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Iran agrees to draft conditions for reopening Strait of Hormuz
Qatar's prime minister pressed Tehran on freedom of navigation as mediators seek to restore shipping through the vital waterway six months into the wa
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Mette-Marit becomes Norway's queen as Haakon ascends throne
Once a single mother scrutinized for her past, Mette-Marit takes the role of queen after King Haakon's accession on Friday.
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Harald V, Norway's longtime king, has died at 89; son ascends as Haakon VIII
The royal palace said Harald died peacefully at Oslo University Hospital after being hospitalized for a blood infection since August 17.
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White House construction cited as factor in Marine One's close call with jet
NTSB investigators say a poor radio link from Marine One's relocated takeoff site left controllers unable to hear a warning before an Envoy Air jet de
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Ratko Mladic, Bosnian Serb general convicted of genocide, dies at 84
The former military chief, convicted over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, died at a prison hospital in The Hague, Serbian state broadcaster RTS reported
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Norway's King Harald in 'very serious' condition, royal court says
The 89-year-old monarch, hospitalized since August 17 for a bacterial blood infection, has taken a turn for the worse, the palace said.
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CIA director warned Russia against attacking NATO states, US media report
John Ratcliffe's rare Moscow trip also touched on Iran sanctions, while Trump called the visit 'semi-routine' and the Kremlin confirmed only intellige
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Nepal-Tibet flash floods kill at least 160, leave hundreds missing including dozens of Australians
Nepali and Chinese rescuers search the Himalayan border region as authorities give differing tallies of the missing, among them scores of foreign tour
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Death toll rises to 157 in Nepal-Tibet flash floods as hundreds remain missing
Nepal's foreign minister says an earthquake-triggered landslide may have blocked a river before flooding swept through villages, with over 800 people,
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Military judge sets June 2028 trial date for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, held at Guantánamo Bay since 2006, is scheduled to face a US military court on June 5, 2028.
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Wildfires kill 12 in Algeria as heatwave grips North Africa
Interior Minister Said Sayoud said 54 people were injured with burns as more than 150 fires burned across several provinces.
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Nepal-Tibet border mudslide kills 98, leaves more than 740 missing
A sudden flood and mudslide tore through villages on the Himalayan frontier, with Nepal and China both reporting mounting death tolls and hundreds sti
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Fire at Islamabad hospital's maternity ward kills at least 14 newborns
The hospital said 15 babies were in the nursery when the blaze broke out, as witnesses and officials gave conflicting accounts of whether the ward doo
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Syria's Kurdish-led SDF announces dissolution as independent force
Commander Mazloum Abdi said the group is folding into Syrian state forces under a deal reached earlier this year with Damascus.
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US judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's bid to overturn Epstein conviction
A judge called Maxwell's claims meritless, finding that the recently disclosed Epstein files offered her no exoneration.
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Iran, Oman weigh temporary Hormuz shipping lane and mine removal
A phased plan for a joint navigational corridor through the strait was discussed, Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said.
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Tinubu orders rescue operation after mass kidnapping at Nigerian mosque
About 600 women, children and older people were seized in an attack on a mosque in Niger State, residents say, after a video showed captives held in a
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Gaza parents told to stop children flying kites after Israeli warning to Hamas
The call to halt kite-flying came after Israel threatened a forceful response if Hamas revives incendiary kite launches across the border.
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Gaza marks one year since Israeli double strike killed 22 at hospital
Mourners gathered in Khan Younis to remember journalist Mariam Dagga and others killed in the strike, with no one held accountable a year on.
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Trump considers renaming Lake Ontario 'Lake America' as Canada trade war deepens
The threat follows Trump's warning to Canadian leaders to 'fall in line' or face consequences worse than existing tariffs.
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US drops Syria from state sponsors of terrorism list
Washington also revoked its terrorist designation of the group now known as Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, as sanctions relief follows.
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Activists press Russia for answers on historian missing three weeks after landing in Israel
Associates of Artem Kirpichonok say he vanished shortly after arriving at Ben Gurion Airport on August 2, and Russian and Israeli authorities have off
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US economic pressure on Iran could still trigger regional escalation, experts warn
Analysts say a strategy meant to avoid conflict with Iran may instead push tensions toward military confrontation in the Gulf.
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US set to return evacuated diplomats to Middle East embassies
An internal document shows foreign service officers could head back to their posts as early as this week.