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US deploys more troops as Iran asserts Hormuz control

Hopes of de-escalation in the latest war to engulf the Middle East appeared to fade on Thursday, with the United States sending more combat forces for potential deployment on...

Japan starts releasing state oil reserves to blunt impact of ME tensions

TOKYO - Japan began releasing oil from state reserves on Thursday to cushion the...

Russia: Tokyo-Kyiv military ties undermines Ukraine peace prospects

MOSCOW - Japan's involvement in supplying weapons to Ukraine undermines prospects for a peaceful...

Iraq to summon US diplomat over deadly strike on military clinic

BAGHDAD - Iraq will summon the US charge d'affaires to protest the deadly airstrike...

US airport wait times stretch past 4 hours as shutdown cripples staffing

WASHINGTON - Wait times at US airport security checkpoints have reached the longest levels...

Official: Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict kills 110 Afghan civilians

KABUL - At least 110 civilians, including 65 women and children, have been killed and 123 others injured in Pakistani airstrikes and mortar shelling...

Iran says stopping US-Israeli ‘aggression’ sole way to end war

TEHERAN/WASHINGTON/VIENNA/BAGHDAD - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Tuesday the sole way to end the war is to stop the US and...

Tokyo high court decides to dissolve ex-Unification Church

TOKYO -- The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court's order to dissolve the religious group previously known as the Unification Church.The...

Israel says its troops ‘operating in southern Lebanon’

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT - Israeli troops are "operating in southern Lebanon" on Tuesday as Israel continued its strikes against Lebanon's group Hezbollah, according to an Israeli...

Iran claims heavy American casualties as US disputes figures

TEHERAN/WASHINGTON/RIYADH/KUWAIT CITY/JERUSALEM - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) released figures on US casualties during the first two days of what it described as...

Israeli troops ‘operating in southern Lebanon’

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM - Israeli troops on Tuesday crossed the borderline to operate in southern Lebanon as Israeli strikes against Lebanon's Hezbollah group continue, Lebanese security...

Armed man shot dead by police after women assaulted in inner-Sydney

SYDNEY - An armed man has been shot dead by police at a residential complex in inner-Sydney following reports he had assaulted two women.The...

UN reiterates call for halt in fighting between Afghanistan, Pakistan

UNITED NATIONS -- Cross-border clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan were ongoing on Monday, and the UN Mission in Afghanistan reiterated its call for a...

Uranium supply deal among key pacts signed between India, Canada

NEW DELHI -- India and Canada on Monday signed a long-term deal worth $1.9 billion for uranium supply aimed at expanding nuclear energy generation...

Trump: US attack on Iran can ‘go far longer’ than 4 to 5 weeks

WASHINGTON/TEHERAN/RIYADH/KUWAIT CITY/JERUSALEM - US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the US military campaign against Iran has the "capability to go far longer"...

Israel strikes near Beirut city center, first such attack since 2024 ceasefire

BEIRUT - Israeli airstrikes hit the Jnah and Bir Hassan areas in Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday evening, the first strikes near central Beirut...

Asia braces for energy fallout as Gulf conflict rages

Asian countries have voiced deep concern over the escalating US-Israeli military operations in Iran as oil prices surged to their highest in months with...

Regional escalation casts shadow on Gaza ceasefire

The continuing attacks of Israel and the United States against Iran have sparked renewed doubts about the commitments of parties to the Gaza ceasefire...

Israel strikes Hezbollah, warns of ‘many days’ of combat

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT - Israel's military chief Eyal Zamir said on Monday the army has "launched an offensive campaign against Hezbollah," warning the operation would last...

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