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Turkey, Qatar, Pakistan and Indonesia Sign Defence Cooperation Accord in Doha
Turkey, Qatar, Pakistan and Indonesia have signed a defence cooperation accord in Doha, the Turkish Defence Ministry said on Wednesday, adding another layer to…
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USS Abraham Lincoln Comes Home to San Diego After 322 Days at Sea
Thousands of sailors poured off the USS Abraham Lincoln in San Diego Bay on Thursday to cheers, tears and long-awaited hugs, ending a deployment…
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Houthi Strike on Riyadh Airport Kills Three, Saudi Aviation Authority Says
Strikes by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement on Riyadh’s airport killed three people and injured several others, Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority said Friday. The…
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UN Releases $160 Million for 12 Underfunded Crises, From Sudan to Afghanistan
The United Nations has released $160 million in emergency funding for 12 of the world’s most underfunded humanitarian crises, in a push to reach…
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Hurricane Isaias Nears Category 3 Gulf Landfall Tonight as Tornado Watch Covers the Panhandle
Hurricane Isaias is closing in on the northern Gulf Coast as a major hurricane, with forecasters expecting landfall late tonight between Alabama and the…
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Iran Says Its Hormuz Reopening Offer Is Still on the Table — If the US Lifts the Blockade
Iran's foreign minister says the mid-September offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in seven days still stands — if the US lifts its port blockade and oil sanctions. Washington wants nuclear talks first.
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Trump Heads to Wichita Today as Kansas Senate Race Becomes a Toss-Up
Trump Heads to Wichita Today as Kansas Senate Race Becomes a Toss-Up President Donald Trump is heading to Kansas on Monday to campaign for…
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Brent Touches 10 as Hormuz Attacks Put Energy Markets on Edge
Oil markets flinched hard this week. Brent crude touched $110 a barrel — settling at $109.86, up 3.7 per cent — as a wave…
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OpenAI Fires Three Safety Researchers; Open Letter Warns of Chilling Effect
OpenAI fired safety researchers Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak and Mikita Balesni; their open letter warns the move could chill safety dissent. OpenAI denies retaliation.
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Formula 1 Returns to Africa With 10-Year Rwanda Grand Prix Deal From Early 2030s
Formula 1 will return to Africa with a 10-year Rwanda Grand Prix deal from the early 2030s, racing on a new Bugesera circuit for the first time since 1993.
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WWE Money in the Bank: Penta, Stratton Win Briefcases; Liv Morgan Takes Title
Penta and Tiffany Stratton won the Money in the Bank briefcases in New Orleans while Liv Morgan captured the Women's World Championship in a triple threat.
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Christa Pike Leaves Hospital, Returns to Prison After Botched Execution
Christa Pike has left the hospital and returned to prison after surviving Tennessee's botched Sept. 30 lethal injection, the first known survivor of such an attempt.
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NASA-Japan MMX Mission to Bring Home Phobos Samples; Launch October 19
The Japan-led MMX mission with NASA technology launches Oct. 19 to collect samples from Phobos and return them to Earth, a first for a Martian moon.
