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US House successfully passes bills to aid Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan

Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives on Saturday quickly passed legislation to provide to Ukraine and Israel, bolster Taiwan while also threatening a ban on TikTok if it fails to divest from Beijing.

Germany to send new frigate to protect ships in Red Sea

Germany said Saturday it will send a new frigate to the Red Sea in August to help secure maritime traffic, disrupted for months due to attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

Hearings end in 'Panama Papers' money-laundering trial

Hearings in the money-laundering trial of the heads of the now-defunct law firm Mossack Fonseca, the epicenter of the global "Panama Papers" scandal, concluded on Friday in the Panamanian capital.

Biden avoids a further Mideast spiral as Israel and Iran show restraint. But for how long?

US President Joe Biden can breathe a bit easier, at least for the moment, now that Israel and Iran appear to have stepped back from the brink of tipping the Middle East into all-out war.

Indians vote in the first phase of the world's largest election as Modi seeks a third term

Millions of Indians began voting in a six-week election that's a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist prime minister who has championed an assertive brand of Hindu nationalist politics and is seeking a rare third term as the country's leader.

As Russia edges toward a possible offensive on Kharkiv, some residents flee

A 79-year-old woman makes the sign of the cross and, gripping her cane, leaves her home in a quaint village in northeast Ukraine.

'Bombing' hits Iraq military base: Security sources

Several people were wounded in a "bombing" overnight on an Iraqi military base housing a coalition of pro-Iranian armed groups, two security sources said early Saturday.

Calls for calm after reported Israeli strike on Iran

World leaders appealed for calm Friday after reported Israeli retaliation against Iran added to months of tense spillover from the war in Gaza, with Iranian state media reporting explosions in a central province.

Israel and Iran's apparent strikes and counterstrikes give new insights into both militaries

Israel demonstrated its military dominance over adversary Iran in its apparent precision strikes that hit near military and nuclear targets deep in the heart of the country, meeting the little significant challenge from Iran's defences and providing the world with new insights into both militaries' capabilities.

Iraq's prime minister heads to Michigan to meet Arab Americans at a tense time for the Middle East

The leader of Iraq travelled to Michigan on Thursday following a sit-down with President Joe Biden to meet with the state's large Iraqi community and update them on escalating tensions in the Middle East following Iran’s weekend retaliatory aerial assault on Israel.

Indians vote in the first phase of the world's largest election as Modi seeks a third term

Millions of Indians began voting Friday in a six-week election that's a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist prime minister who has championed an assertive brand of Hindu nationalist politics and is seeking a rare third term as the country's leader.

Kenya military chopper crash kills defence chief, senior officers

Kenya's defence chief and nine other top brass died on Thursday in a military helicopter crash in a remote area of the country, President William Ruto said.

At UN, Iran says it will make Israel 'regret' reprisals

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Thursday warned that Tehran would make Israel "regret" any attack on his country in response to the Islamic republic's weekend barrage of missiles and drones.

Once a fringe Indian ideology, Hindu nationalism is now mainstream, thanks to Modi's decade in power

Hindu nationalism, once a fringe ideology in India, is now mainstream. Nobody has done more to advance this cause than Prime Minister Narendra Modi, one of India’s most beloved and polarizing political leaders.

Iran warns Israel against attacking nuclear sites

A senior Revolutionary Guards general threatened on Thursday to target Israel's "nuclear facilities" if it strikes Iranian atomic sites, state media reported, anticipating retaliation for Tehran's unprecedented weekend attack.

Iran's President Raisi to visit Pakistan next week despite tensions in the Middle East

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Pakistan as scheduled next week despite increasing tension in the Middle East in the wake of Tehran's retaliatory aerial attack on Israel, Pakistan's foreign minister said Thursday.

Sydney teen accused of stabbing 2 clerics showed no signs of radicalization, Muslim leader says

A 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing two Christian clerics during a Sydney church service might have “anger management and behavioural issues” and a “short fuse” but had shown no signs of being radicalized, a community leader said Thursday after authorities declared the stabbing a terrorist attack.

Israel delays response on Iran's offensive for the second time: Axios

Israel considered conducting a retaliatory strike against Iran on Monday night but eventually decided to postpone it, five Israeli and American sources told Axios.

Russia reports downing 5 Ukrainian military balloons in Kyiv's latest apparent war innovation

Russian air defences downed what authorities described as five Ukrainian balloons overnight, the defence ministry in Moscow said Thursday, as the sides kept up long-range strikes that have featured heavily in what has largely become a war of attrition.

Poland's president becomes the latest leader to visit Trump as allies eye possible return

Former President Donald Trump met Wednesday in New York with Polish President Andrzej Duda, the latest in a series of meetings with foreign leaders as Europe braces for the possibility of a second Trump term.

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