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UN peacekeeping crisis: Funding, personnel at 25-year low, report warns Submitted by Yasmine El-Sabawi on Wed, 05/27/2026 - 18:48 The Trump administration has been withholding payments to the United Nations…
May 29, 2026
· 7 min read
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EU says more ships needed to secure Strait of Hormuz EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says securing freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz after the US-Israel war…
May 28, 2026
· 1 min read
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WASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. said on Thursday it has imposed new sanctions on Iran's military oil trade, even as Washington and Tehran reached a tentative agreement to…
May 28, 2026
· 1 min read
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Qatar emir and Trump discuss diplomacy and Iran talks Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani discussed regional developments in a phone call with US President Donald Trump, according to…
May 28, 2026
· 1 min read
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WIENER NEUSTADT, Austria, May 28 (Reuters) - An Austrian court on Thursday sentenced a 21-year-old who admitted planning a foiled Islamist attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in…
May 28, 2026
· 1 min read
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Bessent says oil prices could fall quickly after Hormuz deal US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says oil prices could drop rapidly once an agreement is reached with Iran to reopen…
May 28, 2026
· 1 min read
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Bessent says Oman has ‘no plans’ to impose Hormuz tolls US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Oman’s ambassador to Washington, Talal Alrahbi, assured him the Gulf state has “no plans…
May 28, 2026
· 1 min read
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Former truck driver Jonathan Loadholt pleaded guilty to money laundering and stalking in the plot targeting activist Masih Alinejad.
May 28, 2026
· 1 min read
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Bessent says US and Iran still ‘going back and forth’ in talks US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington and Tehran are still “going back and forth” in negotiations, but…
May 28, 2026
· 1 min read
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Hezbollah says it attacked Israeli troops in Biyyada and Rashaf In a series of posts on Telegram, Hezbollah said it carried out two attacks targeting Israeli soldiers gathered in the…
May 28, 2026
· 1 min read
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UN expert says adding Israel to sexual violence blacklist is ‘long overdue’ Reem Alsalem, the United Nations special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, says the decision to add…
May 28, 2026
· 1 min read
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By Andreea Popescu and Rami AyyubJERUSALEM, May 28 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he had directed Israel's military to take more of Gaza, initially by seizing…
May 28, 2026
· 1 min read