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DPRK top leader praises navy’s nuclear armament

PYONGYANG -- Kim Jong-un, top leader of...

US submarine sinks Iranian warship in international waters near Sri Lanka

WASHINGTON - US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth...

Hezbollah vows resistance, claims attacks on Israeli military targets

BEIRUT/PARIS - Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem said...

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DPRK top leader praises navy’s nuclear armament

PYONGYANG -- Kim Jong-un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), expressed satisfaction with the country's navy nuclear armament while visiting Destroyer Choe Hyon, the official...

US submarine sinks Iranian warship in international waters near Sri Lanka

WASHINGTON - US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that a US submarine sank...

Hezbollah vows resistance, claims attacks on Israeli military targets

BEIRUT/PARIS - Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem said Wednesday that the group will continue its...

Japanese startup fails in third rocket launch attempt in a row

TOKYO - Japanese startup Space One Co launched a small rocket on Thursday in...

Ukraine says next meeting with US, Russia expected in 2 days

KYIV -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the next trilateral meeting with the...

Araghchi heads for 2nd-round Iran-US talks as Trump eyes ‘phase two’

CAIRO/TEHERAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi headed to Geneva on Sunday for a second round of Teheran-Washington indirect talks, even as relevant...

US airstrikes in Syria target dozens more Islamic State sites

US forces struck more than 30 Islamic State targets in over the last two weeks, extending the military response to a deadly attack...

Araghchi says Europe replaced by Iran’s ‘effective’ regional friends in nuke talks

TEHERAN - Iranian Foreign Minister on Saturday condemned Europe's hostile approach toward Teheran, saying that Europe, once a "key interlocutor" in nuclear talks,...

Cambodia records first human case of bird flu in 2026

PHNOM PENH - A 30-year-old man from southwest Cambodia's Kampot province had been confirmed positive for H5N1 human avian influenza, becoming the first case...

Israeli forces kill Palestinian militant in N. Gaza as humanitarian crisis deepens

JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH - The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday that its forces killed a Palestinian militant in northern Gaza.The troops identified and subsequently...

Iranian says Europe replaced by Tehran’s ‘effective’ regional friends in nuclear talks

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister on Saturday condemned Europe's hostile approach toward Tehran, saying that Europe, once a "key interlocutor" in nuclear talks,...

NZ readies for further storm damage after floods kill one person

New Zealand was bracing for more heavy rains on Saturday after floods swept through one regional center, causing power outages, road collapses and home...

Iran says talks with US can progress positively without ‘excessive demands’

TEHERAN/CAIRO - A senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said negotiations between Teheran and Washington could advance and protect mutual interests if...

Thousands of Yemenis face deportation as US ends temporary protected status

ADEN - Nearly 4,000 Yemenis will be affected by a US decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Yemenis in the United States,...

DPRK’s Kim inspects under-construction overseas military operations memorial museum

PYONGYANG - , top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), inspected the Memorial Museum of Combat Feats at the Overseas Military...

BNP sweeps Bangladesh election, son of former rulers set to become PM

DHAKA - Bangladesh’s opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won a landslide parliamentary election on Friday, returning to power after nearly two decades and positioning...

US media: 2nd US aircraft carrier sent to Mideast

WASHINGTON - The United States has ordered the second aircraft carrier to sail from the Caribbean Sea to the Middle East, local media reported...

BNP sweeps Bangladesh election, Tarique Rahman set to become PM

DHAKA - Bangladesh’s opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won a landslide parliamentary election on Friday, returning to power after nearly two decades and positioning...

Malaysia’s cabinet orders probe into anti-graft chief Azam

Malaysia’s cabinet has ordered an investigation into the allegations surrounding anti-graft chief Azam Baki, days after a report said he had shareholdings that were...

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