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Trump's on-again-off-again war against Iran: in his own words
Aug 02, 2026 (AFP)
Donald Trump has made some of the most aggressive public threats about military action of any modern US president. He has walked back many of them too.
Sri Lanka deploys troops after prison riot
Aug 02, 2026 (AFP)
Sri Lanka deployed hundreds of troops and elite commandos on Sunday to contain riots at an overcrowded prison in which an inmate was killed and six others woun...
Trump says US, Israel to hold off on Iran strikes
Aug 02, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States and Israel had agreed to hold off on any new strikes on Iran -- provided a deal to end the months-lo...
Oil prices fall nearly 5% after US announces new Iran talks
Aug 02, 2026 (AFP)
Oil prices tumbled on Monday in early Asia trade after US President Donald Trump announced fresh talks with Iran to end the Middle East war and reopen the Strai...
Iran media denies Trump claim that Tehran asked US not to strike
Aug 02, 2026 (AFP)
Iran's Mehr news agency on Sunday denied President Donald Trump's claim that the Islamic republic asked the United States to refrain from conducting new strikes...
Trump says US, Israel to hold off on Iran strikes
Aug 02, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States and Israel had agreed to hold off on new strikes on Iran -- provided that a deal to end the months-l...
Efforts underway to revive June US-Iran deal: Iranian MP
Aug 02, 2026 (AFP)
An Iranian lawmaker said on Sunday that mediators were seeking to revive a deal that briefly halted the war between Iran and the United States in June.
Trump says new Iran talks to begin Monday after calling off strikes
Aug 02, 2026 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump said that negotiations with Iran will begin Monday after he decided to hold off on new "disastrous" strikes against the Islamic republ...
Tanker off Oman reports explosion near vessel: monitor
Aug 02, 2026 (AFP)
The master of a tanker off the coast of Oman has reported hearing an explosion near the vessel, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Centre repo...
Sri Lanka police say one inmate killed, six wounded in prison riot
Aug 01, 2026 (AFP)
At least one inmate was killed and another six were taken to hospital after a riot at a prison outside Sri Lanka's capital on Saturday, police said.
Israel says killed several Hezbollah fighters in south Lebanon
Aug 01, 2026 (AFP)
The Israeli military said on Saturday that it killed several Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon and that an Israeli soldier was injured there despite a ceas...
Yemen's Houthis deny wanting to charge Bab el-Mandeb Strait tolls
Aug 01, 2026 (AFP)
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Saturday denied seeking to charge ships for passage of the vital Bab al-Mandeb strait.
Turkey, Iraq extend pipeline agreement by a year
Aug 01, 2026 (AFP)
Ankara and Baghdad on Saturday agreed to extend an oil pipeline agreement by one year, just days after a top-level visit by Iraqi Prime Ali al-Zaidi, officials ...
US fighter jet crashes near California military base
Aug 01, 2026 (AFP)
A US F-35 fighter jet crashed Friday near a military base in San Diego, but the pilot was able to eject before impact, officials said.
Nigerien soldiers reported killed in Boko Haram attack
Aug 01, 2026 (AFP)
Around 10 Nigerian soldiers have been killed in an attack by the Boko Haram jihadist group in southeastern Niger, local sources told AFP, with the assault confi...
Tanker struck by 'unknown projectile' off Oman: UKMTO
Aug 01, 2026 (AFP)
An "unknown projectile" struck a tanker off the coast of Oman, a British maritime agency said on Saturday, as the United States and Iran vie for control of the ...
Russian attacks on Kyiv kill 9, wound more than two dozen
Aug 01, 2026 (AFP)
Russian attacks on Ukraine's capital killed at least nine people and wounded more than two dozen others, local officials said on Saturday, with strikes damaging...
Iranian pilgrims flood Iraq for first Arbaeen since war
Aug 01, 2026 (AFP)
Under a blazing sun, clad in black and clutching portraits of their slain leader Ali Khamenei, Iranian pilgrims streamed across the border into Iraq to observe ...
Deadly strikes rock Kyiv, as Ukraine sinks Russian cargo ship
Aug 01, 2026 (AFP)
Russian attacks on Kyiv and its suburbs killed 10 people early Saturday, officials said, as Ukrainian drones sank a huge Russian container ship in the Black Sea...
US embassies urge citizens to 'consider departing' Middle East
Aug 01, 2026 (AFP)
US embassies in several Middle Eastern capitals warned American citizens to beware an "unforeseen escalation" in the regional conflict and urged them to be read...
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