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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"...

Hungary to block 90b-euro EU military loan for Ukraine over pipeline dispute

BUDAPEST - Hungary will block the disbursement of a planned 90-billion-euro ($106-billion) European Union (EU) military loan for Ukraine until crude oil deliveries via...

Canadian officials hail US Supreme Court ruling against ‘unjustified’ tariffs

OTTAWA - Senior Canadian officials on Friday welcomed a landmark decision by the US Supreme Court that ruled as illegal tariffs imposed by the...

Trump signs 10% global tariff in bid to salvage trade plans

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday imposing a 10 percent global tariff on foreign goods, moving quickly to preserve his trade agenda...

Belarus rejects Western troop deployments along its borders

MINSK - Belarus firmly opposes any deployment of Western military contingents along its borders, the Belarusian Defense Ministry said Thursday following a briefing for...

Russia denies proposing $12t projects to US in exchange for lifting sanctions

MOSCOW - Russian special presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev denied on Thursday that Russia was offering the United States projects worth $12 trillion in exchange...

UK royals face biggest challenge in decades with Andrew’s arrest

Until Thursday morning, it had been nearly four centuries since the arrest of a senior British royal.On his 66th birthday, the late Queen Elizabeth...

Jose Balcazar elected as new Peruvian president

LIMA - Peru's Congress on Wednesday elected lawmaker Jose Balcazar as its new leader, who assumes the country's presidency under constitution.Balcazar was sworn in...

Trump criticizes Britain over Diego Garcia lease amid Iran tensions

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday called Britain's lease of Diego Garcia, a key US-British military base in the Indian Ocean Chagos...

Moscow: US trying to push Russia out of the global energy market

MOSCOW-- The United States is "trying to push us out of global energy markets," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said."The Trump administration announced...

Canada revises express entry immigration rules, adds military roles

TORONTO - Canada introduced new immigration priority categories on Wednesday to bring in skilled workers in fields ranging from research and health care to...

Zelensky says progress made on military issues at Geneva peace talks

KYIV/GENEVA/MOSCOW/BUDAPEST - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that the latest between Ukraine, the United States and Russia in Geneva had made progress...

Putin: Russia considers new restrictions against Cuba unacceptable

MOSCOW - Russia has always supported Cuba and considers new restrictions against the country unacceptable, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday during a meeting...

8 skiers dead after avalanche in US Northern California

SACRAMENTO - Eight skiers have been killed and one remains missing following an avalanche on Tuesday in Nevada County, US Northern California, local authorities...

France says 1.2 million bank accounts exposed in database breach

PARIS - The French Ministry of Economy and Finance said on Wednesday that the national database of bank accounts, containing information on about 1.2...

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