging new criticism of Mark Zuckerberg, saying he has not shown any readiness to protect the public from the harm his company is causing.
24 October 2021
Ethiopia launches air strike on Tigray’s ‘western front’
Ethiopia’s military launched an air strike on a rebel-held facility in Tigray’s west yesterday, a government official said, the seventh aerial bombardment in the war-hit region in a week.
24 October 2021
Inquiry into Baldwin shooting focuses on gun protocol
The police investigation into a fatal shooting with a prop gun fired by actor Alec Baldwin on a film set was focusing Saturday on the specialist in charge of the weapon and the assistant director who handed it to Baldwin.
24 October 2021
Hurricane Rick gains strength as it advances on Mexico
Hurricane Rick gained strength as it advanced toward Mexico’s Pacific coast Saturday and risked becoming a major hurricane, the US National Hurricane Center said.
24 October 2021
Man asks cops to jail him to escape wife
For some people, going to prison can feel like escaping to freedom.
24 October 2021
Israel to build new 1,355 settler homes
Israel plans to build more residences for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, a government ministry said yesterday, adding to those announced in August by the new ruling coalition.
24 October 2021
Khamenei urges reversal of Arab-Israeli normalisations
Arab nations that normalised ties with Israel last year have “sinned” and should reverse such moves, Iran’s supreme leader Ali
24 October 2021
Colombia’s most-wanted drug lord ‘Otoniel’ captured
Colombia’s most-wanted drug trafficker, Dairo Antonio Usuga, also known as “Otoniel,” was arrested by the country’s authorities,
24 October 2021
US plan to call Russians 'homeless' for visa purposes condemned by Moscow
Russia on Sunday condemned a decision by the United States to add Russians seeking U.S. visas to a list of “homeless nationals” who can apply for visas in third countries.
24 October 2021
30 killed in fighting between Somalia army and former ally
At least 30 people died and over 100 were injured in intensified fighting between the Somali National Army and its former ally Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama'a (ASWJ) in the Somali state of Galmudug over the weekend, residents and hospital officials said.
24 October 2021
German anti-migrant far-right vigilantes stopped at Polish border from patrolling
German police said on Sunday they had stopped more than 50 far-right vigilantes armed with pepper spray, a bayonet, a machete and batons who were trying to patrol the Polish border to stop migrants from entering the country.
24 October 2021
Gang shootout in northern Mexico leaves four dead
A car chase and shootout between gang members and law enforcement near Mexico's northern border left three members of the powerful Gulf Cartel dead along with one bystander, officials said on Saturday.
24 October 2021
Erdogan says he ordered to declare 10 Western countries' envoys unwanted
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he had ordered the foreign ministry to declare 10 ambassadors from Western countries 'persona non grata' for calling for the release of philanthropist Osman Kavala.
23 October 2021
Britain set for £7b transport investment
Britain’s upcoming budget will invest almost £7.0 billion ($9.6 billion, 8.3 billion euros) on transport outside London, the Treasury said yesterday, as part of plans to cut economic inequality.
23 October 2021
US targeting Feb. 2022 to launch new lunar program Artemis
Nasa is aiming to launch its uncrewed lunar mission Artemis 1 in February next year, the space agency said Friday, the first step in America’s plan to return humans to the Moon.
23 October 2021
Rising tide of leaks threatens to inundate Facebook
Facebook held back from doing all it could to stop users from being radicalised and US election misinformation from flooding the social network, according to media reports Friday.
23 October 2021
Outcry as Israel outlaws Palestinian civil groups
Israel designated six leading Palestinian civil society groups as outlawed “terrorist organisations” Friday in a move swiftly condemned by the Palestinian Authority and international human rights groups.
23 October 2021
Leaders discuss ‘stronger’ European defense
US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed strengthening European defenses in a telephone call Friday, the White House said, as Washington seeks to mend ties after a bitter row over submarine contracts.
23 October 2021