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    Rubio meets Russia's Lavrov in Manila to try to revive prospect of US helping end war in Ukraine

    MANILA — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday in the Philippines for talks where he was expected to renew the prospect of the U.S. trying to broker an end to the war in Ukraine. The U.S. and Russia did not immediately provide details of the meeting on the sidelines of an annual gathering by foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Manila. Three days of closed-door talks that started Tuesday have focused on the resurgent war in the Middle East , the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and, closer to home, the South China Sea, where a new clash flared Thursday. U.S. efforts to broker an end to the Russia-Ukraine war have dropped off as indirect talks stalled and the Iran war took center stage. Renewed strikes by Washington and Tehran have been intensifying after an interim ceasefire deal collapsed. Rubio told reporters in Manila on Wednesday that he plans to raise the conflict in Ukraine with Lavrov, saying that the U.S. remained open to playing a role in ending the conflict “if that opportunity presents it

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    Rubio meets Russia's Lavrov in Manila to try to revive prospect of US helping end war in Ukraine
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    US stocks tumble as Brent oil tops $100

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    US stocks tumble as Brent oil tops $100
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    Despite improved food security in Gaza, gains remain fragile as warning signs keep mounting

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    Despite improved food security in Gaza, gains remain fragile as warning signs keep mounting
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    India protest movement holds capital sit-in as police crack down on demonstrators

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    India protest movement holds capital sit-in as police crack down on demonstrators
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    Houthis say they attacked Saudi tankers in Red Sea, threatening new chokepoint in Iran war

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    Houthis say they attacked Saudi tankers in Red Sea, threatening new chokepoint in Iran war
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Lindsey Graham draws tributes for his support of Ukraine, trans-Atlantic ties and Israel

Leaders of NATO allies, Ukraine and Israel paid tribute to U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham as a friend, partner and advocate of trans-Atlantic ties on Sunday, praising a figure who was a constant presence on the global foreign policy scene before and during the era of President Donald Trump. The Republican senator had visited Ukraine just before his death and announced an agreement on Friday with the Trump administration to move forward on a package of sanctions against Russia. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Graham, whom he met twice in the past week, visited Ukraine 10 times since Russia began its full-scale invasion in 2022, and “was here with our people when it was most needed.” He said that “Lindsey was a true defender of freedom and the values that make our world safer.” NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Graham was “a powerful advocate for America who believed strongly in the NATO Alliance and was actively working to bring an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine.” Rutte's predecessor, Jens Stoltenberg, lauded the South Carolina senator's “tireless commitment

Jul 12, 2026By AP
Lindsey Graham draws tributes for his support of Ukraine, trans-Atlantic ties and Israel
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US senator and Trump ally Lindsey Graham dies at 71

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, a key Republican who went from a vocal critic of Donald Trump to one of his most loyal allies on Capitol Hill after Trump became president, has died at age 71. The South Carolina lawmaker died after a "brief and sudden illness," his office posted on X early on Sunday. U.S. media said emergency personnel had responded to a call for cardiac arrest at his Capitol Hill home on Saturday night. Graham, just back from a trip to Ukraine, had been scheduled to appear on the “Meet the Press” interview program on Sunday morning, the network said. Shortly after his death was announced, Trump called Graham "one of the greatest people and senators I have ever known" and a hard-working patriot. During the 2016 campaign, in which Graham was among many Republicans who lost the presidential nomination to Trump, he posted on social media: "If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed ... and we will deserve it." Graham told CNN in 2015 that Trump was "a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot,” adding, "He doesn’t represent my party. He doesn’t represent the values th

Jul 12, 2026By Reuters
US senator and Trump ally Lindsey Graham dies at 71
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Qatar's former leader Hamad bin Khalifa dies: statement

DOHA — The Qatari government on Sunday announced the death of former leader Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani, who led the country from 1995 to 2013. "With hearts steadfast in faith in God's decree and destiny, the Bureau of the Emir mourns the great loss to the nation of the late — may God have mercy on him — His Highness the Father Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani," read a statement published by the emir's office on social media. Thani was seen as one of the key architects of modern Qatar and led the country during a period of rapid economic growth. During his time in office, the international broadcaster Al Jazeera was launched in 1996, following a decree issued by the former emir.

Jul 12, 2026By AFP
Qatar's former leader Hamad bin Khalifa dies: statement
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Typhoon Bavi batters eastern China, threatens days of heavy rain

WENZHOU, China — Typhoon Bavi, the most powerful storm to strike mainland China this year, brought heavy rainfall to the eastern coast on Sunday and lashed densely populated cities with violent winds, testing the country's ability to cope with extreme weather. Bavi had weakened by Sunday morning to a tropical storm as it pushed inland, but forecasters warned that the France-sized storm system could unleash prolonged and widespread rainfall across eastern and northern China in the coming days. Nearly 2 million people were evacuated ahead of Bavi's arrival, mostly in Zhejiang province, an economic and technological powerhouse in the world's second-largest economy. Bavi struck Zhejiang's coastal city of Yuhuan at around 11:20 p.m. (1520 GMT) on Saturday before making a second landfall in Yueqing, part of the city of Wenzhou, at around midnight. "When it made landfall last night, the winds were very strong," Yueqing resident Li Liangxing told Reuters. "We could hear roof tiles and tree branches falling. Of course we were scared, but we live by the sea, so we're used to it." Gesturing toward

Jul 12, 2026By Reuters
Typhoon Bavi batters eastern China, threatens days of heavy rain
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US, UK, 12 other nations reaffirm 2016 ruling invalidating China's claims in South China Sea

MANILA, Philippines — The United States, United Kingdom and a dozen other Western and Asian countries reasserted on Sunday that China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea are illegal based on a 2016 arbitration ruling. A joint statement issued by the nations said they rejected “destabilizing” actions in the disputed waters that threaten regional peace. The announcement commemorated a July 12, 2016, arbitration ruling by a tribunal established in The Hague under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, saying the landmark decision is “a significant milestone and is final, legally binding and definitive.” China refused to join the arbitration initiated by the Philippines in 2013 after a tense standoff in the contested waters a year earlier that ended with Beijing effectively seizing a disputed shoal. Beijing rejected the 2016 ruling and continues to defend its claims to virtually the entire sea passage, a key global trade route that has long been feared as one of Asia’ most active flashpoints. The areas has been the scene of repeated territorial standoffs inv

Jul 12, 2026By AP
US, UK, 12 other nations reaffirm 2016 ruling invalidating China's claims in South China Sea
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Shooting near Toronto street festival kills 2, wounds 4

TORONTO — A shooting near a Toronto street festival killed two men and wounded four other people Saturday evening, police said, adding that what initially prompted an active-shooter warning was an exchange of gunfire between two people targeting each other. Toronto Police Deputy Chief Frank Barredo said investigators recovered two firearms after the shooting that was reported at 8:12 p.m. near St. Clair Avenue West and Arlington Avenue, where the Salsa on St. Clair festival was underway. No suspect or suspects had been arrested by the time of a late-night news conference, where Barredo confirmed both of the deceased victims were men. Officers initially urged the public to avoid the area before later announcing the scene had been secured. “There was some concern about an active shooter. That turned out not to be the case,” Barredo said. But the two gunmen involved in the shooting “indiscriminately put vast numbers of people in danger.” Valerie Rodriguez said she was sitting outside a nearby restaurant when people suddenly began screaming and running. “A bunch of people … told

Jul 12, 2026By AP
Shooting near Toronto street festival kills 2, wounds 4
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US launches airstrikes on Iran; Tehran lashes out at Gulf states

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United States attacked Iran early Sunday morning over an Iranian strike on a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz that set the container ship ablaze and forced its crew to abandon it. Iran apparently responded with attacks targeting Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The strait has become the key sticking point in any further negotiations between Iran and the United States to find a permanent end to the war that began back on Feb. 28. About a fifth of all traded oil and natural gas passed through the strait before the war began. Iran’s grip on it during the war led to a global energy crisis, though oil prices have sharply dropped since wartime highs of $120 a barrel. The U.S. military's Central Command said it hit some 140 targets in the strikes, far more than the last two rounds, and went after missile and drone launch sites, ammunition dumps, communication equipment and other sites. The attacks “degrade Iran’s ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial vessels freely transiting the strait," it said. The new crossfire in the

Jul 12, 2026By AP
US launches airstrikes on Iran; Tehran lashes out at Gulf states
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US launches more strikes on Iran after commercial ship struck in Strait of Hormuz

WASHINGTON/DUBAI — The U.S. military said it launched another round of strikes on Iran after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps struck a container ship traveling through the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday. A series of attacks between the U.S. and Iran over the past several days led President Donald Trump to declare the end of a ceasefire meant to halt the fighting that the U.S. and Israel began on February 28, though Trump has left the door open to continued negotiations. Iran said it closed the vital Strait of Hormuz after firing a warning shot that struck a vessel traveling on an unapproved route. It warned that any retaliation over the incident would be met with a "severe response." U.S. Central Command identified the vessel as the M/V GFS Galaxy, a Cyprus-flagged container ship, saying it suffered significant engine-room damage and that a civilian crew member was missing. Strait of Hormuz again the focus of war, diplomacy The war has destabilized the Gulf, while Iran's effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has caused energy prices to surge, fuelling global inflation. Higher pric

Jul 12, 2026By Reuters
US launches more strikes on Iran after commercial ship struck in Strait of Hormuz
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Fate of Strait of Hormuz challenges talks as Trump and Iran's supreme leader trade threats

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran and Oman’s foreign ministers met on Saturday to discuss the Strait of Hormuz that lies between them, after days of Iranian attacks on ships and U.S. retaliation that dealt a blow to the interim deal to end the war. Iran’s new supreme leader, still unseen since the war began, vowed in his first statement since the funeral of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that Iranians would avenge his killing in the war’s opening strikes on Feb. 28. Such revenge “is the will of our nation and must certainly be carried out,” Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a statement carried on state television, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened more missile attacks. Oman said it and Iran agreed to keep talking about the crucial waterway “at the technical and political levels,” a day after the United States called on Iran to publicly say the crucial waterway is open and ships won’t be attacked. Iran accuses Washington of violating the interim deal Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said he met with his counterpart in Oman to discuss “

Jul 12, 2026By AP
Fate of Strait of Hormuz challenges talks as Trump and Iran's supreme leader trade threats
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Iran's IRGC navy says Strait of Hormuz closed until further notice, state media reports

Iran's Revolutionary Guards navy said early on Sunday it had closed the Strait of Hormuz until further notice after firing a warning shot at a vessel it said had attempted to transit along an unapproved route, state media reported.

Jul 12, 2026By Reuters
Iran's IRGC navy says Strait of Hormuz closed until further notice, state media reports
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