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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...

Thailand imposes curfew in southern province after violent attacks

BANGKOK - An immediate curfew has been imposed in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat in response to a spate of violent incidents, including multiple...

23 civilians killed in Aleppo clashes as authorities claim takeover of Kurdish-held zone

DAMASCUS -- The number of civilians killed in attacks on residential neighborhoods in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo has risen to 23, with...

Myanmar begins second phase of general election

YANGON -- Myanmar kicked off the second phase of its multi-party democratic general election on Sunday morning, with polling stations opening across 100 townships.Voting...

Australia bushfires to burn out of control for weeks, authorities say

SYDNEY - Australian authorities said on Sunday it would take firefighters weeks to get on top of bushfires in the country's southeast that have...

23 civilians killed in Aleppo clashes as authorities claim takeover of Kurdish-held neighborhood

DAMASCUS -- The number of civilians killed in attacks on residential neighborhoods in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo has risen to 23, with...

Trump renews threats against Iran, saying US ‘ready to help’

WASHINGTON/TEHERAN - said Saturday that the United States "stands ready to help" concerning the situation in Iran as he claimed Iran is "looking...

DPRK urges ROK to make explanation about latest drone incident

PYONGYANG/SEOUL - A senior official of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has urged the Republic of Korea to make a "detail explanation" about...

Hiroshima, Nagasaki urge Japanese govt to uphold non-nuclear principles

TOKYO - The city assemblies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have adopted statements urging the Japanese government to adhere to the country's Three Non-Nuclear Principles,...

Malaysians get first glimpse of new giant panda pair

KUALA LUMPUR - Giant pandas "Chen Xing" and "Xiao Yue" from China officially met the Malaysian public on Saturday.In a ceremony marking the event...

Iran protests: Trump threatens US action, rules out sending troops

WASHINGTON – US President said on Friday that the United States would "get involved" if 's authorities "start killing people" during the country's...

Hiroshima, Nagasaki urge Japanese gov’t to uphold non-nuclear principles

TOKYO - The city assemblies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have adopted statements urging the Japanese government to adhere to the country's Three Non-Nuclear Principles,...

Australian bushfires raze homes, cut power to tens of thousands

SYDNEY - Thousands of firefighters battled bushfires in Australia's southeast on Saturday ​that have razed homes, cut power to thousands of homes and burned...

DPRK accuses ROK of flying drone in its airspace

PYONGYANG/SEOUL - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) accused The Republic of Korea of violating its airspace by flying a drone on Sunday,...

Yemen’s STC announces self-dissolution, backs Saudi-backed dialogue

ADEN, Yemen – Yemen's pro-secession on Friday announced its self-dissolution and the closure of all its offices inside and outside the country, the state...

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