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Ukrainian forces launched a large drone attack on Moscow over the weekend, described by the city's mayor as the largest strike on the Russian capital since the war began. Video coverage shows damage across the region.
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The article previews a planned Washington summit between the Trump administration and Chinese President Xi Jinping, noting that AI and Iran are likely agenda items. It is a brief segment preview featuring a former U.S. ambassador.
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Saudi Arabia had spent months rerouting oil to avoid the Strait of Hormuz, but threats in the Red Sea have disrupted its bypass route. Saudi Aramco is now loading more oil in the Persian Gulf and sending tankers through Hormuz, with some Asian customers told to pick up shipments outside the strait near Oman.
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is traveling to New York for the U.N. General Assembly with a small delegation subject to strict U.S. movement restrictions. The visit is unusual because it comes amid a nearly seven-month-old war between Iran and the U.S.
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President Trump reportedly considered launching airstrikes against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen over the weekend but decided against it late Saturday. The brief report notes the near-action without additional context or analysis.
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Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossio rejected as absurd the allegation that Cuba is a threat to the U.S. The article links Cuba's sixth power grid collapse to President Trump cutting off fuel in January and refers to the U.S. measures as a blockade. It presents the Cuban official's position without a U.S. administration response.
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Manchester will host the G20 summit in November 2027 at the Manchester Central Convention Centre, with Prime Minister Andy Burnham welcoming world leaders including Donald Trump. The article recounts earlier tensions over Trump's 'mayor of a town' remark and notes the event's scale and the UK's G20 presidency.
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A new report by Accra Reset warns that US withdrawal from aid programs, especially USAID and Pepfar, has strained healthcare in Africa and the Global South, forcing countries to restructure financing and absorb health workers. It cites clinic closures, funding contraction, and calls for greater country ownership, while polling shows many Americans support restoring some aid.
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Scott Anderson discusses his book "King of Kings" about the 1978 fall of Iran's last Shah and the Islamic Revolution, and reflects on the Middle East's shifting landscape a decade after his Fractured Lands project.
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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is set to meet President Trump and make his UN debut after announcing the UK will send an RAF plane to support Saudi defensive missions against Houthi attacks. The article outlines Burnham’s agenda on Ukraine, AI, and Middle East conflicts, along with the diplomatic balancing act he faces between the US and Europe.
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe briefly met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Shannon Airport in Ireland while their planes refueled. The encounter came as Ratcliffe returned from Egypt and Zelensky traveled to the UN General Assembly, following Ratcliffe's earlier unannounced trip to Moscow.
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The essay argues that Democrats are reckoning with their Gaza policy after refusing to give Palestinian voices a platform and continuing to back Israel’s military campaign. It portrays Biden and Harris as deferential to Netanyahu and Aipac while grassroots Democratic voters and Palestinian American advocates push for a policy shift.