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"SVO children, f*** you, let me get into university," a Russian teenager says in a TikTok video, using the Kremlin-sanctioned term for the war in Ukraine.
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Brent crude futures tumbled below the $80-per-barrel level earlier this morning for the first time since March as traders priced in the U.S.-Iran peace deal and the expected reopening of the Strait of Hormuz maritime chokepoint on Friday. Goldman Sachs and RBC Capital Markets both slashed their fourth-quarter Brent …
A senior Israeli official has questioned whether Israel would have launched its operation against Iran had it known the political consequences in advance amid growing public anger.
When US President Donald Trump ordered strikes on Iran in late February, Turkish officials found themselves sidelined.
In this photo released by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, technicians work at the Arak heavy water reactor’s secondary circuit as officials and media visit the site near Arak, Iran, Dec. 23, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP, File)
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AFTER nearly four months of war, the United States and Iran have finally confirmed that a preliminary deal to end their conflict has been agreed, and is expected to be signed in Switzerland on Friday, June 19. This is welcome news for us here in the Philippines, as we have been hit hard by skyrocketing fuel prices, …
Beaten down by sanctions, inflation and crackdowns, Iranians say they don’t envision a brighter future even with a ceasefire
Beaten down by sanctions, inflation and crackdowns, Iranians say they don’t envision a brighter future even with a ceasefire
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The office of EU chief António Costa has had "brief" diplomatic contacts with the Kremlin to open channels of communication, Brussels said Wednesday, as Europe debates whether to talk to Russia about ending the Ukraine war.
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Italy's embassy to Tehran will re-open on Friday after more than three months of closure because of the Iran war, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
A proposed $300 billion investment fund has emerged as one of the most consequential-and politically explosive-features of the U.S.-Iran framework agreement, turning what began as a war-ending diplomatic effort into a test of whether private capital can be used as a substitute for reparations, sanctions relief and s…
The UK will divert money from other government departments to increase the defense budget, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said.
The UK will divert money from other government departments to increase the defense budget, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said.
Erias Lukwago, lawyer for Uganda’s veteran opposition leader Kizza Besigye, speaks during a court session on a ruling on Besigye’s bail application at the High Court in Kampala, Uganda, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)
WASHINGTON (AP) — For eight years, the United States has waged economic war on China, slapping big taxes on Chinese products before they enter America.
Five IDF soldiers were wounded in southern Lebanon when an explosive drone operated by Hezbollah hit their location on Wednesday, according to a statement from the IDF.
Selfish, lonely, maladjusted – the prejudices against only children persist, as well as of their parents for just having one child. But we are an army on the rise
This is a locator map of Israel and the Palestinian Territories. (AP Photo)
Oil prices have tumbled in recent days as optimism grew there would be a lasting Middle East peace agreement, which would mean supplies would be back on track - but investors are taking a breather today with prices marginally higher this morning, rising off three month lows (and the 200DMA) after Trump threatened to…
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Finnish lawmakers voted by a margin of 125 to 61 on Wednesday to lift the country’s longstanding ban on nuclear weapons, marking a major shift in Helsinki’s security posture as it deepens its integration with NATO.
Smoke plumes rise from a B-52 bomber that crashed shortly after takeoff at a U.S. Air Force base in Southern California, Monday, June 15, 2026. (Debbie Reyes Katz via AP Photo)
With the war with Iran hopefully coming to an end, US President Donald Trump and the Board of Peace must now return their full attention to Gaza.
BRUSSELS — European NATO allies have already committed to replacing most of the battlefield kit the U.S. is withdrawing from its allocation to the alliance, NATO chief Mark Rutte said Wednesday.
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima hosted a formal ceremony at the Royal Palace, where the royal couples stood for the Dutch and Japanese national anthems and reviewed a ceremonial guard of honour. Children waving Dutch and Japanese flags gathered outside the palace as the imperial and royal families greeted gue…
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks during a pre-ministerial media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran will immediately take steps to reopen the Strait of Hormuz once a tentative deal with the U.S. to end the war is signed and will be allowed to sell its oil without restrictions, according to leaked copies of an interim agreement that officials say broadly matches the document.
British retirees Jane and Alan Kelvey say they do not want incident in Channel to stop them enjoying their sailing trip
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israel will deepen its cooperation with Somaliland, whose officials denied rumours that the Israeli military is building a base there.
Israeli air strikes have continued to target towns in southern Lebanon despite an agreement between the United States and Iran set to be formally signed on Friday to end the war on all fronts.
Residents said they heard explosions shortly after 2 a.m. before seeing smoke rise from the mosque. According to local imam Mohammad Khasib, 15 to 20 tyres were set on fire inside the ablution area, causing extensive damage to the building. Hebrew graffiti, including the word “revenge” and references to detainees, w…
Images show Israeli military using six companies’ bulldozers and excavators to demolish south Lebanon villages
Global oil supply and demand will both contract sharply this year as the fallout from the Iran war ripples across products and regions, with only a gradual recovery in Gulf exports and output ahead, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday.
ROME — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni spent years pushing Italy’s post-fascist right toward the political mainstream. Now a former army general is pulling it back.
Palestinians collect their belongings from their evacuated homes after the Israeli army issued a number of short term access permits for residents of the occupied West Bank refugee camp of Tulkarem, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Haunting documentary tells how Syrian academic Annsar Shahoud created an online persona to contact the suspected perpetrator of the Tadamon massacre
A senior Israeli official has questioned whether Israel would have launched its operation against Iran had it known the political consequences in advance amid growing public anger.
With US and Iranian officials preparing to formally sign a memorandum of understanding in Switzerland on Friday, the conflict is entering the much-needed diplomatic phase to avert a potentially disastrous energy cliff. The MoU would open a 60-day negotiating window aimed at ending the war, restoring maritime traffic…
Shares in BMW tumbled to their lowest level in over 5 years on Wednesday after the German carmaker cut its 2026 profit outlook, citing a slowdown in Chinese demand and disruption caused by the Iran war.
Of all the military failures the US has suffered in the past 25 years in the Middle East, the Iran war is probably the most consequential.
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Palestinian terrorists released during hostage-ceasefire deals should be allowed to return to the territories to reunite with their families, officials from the Palestinian Liberation Organization asserted online last week.
There is no Israeli military presence in Somaliland and no talks for Israel to open a base there, Somaliland's Defense Minister Mohamed Yusef Ali told Reuters on Wednesday.