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Iran’s Digital Clampdown Deepens Isolation Amid Wartime Internet Blackout
Iraqi Migrant Describes Perilous Smuggling Route Across Europe After Threats at Home
Former Miss America Suzette Charles Returns to Music After Decades of Industry Setbacks and Personal Struggles
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Pakistan, Afghanistan hold China-mediated talks to halt escalating border conflict

Islambad – Pakistan and Afghanistan are holding talks in the northwestern Chinese city of Urumqi to end their most serious

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NATO chief to visit Washington as Trump raises prospect of U.S. exit

Brussels — Mark Rutte will travel to Washington next week for a previously scheduled visit, NATO said, as Donald Trump

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New Zealand, Cook Islands seal defense pact, easing China-linked tensions

Wellington — New Zealand and the Cook Islands on Thursday signed a defense and security agreement aimed at easing diplomatic

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Deadly storm batters Greece, floods and transport chaos hit Athens region

Athens— A powerful storm front sweeping across Greece killed one person near Athens on Thursday, as gale-force winds, heavy rain

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Macron pivots to South Korea after Japan visit amid tensions with Trump

Tokyo — Emmanuel Macron departed Japan on Thursday for South Korea after a visit marked by strengthened bilateral ties and

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Spike in settler violence in West Bank draws condemnation amid impunity concerns

Jerusalem — Violence by extremist Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank has surged to unprecedented levels since

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Hopes fade for swift end to Iran war after Trump speech, oil surges

Washington — Hopes for a quick resolution to the Iran war dimmed after Donald Trump signaled intensified military action without

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Sydney court rejects anonymity bid by accused Bondi gunman

Sydney — An Australian court on Thursday rejected a request by Naveed Akram, accused of carrying out a mass shooting

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Trump says U.S. nearing war goals in Iran, vows intensified strikes

Tel Aviv— Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States is close to achieving its core military objectives in Iran

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Mass exodus overwhelms Beirut as Israeli strikes displace over 1 million in Lebanon

Beirut— More than one million people have fled Israeli bombardment and evacuation orders across Lebanon in the past month, overwhelming