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Hezbollah launches rocket attack on Israeli forces in northern Israel

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM - Hezbollah said early Wednesday that...

Israel says any successor to Iran’s Khamenei ‘target for elimination’

TEHERAN/WASHINGTON/VIENNA/BAGHDAD/JERUSALEM - Israel threatened on Wednesday that...

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Source: 100 killed after Iranian frigate attacked by sub off Sri Lankan coast

COLOMBO -- At least 100 people on board the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena were killed after the vessel sustained a possible submarine attack off the Sri Lankan coast on...

Hezbollah launches rocket attack on Israeli forces in northern Israel

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM - Hezbollah said early Wednesday that it launched a rocket barrage targeting a...

Israel says any successor to Iran’s Khamenei ‘target for elimination’

TEHERAN/WASHINGTON/VIENNA/BAGHDAD/JERUSALEM - Israel threatened on Wednesday that whoever Iran chooses as its new Supreme...

Cambodian PM vows to eliminate all online scams centers by next month

PHNOM PENH - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet assured on Wednesday that the Southeast...

US Senate Democrats lash out at ‘unconstitutional’ war on Iran ahead of war powers vote

WASHINGTON - US Senate Democrats on Tuesday lashed out at President Donald Trump's "unconstitutional"...

Afghanistan claims shooting down Pakistani jet, capturing pilot

KABUL/ ISLAMABAD - Afghan forces shot down a Pakistani fighter jet in eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday, and its pilot has been captured alive,...

US, Israeli airstrikes target several locations in Iran

TEHERAN/WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM/BAGHDAD –  President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the US military has begun major combat operations in Iran, after Israel confirmed launching "preemptive"...

Israel launches ‘preemptive’ strike against Iran

JERUSALEM – Israel launched a "preemptive" strike against Iran on Saturday morning "to remove threats to Israel," the Israeli Defense Ministry said in a...

Trump unhappy with Iran talks, mediator says deal ‘within reach’

WASHINGTON – The have made "substantial progress" toward a deal which "is within our reach", Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood...

Japanese rally against Takaichi’s attempt to revise constitution

TOKYO – A large number of Japanese citizens gathered on Friday evening in Tokyo to protest Prime Minister 's attempt to revise the country's...

Kabul urges non-violent solution as Afghan-Pak border clashes kill 19

KABUL/ ISLAMABAD - At least 19 people were killed and 26 others injured in the eastern provinces of Khost and Paktika in Afghanistan following...

Mediator says Iran deal ‘within reach’ amid Trump’s unhappiness with talks

WASHINGTON – The have made "substantial progress" toward a deal which "is within our reach", Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood...

PM: Pak armed forces fully capable to crush any aggressive ambitions

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday morning that the country's armed forces possess the full capability to crush any aggressive...

Pakistani PM says armed forces have full capability to crush any aggressive ambitions

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday morning that the country's armed forces possess the full capability to crush any aggressive...

ROK issues arrest warrant for drone maker over alleged flights into DPRK

SEOUL -- A court of the Republic of Korea (ROK) on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for an executive director of a drone manufacturer...

DPRK wraps up major party congress featuring new five-year plan by top leader

PYONGYANG - The Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), closed...

Japanese public figures warn of dangerous rightward drift under PM Takaichi

TOKYO -- Japanese scholars, opposition politicians and commentators voiced concern on Thursday over an increasingly right-leaning political trajectory under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, warning...

Iran-US nuke talks conclude in Geneva after ‘significant progress’

GENEVA -- The Iranian and US delegations wrapped up their new round of nuclear talks in Geneva "after significant progress in the negotiation," said...

Singapore fertility rate posts ‘significant’ drop to record low

Singapore’s total fertility rate fell to 0.87 in 2025, marking a record low that a top official warned could profoundly reshape the city-state’s society...

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