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US and Iran prepare for ceasefire talks as Netanyahu authorizes negotiations with Lebanon
Negotiators from Iran and the U.S. are preparing for high-level talks More »
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Vance sets off to Pakistan to lead talks with Iran as war's ceasefire remains shaky
President Donald Trump is tasking the member of his inner circle who has seemed to be the most reluctant defender of the conflict with Iran to now find a resolution to the war that began six weeks ago More »
Zelenskyy says Ukrainian forces shot down Shahed drones in Middle Eastern countries during Iran war
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian military personnel shot down Iranian-designed Shahed drones in multiple Middle Eastern countries during the Iran war, describing the operations as part of a broader effort to help partners counter the same weapons used by Russia in Ukraine More »
World shares mostly higher and oil gains ahead of planned US-Iran ceasefire talks
World shares are mostly higher tracking Wall Street gains while oil prices have also risen on the fragile Iran war ceasefire and ahead of Iran-U.S. talks that are expected to take place in Pakistan More »
Taiwan's opposition leader meets China's Xi Jinping as both sides call for peace
Taiwan's opposition leader has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, marking the first such encounter in over a decade More »
Hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa dies at age 68
Afrika Bambaataa, a hip-hop pioneer, has died of prostate cancer in Pennsylvania at age 68, according to his lawyer More »
A country-by-country glance at Pope Leo XIV's trip to Africa
Pope Leo XIV’s trip to Africa is so dizzying in its complexity it recalls some of the early globetrotting odysseys of St. John Paul II More »
Trump’s tenuous Iran exit plan isn't healing Republican rifts exposed by the war
President Donald Trump's efforts to exit the war in Iran are causing tension within the Republican Party More »
Man who killed a deputy serving an eviction notice was run over, California sheriff says
Authorities say a man shot and killed a central California sheriff’s deputy while authorities were serving an eviction notice More »
A president and a pope: The world's most influential Americans are at odds over Iran
Donald Trump is accustomed to criticism from coast to coast — Democrats, disaffected Republicans, late-night comedians, protesters More »
