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The agreement was seen as a sign of diplomatic progress between the countries divided by the war.
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The agreement was seen as a sign of diplomatic progress between the countries divided by the war.
Protesters in about 20 cities, including Berlin, Hamburg and Munich, demand the banning of the Alternative for Germany.

Russian strikes have killed eight civilians and wounded dozens in Ukraine, according to local officials.
North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles from the Wonsan area toward the sea off its east coast, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Saturday.

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French investigators suspect sabotage was behind a train derailment in northwestern France that injured 44 people and left passengers in "a state of shock", prosecutors said on Saturday, after a massive…

Philippine Coast Guard personnel in protective suit unload body bags of victims of a ferry fire blaze at the port of Borac in Coron, Palawan province on September 12, 2026. The bodies of passengers

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Rampant Yemeni fighters take control of island in narrow point of Bab al-Mandab strait, which Saudi is relying on for oil exports

Russia has for two weeks been carrying out almost constant attacks with faster jet-powered drones that have killed a number of Kyiv residents.

The West’s ‘eyes and ears’ in the West Bank targeted despite US pressure to curb attacks on Palestinians

Pro-democracy activists Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan were found guilty of ‘incitement to subversion’ in controversial national security case

Nigeria’s parliament is suspending official visits to South Africa indefinitely over anti-immigrant protests targeting Africans

Philippine rescuers recovered 30 bodies from a burned-out ferry on Friday, raising the death toll from the blaze to 35, authorities said.

A fire at a nursing home in Chile that had previously violated regulations has killed 16 elderly residents and left others hospitalized, authorities said Saturday.

A key oil pipeline system in Saudi Arabia was struck by projectiles on Thursday, according to two US officials familiar with the matter.

An industrial facility caught fire in Novy Urengoy, a gas-producing city in northern Russia, following a drone attack, regional Governor Dmitry Artyukhov said on Wednesday, in the first such attack on the country's natural gas hinterland.

Mokha's capture brings the Iran-backed group closer to controlling a key international shipping route.

The IDF said that what remains of the Ali al-Taher ridge, beneath which was Hezbollah’s last and most significant line of defense in southern Lebanon, is “nothing more than a sandbox.”
Algeria's president had previously called the gulf country a 'midget state' that was interfering in North Africa

Iran launched fresh attacks against US targets in the Middle East on Wednesday in retaliation for American strikes on Iranian oil tankers, dragging the foes deeper into war.

Norway bade its final farewell to Harald V on Wednesday as crowds lined the streets and foreign royals and leaders converged on Oslo for the funeral of the long-serving king, who was remembered as a popular monarch with a down-to-earth touch.

A Russian drone strike on a shopping centre in the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy killed two people and injured 20, four of them seriously, Regional Governor Oleh Hryhorov said.

Houthis say Saudi Arabia carried out more than 40 airstrikes in Yemen after a major Houthi missile and drone attack on Saudi oil facilities.

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The facilities, which were located in three different parts of the Strip, were utilized by Hamas to "store weapons, explosive devices, anti-tank missiles, and additional military equipment."
Russia pummelled Kyiv with drones and missiles on Tuesday, resuming its air attacks on the Ukrainian capital after a brief halt for the visit of U.S. peace negotiators, and killing five people, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

The Middle East war intensified with Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen launching strikes on several Saudi cities, further embroiling a U.S. ally in the conflict, while U.S. forces hit multiple Iranian oil tankers and Iran targeted a U.S. base in Jordan.

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Houthi rebel offensive against government forces on west coast leads to some of deadliest clashes in years

Lebanon’s Health Ministry says Israel’s air force carried out two strikes early Monday on a southern Lebanese village, killing at least nine people, including children.
Thousands attend Belgrade funeral of former Bosnian Serb army general convicted of orchestrating Srebrenica genocide.

Oman has rescued 16 crew members from a Saudi oil tanker attacked by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, providing medical care and logistical support to those aboard

Russia and North Korea have opened their first road bridge across the Tumen River as political, economic and military ties between the two countries deepen.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Monday a partnership deal with Greenland worth €200 million ($232.5 million), which she said highlighted the strategic importance of the Arctic island for the European Union.

Houthi rebels in Yemen have accused Saudi Arabia of striking a prison in the north, killing seven, including a child, as tensions escalate between the Iran-backed group and Saudi-backed Yemeni forces.

Two women killed in an air attack on Arab Salim, and two people killed in strike on Nabatieh al-Fawqa.

An Israeli strike killed a man and his 8-year-old daughter in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, health officials said.

An avalanche on one of Russia’s highest mountains has killed 11 climbers and left six others missing after a large mass of snow and ice swept down Mount Mizhirgi in the North Caucasus

Indonesia halted operations at its main international airport outside Jakarta on Sunday after ash spewed from the Anak Krakatoa volcano more than 150 kilometers

A fuel tanker explosion in western Iran has killed 11 people and injured seven others. State media reports the accident happened near a traffic police station close to Sanandaj, about 248 miles west of Tehran.

Trump's push to end the fighting, now in its fifth year, has lost momentum as U.S. attention has been focused for the last six months on its war with Iran.
