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Iran negotiator claims US midterm results show voters rejected conflict
"We endorse this message," Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf says, as Donald Trump acknowledges the conflict's role in the Republican Party's defeat.
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Taiwan tracks over 100 Chinese ships and record air incursions
Taiwan expressed concern on Tuesday over more than 100 People’s Liberation Army naval vessels and mainland Chinese coastguard ships sailing across the western Pacific, including the Liaoning strike group conducting drills in the Philippine Sea. The maritime deployment overlapped with a sharp spike in PLA aerial activity near the island. Taiwan’s defence ministry reported 49 sorties of PLA aircraft in the 24 hours to 6am on Tuesday, marking the highest single-day total this year. The number...
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Strait of Hormuz tankers hit naval mines and catch fire, Iran military says
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says the vessels had hit sea mines while trying to cross a prohibited route.
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Yoon Suk Yeol receives suspended prison sentence from appellate court in election case
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- An appeals court on Wednesday upheld a suspended priso...
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South Africa municipal elections point to historic slide in ANC support
Party expected to get less than a third of the vote amid frustration over water outages and power cuts The African National Congress is on course for a bruising result in South Africa’s local elections on Wednesday as voters go to the polls amid deep discontent over water outages, power cuts and crumbling infrastructure. The former liberation movement, which Nelson Mandela led to power in 1994 at the end of apartheid as South Africa’s first black president, is still likely to be the largest party. However, polls show it getting less than a third of the vote, down from 45.6% at the last municipal elections in 2021 and 40.2% in 2024’s national elections. Continue reading...
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Donald Trump says US has no current strategy to attack Iran
Nov 3 (Reuters) - The United States has no immediate plans to strike Iran, President Donald Trump told the Financial Times. In an interview with the FT on Tuesday, Trump suggested he was content with the state of the stand-off with Iran. “We seem to be getting everything we want,” Trump said in the six-minute telephone interview. (Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Mexico City; Editing by Chris Reese)
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North Korea launches suspected missile eastward as diplomatic tensions persist
Pyongyang has carried out a series of weapons tests in 2026, including launching one missile that flew more than 900km.
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European passenger flights searched after wave of suspected bomb threats
Planes in Poland, Spain, Bulgaria and Italy have been checked for explosives following separate threats.
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North Korea rejects FBI claims over Binance crypto theft and rules out US talks
Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, said the FBI’s accusation showed “US hostile policy” towards Pyongyang.
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Spain transport minister Óscar Puente steps down following fatal rail crash
At least 69 people were killed and dozens injured in the collision south of the capital, Madrid.
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Greenland parliament approves defense pact expanding US military presence
Greenland’s parliament on Tuesday ratified the Arctic island’s security agreement struck earlier this year with US President Donald Trump, although some opposition party members questioned the deal’s economic value. The US, Denmark and Greenland in September signed the agreement, aimed at ending tensions after Trump’s repeated threats to take control of the strategically located and mineral-rich island, a self-governing Danish territory. The deal expands the US military’s role in Greenland,...
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Volodymyr Zelenskiy scheduled to visit Berlin for talks with German Chancellor
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is to visit Berlin on Tuesday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said.
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Israeli opposition seeks coalition to oust Netanyahu as Arab parties hold balance
The Israeli opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot pledged on Tuesday to form a government quickly to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but remained unclear on how, with divisions over whether to ally with Arab lawmakers. Meeting for the first time since an election a week ago brought an inconclusive result, the five opposition party heads consulted on strategy at a hotel in Herzliya, the tech industry hub north of Tel Aviv where former military chief Eisenkot lives. In a joint statement, the...
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Houthis claim drone strikes targeted two Saudi airports
The Houthi group announced on Monday that it had targeted Dammam Airport in Saudi Arabia with two drones, as part of their ongoing military operations against the kingdom, Reuters reported. The group also claimed to have targeted a military aircraft at Jazan Airport in Saudi Arabia – however, there has been no confirmation from the … The post Houthis announce attacks on Dammam and Jazan airports appeared first on Egypt Independent.
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Kharkiv hospital strike leaves 73 injured as Russian barrage hits power grid
Medical facility was struck by Russian ballistic missiles and aerial bombs overnight.
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