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How the shape of a map can determine the US midterm elections
19 May 2026Before the 2026 midterms, at least eight states – California, Florida, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, ...
Trump says Xi assured him China would not send weapons to Iran
19 May 2026United States President Donald Trump says Chinese leader Xi Jinping has assured him that Beijing would not send weapons ...
At least one killed, 21 wounded in car bomb explosion in Syria’s Damascus
19 May 2026A car bomb explosion near a Syrian Defence Ministry building in Damascus has killed at least one soldier and wounded mor...
Security guards face probe after last week’s Philippine Senate shooting
19 May 2026Philippine authorities are investigating Senate security officers who discharged their weapons without provocation while...
Pakistan sentences man to death for killing TikTok star Sana Yousaf
19 May 2026A court in Pakistan has sentenced Umar Hayat, 23, to death for murdering a 17-year-old TikTok and Instagram influencer w...
US extends sanctions waiver on Russian oil: Why it matters
19 May 2026The United States has announced another 30-day extension of a sanctions waiver for countries buying Russian oil and petr...
Why has FIFA not signed a World Cup broadcast deal in India?
19 May 2026New Delhi, India — When Argentina’s Gonzalo Montiel converted a penalty to seal his country’s third FIFA World Cup...
Trump says Iran attack on ‘hold’: What we know about latest negotiations
19 May 2026United States President Donald Trump says he has decided to pause an attack on Iran at the behest of Gulf leaders after...
Israeli far-right minister Smotrich says ICC seeks his arrest
19 May 2026News|Israel-Palestine conflict Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said he was informed that the I...
Who was Amin Abdullah, the ‘hero’ guard killed in San Diego shooting?
19 May 2026A security guard at the Islamic Center in San Diego, California, has been hailed as a “hero” after he was killed whi...
