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NBC: Trump privately weighs small US ground forces in Iran

WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS/TEHERAN - US President Donald Trump...

Russia warns of countermeasures if Finland deploys nuclear weapons

MOSCOW – Russia would take appropriate countermeasures...

Spanish PM: US-Israeli action against Iran ‘extraordinary mistake’

MADRID – Spanish Prime Minster Pedro Sanchez...

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NBC: Trump privately weighs small US ground forces in Iran

WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS/TEHERAN - US President Donald Trump has privately expressed serious interest in deploying US ground forces into Iran, NBC News reported on Friday, citing multiple sources.Trump has discussed...

Russia warns of countermeasures if Finland deploys nuclear weapons

MOSCOW – Russia would take appropriate countermeasures against the potential deployment of nuclear weapons...

Spanish PM: US-Israeli action against Iran ‘extraordinary mistake’

MADRID – Spanish Prime Minster Pedro Sanchez said on Friday that the US-Israeli military...

Poll: Majority of Americans oppose Trump’s military action in Iran

WASHINGTON – A PBS News/NPR/Marist poll released Friday showed that a majority of Americans...

Trump rules out talks, demands Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’

WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS/TEHERAN - US President Donald Trump said on Friday the United States will...

S. Korean court to review ex-president Yoon’s insurrection sentence request

SEOUL -- The final hearing of former president Yoon Suk-yeol on charges of insurrection was held Tuesday at the Seoul Central District Court, with...

Hamas signals readiness to hand over Gaza governance

Palestinian militant group Hamas said it was ready to give up power in the Gaza Strip to a technocratic leadership committee as part of...

Fatah says Gaza committee must be led by Palestinian Authority

GAZA/BAGHDAD - The Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah) said on Monday that any committee formed to govern the Gaza Strip must be headed by...

Flood emergency prompts widespread warnings in Australia’s Queensland

SYDNEY - Flood warnings have been issued across the northeast Australian state of Queensland as ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji continues to cause widespread intense rainfall.As...

Trump says countries doing business with Iran face 25% tariff

WASHINGTON/TEHERAN/MOSCOW/CAIRO - said Monday that any country doing business with Iran will pay a tariff rate of 25 percent on any business conducted...

Aussie PM: Australia’s ambassador to US to resign 1 year early

CANBERRA - Australia's Ambassador to the United States will resign a year before the end of his term, Prime Minister said here on...

DPRK media: Neo-militarism would bring total destruction to Japan

PYONGYANG - Japan will face total destruction through , the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Sunday...

ROK forms investigation body to probe DPRK’s claims of drone infiltrations

SEOUL - The Republic of Korea formed a military-police investigation body to probe the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's claims of the ROK's drone...

Hamas says ready to dissolve its government bodies

GAZA - Hamas announced on Saturday that it has decided to dissolve all its government bodies in the Gaza Strip, in preparation for handing...

Meta shuts 550,000 accounts on Australia’s kids social media ban

said it has shut down almost 550,000 accounts in Australia to comply with the country’s landmark social media ban for children.The social media...

Trump says US mulling ‘some very strong options’ on Iran

WASHINGTON/TEHERAN/CAIRO/UNITED NATIONS - US President Donald Trump said Sunday that his administration is weighing "some very strong options", including potential military action against Iran,...

Human remains found amid Australia bushfires, police say

SYDNEY - Human remains were found in Australia's southeast where bushfires raging for days have razed buildings, cut power to thousands of homes and...

Rising death toll in Iran as govt warns of ‘rioters’, foreign meddling

TEHERAN/CAIRO/UNITED NATIONS - Fatalities from two weeks of nationwide unrest in Iran climbed on Sunday as Teheran warned it would strike US and Israeli...

NYT: Trump briefed on options for military strikes in Iran

WASHINGTON/TEHERAN - has been briefed in recent days on new options for military strikes against Iran, The New York Times reported on Saturday,...

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