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Trump says nations trading with Iran will face 25% U.S. tariffs

President Donald Trump said that any country which does business with Iran will face a tariff rate of 25% on trade with the U.S., as Washington weighs a response to the situation in Iran which is seeing its biggest anti-government protes...

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U.S. invests in counter-drone tech to protect FIFA World Cup venues

The United States Department of Homeland Security says it will invest $115 million in counter-drone measures to strengthen security for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Ram Nabong reports.

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Ethiopia begins $12.5 billion construction of 'Africa's biggest airport'

Ethiopian Airlines on Saturday officially started a $12.5 billion construction project for what officials say will be Africa's biggest airport when completed in 2030 in the Ethiopian town of Bishoftu.

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UK investigates Musk's X over Grok sexual deepfakes

Britain will bring into effect a law criminalizing the creation of non-consensual intimate images this week, technology minister Liz Kendall told parliament after regulator Ofcom launched an investigation into Elon Musk's X.

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Uganda election could be story of violence and succession

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni is widely expected to win a presidential election on Thursday (January 15) but political observers are still paying attention to what the vote could tell us about succession.

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Iran says communication open with U.S. after weekend of protests

Iran said on Monday (January 12) it is keeping communications open with the U.S. as President Donald Trump weighed responses to a violent crackdown on protests that have posed one of the biggest challenges to clerical rule since the 1979...

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Landmark Myanmar Rohingya genocide case opens at UN's top court

A landmark case accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against minority Muslim Rohingya opened at the United Nations' top court on Monday (January 12). Gambia told judges that Myanmar targeted minority Muslim Rohingya for destruction an...

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Thousands without heating as Russia bombards Ukraine's energy grid

Thousands in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv were still without heating on Sunday (January 11) following a devastating Russian attack early on Friday (January 9), local authorities said. Elderly residents are finding ways to cope with tempera...

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DHS to send more officers to Minnesota after ICE shooting protests

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Sunday (January 11) that the Department of Homeland Security is sending "hundreds" more officers to Minnesota, following nationwide protests over the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good las...

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Trump says no more Venezuelan oil or money will go to Cuba

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said no more Venezuelan oil or money will go to Cuba and suggested the Communist-run island should strike a deal with Washington, ramping up pressure on the long-time U.S. nemesis and provoking defia...

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Syrian army tries to dislodge last Kurdish fighters from Aleppo

Dozens of Kurdish fighters left Aleppo on Saturday, security sources told Reuters, but the army said it was still working to clear a remaining group of hardened fighters in the Sheikh Maksoud district after a ceasefire failed to end days...

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'Gut-wrenching': Australian bushfires expected to burn for weeks

Human remains were found in Australia's southeast where bushfires raging for days have razed buildings, cut power to thousands of homes and burned swaths of bushland, police said. The blazes are burning out of control during a summer hea...

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Iran authorities signal intensified crackdown as unrest grows

Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned on Saturday that safeguarding security was a "red line" and the military vowed to protect public property, as the clerical establishment stepped up efforts to quell the most widespread protests in years.

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Trump urges U.S. oil giants to repair Venezuela's energy industry

U.S. President Donald Trump began a meeting to discuss Venezuela with executives from some of the world's largest oil companies at the White House, saying he wants them to invest $100 billion in the country to vastly expand its production.

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Poland worried about tensions in NATO over Greenland, says Tusk

Poland's prime minister is worried about the strain the United States' threat to take over Greenland is putting on NATO, he said, adding that as a loyal ally Warsaw should be honest with Washington about its concerns.

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Russia fires hypersonic missile at Ukraine target near NATO border

Russia fired a powerful hypersonic missile overnight at a target in Ukraine near the border with NATO-member Poland, in what Kyiv's European allies described as an attempt to intimidate them from supporting Ukraine.

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Israeli strikes kill 11 in Gaza as truce progress looks shaky

Israeli strikes killed at least 11 Palestinians in separate strikes in the Gaza Strip, medics said, in what the military said came in response to a failed rocket attack by militants in the enclave. The two sides have traded accusations o...

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U.S. Senate advances measure curbing Trump's Venezuela war powers

The U.S. Senate advanced a resolution that would bar President Donald Trump from further military action against Venezuela without congressional authorization, a rare rebuke of the Republican leader.

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CES 2026: Smart scales, robots, and AI soulmates

This year's Consumer Electronics Show, or CES 2026, is bringing artificial intelligence out of the cloud and into everyday life. From body scans for preventative health, to kick-boxing humanoids and life-like picture frames, AI is front ...

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Saudi coalition says separatist leader fled Yemen with UAE help

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said that the United Arab Emirates had spirited a separatist leader out of the country by boat in a dramatic twist to a rift between the Gulf powers, as Saudi-backed forces advanced to the port of Aden af...

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Trump administration mulls paying Greenlanders to join U.S.

U.S. officials have discussed sending lump sum payments to Greenlanders as part of a bid to convince them to secede from Denmark and potentially join the United States, according to four sources familiar with the matter.

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Chevron in talks with U.S. on wider Venezuela oil license

Oil producer Chevron is in talks with the U.S. government to expand a key license to operate in Venezuela so it can increase crude exports to its own refineries and sell to other buyers, four sources close to the negotiations said.

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Israel bars some aid workers from Gaza as groups face suspension

Israel said it had barred entry to Gaza of foreign medical and humanitarian staff whose organizations were ordered to cease operations unless they register employee details with Israeli authorities and meet other new rules.

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India plans to scrap curbs on Chinese firms, sources say

India's finance ministry plans to scrap five-year-old restrictions on Chinese firms bidding for government contracts, two sources said, as New Delhi seeks to revive commercial ties in an environment of eased diplomatic and border tensions.

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NASA mulls early ISS crew return due to astronaut medical issue

NASA is considering a rare early return of its crew from the International Space Station over an unspecified medical issue involving one of the astronauts, after canceling a planned spacewalk that had been scheduled for Thursday (January...

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Lucid, Nuro and Uber unveil robotaxi at CES ahead of 2026 launch

Lucid Group, Nuro and Uber debuted their planned robotaxi at CES in Las Vegas, marking a key step toward commercial deployment for the autonomous vehicle partnership.

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Brazil surpasses U.S. as top beef producer

Brazil surpassed the U.S. as the world's top beef producer last year, according to market estimates, after the South American country beat output forecasts by hundreds of thousands of tons, easing a global supply squeeze and helping limi...

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Thousands flee Aleppo as government and Kurdish forces clash again

Fierce fighting resumed in Syria's northern city of Aleppo between government forces and Kurdish fighters for a second day on Wednesday (January 7), sending thousands of civilians fleeing and leaving at least four people dead.

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Yemen separatist leader skips crisis talks amid Saudi-UAE tensions

The leader of Yemen's southern separatists failed to board a flight to Riyadh for crisis talks on Wednesday (January 7), adding uncertainty to efforts to contain a military escalation that has caused a major rift between Saudi Arabia and...

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U.S. seizes Venezuela-linked oil tanker after weeks-long pursuit

The U.S. seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker that was being shadowed by a Russian submarine on Wednesday (Jan. 7), after a more than two-week-long pursuit across the Atlantic as part of a U.S. "blockade" of Venezuelan oil exports.

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