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UN says fuel shortages push Cuba into humanitarian crisis

UNITED NATIONS - Fuel shortages in have triggered a humanitarian crisis with the island nation's health system approaching a critical point, a UN...

Shots fired at US consulate in Canada’s Toronto

OTTAWA - Toronto police said Tuesday they are investigating a shooting at the US consulate and searching for two suspects linked to the incident...

Tehran rules out US talks as Trump says Iran strikes to be over ‘soon’

TEHRAN/WASHINGTON/CAIRO/JERUSALEM - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday said that talks with the United States are no longer on Tehran's agenda.Speaking to PBS...

Democrats vow to stall Senate until Trump team explains Iran war

Several Senate Democrats are threatening to force numerous war powers votes and otherwise disrupt the chamber unless Republicans agree to hold public hearings with...

DPRK slams US-ROK military drills as ‘further destroying’ regional stability

PYONGYANG - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has slammed the ongoing US-Republic of Korea military exercises as "further destroying the stability of...

Death toll rises to 7 in Indonesia’s waste mound collapse

JAKARTA - The death toll from a massive garbage avalanche at Indonesia's largest landfill rose to seven, the Jakarta Search and Rescue Office said...

Local officials protest Japan’s plan to deploy long-range missiles in Kumamoto

TOKYO - Local government officials in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, voiced protests on Monday after the Ministry of Defense transported a missile launcher and other...

Lebanese president calls for direct negotiations with Israel

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM/DAMASCUS - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Monday called for direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel under international sponsorship as part of a new...

Trump says military strikes against Iran to be over ‘soon’

WASHINGTON/CAIRO/JERUSALEM - US President Donald Trump said Monday that the US-Israeli military strikes against Iran would be over "soon".When asked whether the strikes could...

Fear of ‘stagflationary shock’ as call grows for de-escalation of situation in ME

BRUSSELS/LONDON/PARIS/NICOSIA - A top official of the European Union (EU) warned on Monday that a prolonged conflict in the Middle East could spill over...

Orban urges EU to suspend Russian energy sanctions

BUDAPEST / MOSCOW -- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Monday called on the European Union (EU) to review and suspend sanctions on Russian...

Mexico urges US to return to evidence-based trade decisions

MEXICO CITY - Returning to evidence-based trade decisions and ruling out unilateral tariffs must be priorities in the upcoming review of the North American...

Iranians swear allegiance to new supreme leader in nationwide gatherings

TEHRAN / MOSCOW -- Iranians on Monday attended large gatherings across the country to pledge allegiance to the country's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.The...

Indonesia says 7 killed in landfill collapse as rescue operation ends

JAKARTA- Indonesian authorities have ended rescue operations at a landfill collapse that killed ​seven people as all those who ‌were at the site have...

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