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U.S. World Cup chief defends visa ban on Somali referee, Iranians
As the World Cup draws closer, the White House official overseeing US preparations has defended a decision that has already stirred controversy:…
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Iran targets U.S. base in Jordan after Trump orders strikes
Iran and the United States lurched back toward open confrontation after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had struck a US base in…
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Hegseth to Visit Guantanamo as US Increases Pressure on Cuba
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is heading to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for what the Pentagon described as an effort to “engage with troops,”…
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US says it has completed strikes responding to Iran helicopter attack
Washington has declared its response complete after a US Apache helicopter was shot down near the Strait of Hormuz, a dramatic escalation…
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Defense says treatment of Ulm5 violated European law
Behind a glass barrier and in handcuffs, five pro-Palestinian activists accused of attacking the offices of a major defence contractor in Ulm…
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EU to ban Russian combatants under latest sanctions package
Brussels has moved to tighten the screws on Moscow again, unveiling the European Commission’s 21st package of sanctions against Russia more than…
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North Western State of Somalia: Justice Cannot Be Treated as a Business
North Western State of Somalia’s greatest threat to peace and progress is not an invading army but the steady erosion of justice…
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UK, France and Germany back Zelensky’s call for meeting with Putin
With the war grinding into a fifth year, Volodymyr Zelensky won fresh backing in London from the leaders of Britain, France and…
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Powerful earthquake in the Philippines leaves at least 32 feared dead
A deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake off the southern Philippine island of Mindanao has killed at least 32 people and injured dozens more, disaster…
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Trump says Middle East peace deal talks are in final throes
Hopes for a Middle East breakthrough surged after US President Donald Trump said negotiators had entered the “final throes” of efforts to…
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Pope says Church must provide reparations to abuse survivors
Pope Leo XIV delivered his bluntest message yet to Spain’s Catholic hierarchy on the abuse crisis, telling bishops they must hear survivors,…
