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US President Donald Trump plans to meet with Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa at the White House on Monday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday at a press briefing. Since seizing power from Bashar Assad last December, Al-Sharaa has made a series of foreign trips as his transitional government seeks
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The FBI has continued its personnel purge, forcing out additional agents and supervisors tied to the federal investigation into President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The latest firings came despite efforts by Washington’s top federal prosecutor to try to stop at least some of the
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New Zealand is planning a national space mission which could see a small fleet of state-owned satellites launched into the skies over the Pacific nation, a minister told AFP on Wednesday “Actions to progress to a large-scale mission are being advanced,” Minister for Space Judith Collins said. The mission would
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The US government shutdown became the longest ever Wednesday, topping the 35-day record set during Donald Trump’s first term, as his administration warned of holiday air travel chaos and threatened Americans’ benefits in a bid to force a resolution. Federal agencies have been grinding to a halt since Congress
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Sudan’s defense minister said on Tuesday that the army would press on with fighting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces after the country’s security and defense council met to discuss a US proposal for a ceasefire. “We thank the Trump administration for its efforts and proposals to achieve peace,
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Survivors of a powerful earthquake in northern Afghanistan that killed more than 25 people and injured nearly 1,000 were digging through the rubble of their homes Tuesday, trying to salvage what belongings they could after spending the night outside in the bitter cold. Rain was forecast for the region,
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Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, won the New York City mayoral race on Tuesday. Mamdani defeated Democratic former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, 67, who ran as an independent after losing the nomination to Mamdani in the primary election. In Virginia, Democrat Abigail Spanberger easily won the election for governor. And
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Israel on Tuesday received a body from Hamas via the Red Cross in Gaza, the Prime Minister’s Office said, after the Palestinian group reported it had found the remains of an Israeli hostage to be handed over. The office confirmed the body was that of Staff Sergeant Itay Chen
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A passenger train crashed into a cargo train in central India Tuesday, killing at least five people and injuring several others, a senior government official said. The incident happened near Bilaspur, about 116 kilometers (72 miles) from Chhattisgarh’s state capital, Raipur. Television channels showed images of one train colliding
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North Korea has sent about 5,000 construction troops to Russia since September to help with “infrastructure reconstruction,” a South Korean lawmaker said Tuesday after a briefing by Seoul’s spy agency. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been emboldened by the war in Ukraine, securing critical support from
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North Korea fired multiple artillery rockets an hour before US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the border separating it from the South, Seoul’s military said on Tuesday. Pyongyang also fired similar weapons minutes before South Korean President Lee Jae Myung held talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping last week,
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Flights between Turkiye and the Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah resumed on Monday after a two-and-a-half year ban due to accusations from Ankara of increased militant activity in the province. Airport spokesman Dana Mohammed said that the first Turkish Airlines flight landed in Sulaimaniyah Airport from Turkiye, with 105 passengers
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EU climate ministers will make a last-ditch attempt to pass a new climate change target on Tuesday, in an effort to avoid going to the UN COP30 summit in Brazil empty-handed. Failure to agree could undermine the European Union’s claims to leadership at the COP30 talks, which will test
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Armed assailants attacked a commercial tanker off the coast of Mogadishu on Monday, firing at the vessel after attempting to board the ship in the first suspected Somali piracy incident of its kind since 2024, maritime sources said. If confirmed, this would be the first Somali piracy attack against a
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Californians go to the polls Tuesday in a ballot likely to further tilt the liberal state toward the Democrats, as the party seeks to neutralize gerrymandering ordered by President Donald Trump. Governor Gavin Newsom and his allies want voters to approve a temporary re-drawing of electoral districts that would give
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The United States has praised Spain’s contribution to NATO, the Spanish defense minister said Monday, after President Donald Trump suggested expelling the country from the alliance for not meeting his military spending target. Last week, the United States announced the withdrawal of some troops from the alliance’s sensitive