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US to hand over centre at Baghdad airport: Iraqi FM
Sep 24, 2026 (AFP)
The United States will transfer to Iraq a diplomatic and logistics hub at Baghdad airport that was repeatedly targeted by Iran-backed groups during the Middle E...
UAE bars Iranian airline flights as US sanctions bite
Sep 24, 2026 (AFP)
The United Arab Emirates said on Thursday it would no longer accept flights by Iranian airlines as it joins US sanctions aimed at raising economic pressure duri...
Pakistan confirms Afghan strikes after resident says Kandahar hit
Sep 24, 2026 (AFP)
An overnight airstrike hit the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, home to the Taliban government's supreme leader, a resident told AFP early Thursday.
North Korea to keep nuclear weapons 'forever': foreign minister
Sep 24, 2026 (AFP)
North Korea will keep its nuclear weapons "forever", its foreign minister vowed Thursday, dismissing the South Korean president's renewed calls for a denucleari...
Saudi reports fresh Houthi attacks as France offers military support
Sep 24, 2026 (AFP)
Saudi Arabia intercepted Houthi ballistic missiles on Thursday after issuing warnings for several regions including Mecca, as France vowed to send "military mea...
Pakistan confirms Afghan strikes after resident says Kandahar hit
Sep 24, 2026 (AFP)
An overnight airstrike hit the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, home to the Taliban government's supreme leader, a resident told AFP early Thursday.
Marine mammals die after move from defunct Canada theme park
Sep 24, 2026 (AFP)
A growing number of marine mammals have died after being transferred out of a shuttered Canadian theme park, with a dolphin in Spain becoming the latest victim.
Costa Rica minister fired for attending Trump meeting without telling president
Sep 24, 2026 (AFP)
Costa Rica's President Laura Fernandez on Thursday fired her foreign minister for attending a meeting on Latin America's security led by US President Donald Tru...
Swiss voters expected to shun stricter neutrality
Sep 24, 2026 (AFP)
The Swiss will vote Sunday on a heavily debated proposal to tighten their country's traditional neutrality, amid fears that an expected "no" could be interprete...
Saudi reports fresh Houthi attacks as France offers military support
Sep 24, 2026 (AFP)
Saudi Arabia intercepted Houthi ballistic missiles on Thursday after issuing warnings for several regions including Mecca, as France vowed to send "military mea...
Macron says US diesel ban would be 'bad' decision
Sep 24, 2026 (AFP)
France's President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said any ban on US diesel exports backed by President Donald Trump would be a "bad" decision, including for the U...
Colombians in Santa Marta stay inside after violence wracks the city
Sep 24, 2026 (AFP)
Stores and schools closed and drivers mostly stayed off the roads Wednesday as the Colombian city of Santa Marta limped back to normal after a wave of drug-gang...
Airstrike hits Afghanistan's Kandahar city: resident
Sep 23, 2026 (AFP)
An airstrike hit the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Thursday, home to the Taliban government's supreme leader, a resident told AFP.
President tells Trump that Iran will never 'bend at the knee'
Sep 23, 2026 (AFP)
Iran's president struck a defiant tone at the UN on Wednesday where he spoke for the first time since Washington and Israel launched an all-out war on his count...
CORRECTED: Uneasy calm returns to Colombia's violence-hit Santa Marta
Sep 23, 2026 (AFP)
Stores and schools closed and drivers mostly stayed off the roads Wednesday as the Colombian city of Santa Marta limped back to normal after a wave of drug-gang...
N. Korea test-fires guided rocket artillery: KCNA
Sep 23, 2026 (AFP)
North Korea conducted tests this week of "updated 240 mm-calibre controlled multiple-launch rockets", state media reported Thursday.
US-backed Board of Peace unveils $2.5bn Gaza recovery plan
Sep 23, 2026 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace announced a $2.45 billion Gaza recovery plan on Wednesday at a meeting of its members and stakeholders, in an effort ...
Yemen's Houthis to target US interests if it supports Saudi-led strikes, military adviser tells AFP
Sep 23, 2026 (AFP)
A Houthi military adviser told AFP that the group would attack US interests in the Middle East if Washington intervenes in Yemen's conflict in support of Saudi ...
Several Niger soldiers killed in fighting near Mali: ministry
Sep 23, 2026 (AFP)
Several soldiers in Niger's army were killed on Wednesday in fighting with "heavily armed" men near the Malian border, an area plagued by jihadist violence, acc...
Turkey to hand over military base to Iraq
Sep 23, 2026 (AFP)
Turkey will hand over control of its base in Bashiqa in northern Iraq to Baghdad, the Turkish presidency announced Wednesday in a joint statement with its neigh...
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