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US judge allows Trump to end thousands of Ethiopians’ deportation protections

  A federal judge allowed U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday to end legal protections granted to over 5,000 Ethiopians that ...

Top Story 19 Aug 2026

Kushner’s talks with Israel, Hamas end without breakthrough on Trump Gaza plan

U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner left Jerusalem on Monday without a breakthrough after two days of talks with Israeli ...

Top Story 19 Aug 2026

Trump claims US has ‘total control’ of Hormuz

  US President Donald Trump has said the United States has “total control” over the Strait of Hormuz and indicated that Washington intends to ret...

Top Story 13 Aug 2026

Credible missile threat led to secret aircraft switch for Trump

A threat that Air Force One could be targeted by a shoulder-fired missile prompted the Secret Service to secretly move President Donald Trump onto a s...

Top Story 13 Aug 2026

Zhu Rongji, Chinese premier who cajoled economy into modern era, dies at 97

  Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, who died on Wednesday aged 97, was never one to mince his words. When the four-volume selection of his speec...

Top Story 13 Aug 2026

Putin says Russia will start seizing European vessels if its ships targeted

  President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia will respond in kind if European countries start to seize Russian merchant vessels and t...

Top Story 13 Aug 2026

More than 100 killed after strongest quake this century hits western Colombia

  More than 100 people were killed after a powerful earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, toppling buildings, damaging hospitals and infr...

Top Story 11 Aug 2026

Iran ties Hormuz reopening to US concessions on several demands

  Iran said it was nearing a final pact with Oman defining new shipping lanes between them through the Strait of Hormuz but repeated that the U.S...

Top Story 10 Aug 2026

Yemen’s Houthis attack Saudi refinery after kingdom signs defence pact

  Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis have attacked Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery, they said on Sunday, two days after the kingdom signed a defence pact...

Top Story 10 Aug 2026

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says up to 50,000 North Korean troops to be deployed in Russia

  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said up to 50,000 North Korean soldiers will be deployed in Russia to fight for Pyongyang’s ally, w...

Top Story 10 Aug 2026