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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...

UN warns of ‘toxic rain’ danger from oil depot strikes in Mideast

GENEVA - UN humanitarians said on Tuesday that 10 days of war in the are upending lives across the region and beyond, with...

DPRK strongly denounces acts of aggression by US, Israel against Iran

PYONGYANG - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Tuesday strongly denounced the acts of aggression by the United States and Israel against...

Lebanese govt: Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill 570; nearly 760,000 displaced

BEIRUT - The death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on Lebanon has risen to 570, with 1,444 others wounded since the escalation began on...

German Chancellor: ‘No joint plan’ to end US-Israeli war against Iran

BERLIN/TEHRAN/WASHINGTON/MOSCOW/COLOMBO - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that there is "clearly no joint plan" to bring a swift and convincing end to...

Tehran rules out US talks as Trump says Iran strikes to be over ‘soon’

TEHRAN/WASHINGTON/CAIRO/JERUSALEM - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday said that talks with the United States are no longer on Tehran's agenda.Speaking to PBS...

DPRK slams US-ROK military drills as ‘further destroying’ regional stability

PYONGYANG - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has slammed the ongoing US-Republic of Korea military exercises as "further destroying the stability of...

Death toll rises to 7 in Indonesia’s waste mound collapse

JAKARTA - The death toll from a massive garbage avalanche at Indonesia's largest landfill rose to seven, the Jakarta Search and Rescue Office said...

Local officials protest Japan’s plan to deploy long-range missiles in Kumamoto

TOKYO - Local government officials in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, voiced protests on Monday after the Ministry of Defense transported a missile launcher and other...

Lebanese president calls for direct negotiations with Israel

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM/DAMASCUS - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Monday called for direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel under international sponsorship as part of a new...

Trump says military strikes against Iran to be over ‘soon’

WASHINGTON/CAIRO/JERUSALEM - US President Donald Trump said Monday that the US-Israeli military strikes against Iran would be over "soon".When asked whether the strikes could...

Fear of ‘stagflationary shock’ as call grows for de-escalation of situation in ME

BRUSSELS/LONDON/PARIS/NICOSIA - A top official of the European Union (EU) warned on Monday that a prolonged conflict in the Middle East could spill over...

Iranians swear allegiance to new supreme leader in nationwide gatherings

TEHRAN / MOSCOW -- Iranians on Monday attended large gatherings across the country to pledge allegiance to the country's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.The...

Indonesia says 7 killed in landfill collapse as rescue operation ends

JAKARTA- Indonesian authorities have ended rescue operations at a landfill collapse that killed ​seven people as all those who ‌were at the site have...

Reports: Japan prepares to release national oil reserve

TOKYO - The Japanese government has instructed its national oil reserve storage sites to prepare for a possible release of crude oil, as the...

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