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Iran 21 hrs ago

Iran releases video of new ballistic missile being test-fired

Iran’s state media showed video Friday of the successful test-launch of a new ballistic missile capable of reaching portions of the Middle East, including Israel.

United Kingdom 17 mins ago

'Acid attack' at London mall injures at least 6 people, police say

A group of men sprayed a "noxious substance" at shoppers in London Saturday night, injuring at least six people, police said.

World 28 mins ago

Pakistan says Indian fire in Kashmir kills girl

Pakistan says Indian troops have fired across the Line of Control in the disputed Kashmir region, killing a young girl and wounding two other people.

World 1 hr ago

Iraq's Kurds to vote on independence amid fears of unrest

"For the sake of the sacrifices and blood of the martyrs, let's all say yes for Kurdistan independence," reads a large billboard in the center of Kalak, a small town in Iraq's ...

World 1 hr ago

Iranian Guard drills near Iraq ahead of Kurdish referendum

Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard has begun a military exercise in the northwestern Kurdish region near the Iraqi border ahead of a Kurdish independence referendum in the ...

World 1 hr ago

Thousands rally across Catalonia for independence from Spain

Thousands of Catalan separatists are rallying in public squares in Barcelona and other towns in support of a disputed referendum on independence of the northeastern region from ...

World 1 hr ago

Turkish FM visits 2 Turks jailed in the US for May brawl

Turkey's top diplomat has visited two Turks imprisoned in the United States for their alleged involvement in an infamous brawl that has raised tensions between the two countries.

ENVIRONMENT 1 hr ago

More than 34,000 flee Bali volcano amid eruption fears

Officials say more than 34,000 people have fled the region around a volcano on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali, fearing it will erupt for the first time in more than half a ...

World 2 hrs ago

UN official: Global community must step up Rohingya aid

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said Sunday that the exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to Bangladesh is "the most urgent refugee emergency in the world" ...

White House 2 hrs ago

Trump is right, Newsweek. Socialism doesn't work

Trump’s speech, optimistic and pro-American as it was, falls in the mainstream of American presidential tradition. Indeed, it is the stuff of a Truman or a Reagan.

White House 2 hrs ago

Peggy Noonan: Will Trump's bracing clarity make things better or worse?

I’m not sure President Trump’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly has been fairly judged or received.

World 4 hrs ago

Bangladesh coastal town a place of Rohingya hope and tragedy

From a distance you can see elegantly carved wooden boats bob gently in the waters that surround this coastal town at Bangladesh's southern tip.

World 4 hrs ago

France: Macron's party faces likely blow in Senate elections

French President Emmanuel Macron's unconventional political party is fighting to make its mark on the Senate in elections for half the seats in the upper house.