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28 min agoUS envoy Steve Witkoff said weekend discussions with Ukraine and Russia showed progress and raised the prospect of reviving three-way peace talks. Ukrainian authorities sounded air-raid sirens in Kyiv on Tuesday morning after a three-day pause in Russian attacks that coincided with visits by US envoys to Moscow and Kyiv. Ukrainian MP Lisa Yasko said Ukraine does not trust the talks.43 min agoIndonesia's main airport and four others reopened early Tuesday after days of closure caused by ash from Mount Anak Krakatau, which erupted on Saturday about 150 kilometres from Jakarta. The eruption disrupted nearly 3,000 flights and left more than 340,000 passengers stranded over the weekend, though two of the original eight closed airports remained shut.1 h agoInvestigators with the National Transportation Safety Board recovered both the flight data and cockpit voice recorders from an Amazon Prime Air aircraft that crashed while landing in Miami on Sunday. The incident claimed five lives on the ground when the Boeing 767-33A, a 32-year-old jet operated by Miami-based 21 Air LLC, left the runway and struck two vehicles.1 h agoThe chief of the UN nuclear watchdog said a nearly complete reactor built secretly during Bashar al-Assad's rule would have been able to produce fissile material for possible use in nuclear weapons. The reactor was destroyed by Israeli jets in 2007. Inspectors from the IAEA visited two sites last month and discovered approximately 73 metric tons of natural uranium metal.2 h agoUnion officials say female staff members were told to leave the premises when a Hindu religious group visited the monument over the weekend. The closure on Monday resulted from worker protests against the incident, which Paris authorities are now examining.2 h agoItaly logged an average summer temperature of 24.3 degrees Celsius this year, the hottest since records began in 1950, according to the National Research Council's Institute for BioEconomy. August alone averaged 25.6 degrees Celsius, surpassing previous August records and creating drought pressure in key farming regions across northwestern lowlands and the Apennines.4 h agoTrailing 5-0 in the first set, Qinwen Zheng defeated Iga Swiatek in two sets to advance to the quarter-finals. It was Zheng's second consecutive comeback from 0-5 down, after she had qualified for the main draw following an injury-hit 2025 season that dropped her to No 121 in the rankings.5 h agoThe French government has referred an internal budget document leak to the Paris prosecutor's office under Article 40 of the criminal procedure code. The leaked work concerned possible taxation of employee savings plans. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's office stated he had never supported the idea.5 h agoU.S. President Donald Trump threatened to bar Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier from selling planes in the United States unless it begins manufacturing there. Trump said on Truth Social that Bombardier products are not good enough and that the company must build in America or stop treating it as a piggybank.5 h agoFrancesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, warned Monday that large-scale rubble removal under Israeli control in Gaza risks erasing traces of alleged atrocity crimes and preventing recovery of human remains. Palestinian authorities estimate more than 10,000 people remain buried under debris in the territory.28 min agoUS envoy Steve Witkoff said weekend discussions with Ukraine and Russia showed progress and raised the prospect of reviving three-way peace talks. Ukrainian authorities sounded air-raid sirens in Kyiv on Tuesday morning after a three-day pause in Russian attacks that coincided with visits by US envoys to Moscow and Kyiv. Ukrainian MP Lisa Yasko said Ukraine does not trust the talks.43 min agoIndonesia's main airport and four others reopened early Tuesday after days of closure caused by ash from Mount Anak Krakatau, which erupted on Saturday about 150 kilometres from Jakarta. The eruption disrupted nearly 3,000 flights and left more than 340,000 passengers stranded over the weekend, though two of the original eight closed airports remained shut.1 h agoInvestigators with the National Transportation Safety Board recovered both the flight data and cockpit voice recorders from an Amazon Prime Air aircraft that crashed while landing in Miami on Sunday. The incident claimed five lives on the ground when the Boeing 767-33A, a 32-year-old jet operated by Miami-based 21 Air LLC, left the runway and struck two vehicles.1 h agoThe chief of the UN nuclear watchdog said a nearly complete reactor built secretly during Bashar al-Assad's rule would have been able to produce fissile material for possible use in nuclear weapons. The reactor was destroyed by Israeli jets in 2007. Inspectors from the IAEA visited two sites last month and discovered approximately 73 metric tons of natural uranium metal.2 h agoUnion officials say female staff members were told to leave the premises when a Hindu religious group visited the monument over the weekend. The closure on Monday resulted from worker protests against the incident, which Paris authorities are now examining.2 h agoItaly logged an average summer temperature of 24.3 degrees Celsius this year, the hottest since records began in 1950, according to the National Research Council's Institute for BioEconomy. August alone averaged 25.6 degrees Celsius, surpassing previous August records and creating drought pressure in key farming regions across northwestern lowlands and the Apennines.4 h agoTrailing 5-0 in the first set, Qinwen Zheng defeated Iga Swiatek in two sets to advance to the quarter-finals. It was Zheng's second consecutive comeback from 0-5 down, after she had qualified for the main draw following an injury-hit 2025 season that dropped her to No 121 in the rankings.5 h agoThe French government has referred an internal budget document leak to the Paris prosecutor's office under Article 40 of the criminal procedure code. The leaked work concerned possible taxation of employee savings plans. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's office stated he had never supported the idea.5 h agoU.S. President Donald Trump threatened to bar Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier from selling planes in the United States unless it begins manufacturing there. Trump said on Truth Social that Bombardier products are not good enough and that the company must build in America or stop treating it as a piggybank.5 h agoFrancesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, warned Monday that large-scale rubble removal under Israeli control in Gaza risks erasing traces of alleged atrocity crimes and preventing recovery of human remains. Palestinian authorities estimate more than 10,000 people remain buried under debris in the territory.

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Syrian reactor could have produced nuclear weapons material, IAEA chief says

The chief of the UN nuclear watchdog said a nearly complete reactor built secretly during Bashar al-Assad's rule would have been able to produce fissile material for possible use in nuclear weapons. The reactor was destr

7 h agoArchive photoIAEA Imagebank·Wikimedia Commons·CC BY 2.0

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Israel conducts ground operation in southwestern Syria as Turkey advances in Deir ez-Zor

Israeli forces advanced with ten vehicles toward the town of Jamla in Daraa province and fired on residential areas, according to Syrian state televis

6 d agoArchive photoAndrii Sybiha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine·Wikimedia Commons·CC BY 4.0

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