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WorldRebeca Grynspan stays narrowly ahead in the Security Council's sixth secret ballot for the 10th UN secretary-general, but veto-power opposition keeps the decisive-stage race open.
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WorldTwo missiles landed on the grounds of Aden International Airport in southern Yemen on Friday, while the Saudi-led military coalition said it had intercepted a ballistic missile bound for the Saudi Red Sea oil hub of Yanbu, in a sharp escalation of the conflict that pushed oil prices to their highest level in months. The
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WorldIran's navy says an oil tanker caught fire on Friday in the Gulf of Oman while attempting to pass through a restricted area east of the Strait of Hormuz with its tracking systems switched off — the latest Gulf of Oman tanker fire in a week of escalating attacks and accidents in the strategic waterway.
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WorldThe International Monetary Fund has urged Latin American governments to use still-favourable global conditions to cut public debt and raise productivity, warning that fiscal adjustment has stalled in many countries.
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WorldPope Leo XIV phoned Vladimir Putin from Rome's Gemelli hospital on Friday, urging a ceasefire so aid and food can reach the besieged Ukrainian town of Oleshky.
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WorldThe U.S. Coast Guard launched a major search-and-rescue operation on Friday after 27 people were reported in the water about 140 miles west of Ensenada, Mexico. The California smuggling boat rescue operation is ongoing, with Coast Guard air and surface crews still searching for those unaccounted for. FAKTA 27 people reported in the water, about
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WorldWashington, D.C. — President Donald Trump has ruled out using nuclear weapons against Iran in the ongoing war, but warned that the United States may still strike a fortified nuclear-linked site called Pickaxe Mountain. The Trump rules out nuclear strike pledge came in an interview with Newsmax on Thursday night, his clearest statement yet on
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WorldDozens of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian olive harvesters in Abu Falah, West Bank, torching olive trees and injuring two people, including a Washington Post photojournalist.
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WorldIndonesia has approved foreign firefighting help as its worst forest fires in a decade choke the region. Hundreds of thousands face breathing problems while haze closes schools in Malaysia and East Timor.
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WorldThe Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted and destroyed a cruise missile over Medina province on Thursday; the Houthis deny involvement.
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WorldThe China Philippines tensions flared again on Friday after the Philippine government accused Beijing's ambassador of making what it described as a thinly veiled threat of force, the latest sign of strained relations between the two countries over the South China Sea. The dispute began when Chinese ambassador Jing Quan told journalists on Thursday that
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WorldA powerful Kamchatka earthquake 7.0 in magnitude struck Russia’s Far East on Friday, October 16, shaking the Kamchatka Peninsula region deep beneath the Earth’s surface. Monitoring agencies around the world recorded the tremor and confirmed that no tsunami threat followed. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported the earthquake at magnitude 7.0, with its focus about
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