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Iran says Strait of Hormuz shut as US-Iran talks set for Sunday in Switzerland
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Iran says Strait of Hormuz shut as US-Iran talks set for Sunday in Switzerland

American negotiators are set to meet with an Iranian delegation in Switzerland Sunday. But fighting in Lebanon and a new claim about a closure of the Strait of...

Trump and Italy's Giorgia Meloni used to be buds. But a rift is widening
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Trump and Italy's Giorgia Meloni used to be buds. But a rift is widening

"Italy and I do not beg," Meloni said in a video rebuke posted on social media Friday. Italy's top diplomat, meanwhile, said he was cancelling a visit to the U....

'Completely made up': Italy's PM on Trump's comments she begged him for photo
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'Completely made up': Italy's PM on Trump's comments she begged him for photo

Italian Prime ​Minister Giorgia Meloni has accused Donald Trump of making up a story about her, after ‌the US president told an Italian TV channel that she had...

US-Iran talks in Switzerland canceled. And, DHS to give police facial recognition app
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US-Iran talks in Switzerland canceled. And, DHS to give police facial recognition app

The U.S.-Iran talks that were set to happen in Switzerland have been canceled. And, the Department of Homeland Security has plans to give some local police acce...

Labour's Andy Burnham wins a special election, setting up a showdown with Starmer to lead Britain
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Labour's Andy Burnham wins a special election, setting up a showdown with Starmer to lead Britain

Labour's Andy Burnham, the current mayor of Greater Manchester, has won a special election for a seat in Parliament that puts him in a position to challenge emb...

US strike on an alleged drug boat kills 3 in the eastern Pacific Ocean
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US strike on an alleged drug boat kills 3 in the eastern Pacific Ocean

The latest attack brings the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes by the U.S. military to at least 211 since the Trump administration began tar...

Secretary of Defense Hegseth scolds NATO allies — again
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Secretary of Defense Hegseth scolds NATO allies — again

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blasts NATO allies as a "paper tiger" while launching a six-month review of U.S. troop deployments in Europe and pressing for Eur...

Read the full text of Trump's preliminary U.S.-Iran agreement to end the war
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Read the full text of Trump's preliminary U.S.-Iran agreement to end the war

Here is the text of the memorandum of understanding that was signed Wednesday by President Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, as well as Pakistan's...

Ukraine hits a Moscow oil refinery and other sites in a large-scale drone attack
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Ukraine hits a Moscow oil refinery and other sites in a large-scale drone attack

Ukraine launched a new wave of drone attacks on Russia early Thursday, amounting to one of the largest attacks on the Russian capital since the Kremlin ordered...

Report: Russia's nuclear-powered 'Skyfall' missile is dirty and dangerous
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Report: Russia's nuclear-powered 'Skyfall' missile is dirty and dangerous

MIT researchers think they've worked out exactly how Russia's Burevestnik nuclear-powered missile flies. "It's almost certainly a terrible idea," one analyst sa...

Trump signs agreement with Iran. And, the president's approval hits record lows
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Trump signs agreement with Iran. And, the president's approval hits record lows

Trump signed a preliminary agreement with Iran yesterday to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz. And, the president's approval rating has hit a record low...

Hegseth announces in Brussels a review of U.S. forces in Europe, and a 'NATO 3.0'
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Hegseth announces in Brussels a review of U.S. forces in Europe, and a 'NATO 3.0'

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lashed out at NATO allies on Thursday, announcing a review of American forces in Europe, and calling for a reboot of the org...

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