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WorldAnalysts say Donald Trump may step up efforts to restart talks with North Korea's Kim Jong Un after his party's midterm defeat, but Pyongyang shows little appetite for negotiations and US allies fear being sidelined.
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WorldTurkey's parliament has ratified the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia by 279 votes to 119, binding the three countries to treat an attack on one as an attack on all.
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WorldUS President Donald Trump has warned that the United States may have to "destroy the rest of Iran", telling reporters "you'll know soon enough" as Qatari mediators shuttle nuclear proposals between Washington and Tehran.
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WorldCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom has commuted every death sentence in the state — 548 in total — to life in prison without parole, in the largest mass commutation in American history.
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WorldParaguay President Santiago Peña resigned on Thursday after the collapse of Ueno Bank left millions of customers unable to access their money, as Congress voted to impeach him.
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WorldA tanker was hit by two unidentified projectiles about 50 nautical miles north of Qatar, the British maritime agency UKMTO said. The vessel was not identified and the crew's condition is unknown.
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WorldSix people have died and seven more were injured in a Brooklyn house fire that tore through a two-story home in the city's Sunset Park neighbourhood early on Thursday, the New York City Fire Department said.
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WorldChina has sent three special envoys on shuttle diplomacy to seven countries across the Gulf, the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa, after a day of high-level meetings in Beijing.
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WorldWith the 2026 midterms over, a wide field of Democrats is positioning for the 2028 presidential race, with governors, senators and former candidates building national profiles and no clear frontrunner yet.
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WorldIran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has warned that any renewed US attack would draw a far wider response, dismissing hopes that the Democrats' midterm victory will soften Washington's stance.
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WorldNorth Korea has test-fired a newly designed air-defence missile system and staged a long-range cruise missile drill, state media KCNA reported on Thursday, 5 November 2026.
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WorldNew Zealand votes on Saturday in an election too close to call, with final polls putting National narrowly ahead of Labour and the centrist Opportunity Party poised to decide who governs.
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