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  NATO Allies Discuss Strategies To Reopen Strait Of Hormuz Amid Oil Concerns

  NATO chief Mark Rutte said Wednesday that the military alliance's members were discussing the "best way" to open the Strait of Hormuz, through which a large chunk of the world's oil supply normally passes.

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  China Won't Invade Taiwan In 2027, Aims For Non-Military Control: US Report

  China does not currently plan to invade Taiwan next year but is seeking to take control of the self-ruled island without the use of force, said an annual US intelligence report released Wednesday.

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  Trump Honours 6 US Service Members Killed In KC-135 Crash In Iraq

  US President Donald Trump attended the return Wednesday of six crew members killed when their refueling aircraft crashed during the Iran war.

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  US National Debt Surpasses Record $39 Trillion Amid Iran War

  The national debt surpassed a record $39 trillion on Wednesday, a milestone that comes just weeks into the US-Israeli war in Iran.

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  Drones Seen Over US Army Base Where Rubio Lives Amid Iran War: Report

  A major security breach was reportedly detected at a high-profile army base in Washington amid the United States' war against Iran.

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  NASA Rover Uncovers 4-Billion-Year-Old Buried River Delta On Mars

  Using ground-penetrating radar, NASA's Perseverance rover has detected underground remains of an ancient river delta on Mars in some of the oldest evidence yet obtained showing how water once flowed on the surface of Earth's planetary neighbor.

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  'No More Israeli Attacks Unless...': Trump After Iran Hits Qatar's LNG Plant

  US President Donald Trump has said Israel will not attack Iran's valuable South Pars gas field unless Tehran "unwisely decides to attack a very innocent, in this case, Qatar".

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  Finland Ranked Happiest For 9th Year, Nordic Nations Top World Happiness Report 2026

  Heavy social media use contributes to a stark decline in well-being among young people, with the effects particularly worrying in teenage girls in English-speaking countries and Western Europe, according to the World Happiness Report 2026

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  Iran War LIVE: Iran Targets Gulf Energy Sites After Strike On Key Gas Field

  US Israel Iran War News LIVE Updates: Iran has been striking its Persian Gulf neighbours' energy facilities since the war started on February 28, and has made the Strait of Hormuz shipping channel, nearly impassable.

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  Iran's Nukes To Israel's Push: Trump's Ex-Aide Tells What Led US To War

  A day after his much-talked-about resignation, which he claimed was in protest of the Iran War, Joe Kent, US President Donald Trump's former counterterrorism chief, blamed Israel for pushing into the conflict.

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  Extensive Damage At World's Largest LNG Plant In Qatar After Iran Strike

  A Qatari complex housing the world's largest liquefied natural gas export plant suffered "extensive damage" amid a sharp escalation of attacks on energy facilities across the Persian Gulf.

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  Social Media Impacts Youth Wellbeing, Girls Most Affected: UN Report

  This year's World Happiness Report highlighted the impact of social media as many countries impose or mull legislative restrictions on social media use for young people.

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  US Weighs Military Reinforcements As Iran War Enters Possible New Phase

  President Donald Trump's administration is considering deploying thousands of US troops to reinforce its operation in the Middle East, as the US military prepares for possible next steps in its campaign against Iran,

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  FBI Hunts For Indian National In Mail, Wire Fraud Conspiracy

  The Federal Bureau of Investigation of the US on Wednesday said it has launched a hunt for Indian national Kalpeshkumar Rasikbhai Patel for allegedly defrauding multiple victims between 2017 and 2021.

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  Qatar Expels Iranian Embassy Staff Over Gas Facility Attack

  Qatar has declared the military and security attaches at the Iranian Embassy, along with their staff, "persona non grata" and has requested that they leave the country within 24 hours.

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  Pakistan Announces Eid Truce As Taliban Vows Kabul Attack Revenge

  Pakistan announced on Wednesday a "temporary pause" in hostilities with Afghanistan to mark the end of Ramadan, after Kabul promised to avenge the deaths of hundreds killed in a strike on a Kabul drug treatment centre.

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  Qatar Says "Extensive Damage" Caused By Iran Attacks On Gas Facility

  Qatar's state-run energy company said on Wednesday that fires set by Iranian strikes on its main gas facility had caused "extensive damage", after Tehran said it would retaliate in kind for an attack on its own energy infrastructure.

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  US Eases Venezuela Oil Sanctions To Allow Trade As Iran War Drives Up Prices

  US companies will be allowed to do business with Venezuela's state-owned oil and gas company after the Treasury Department eased sanctions, with some limitations, on Wednesday.

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  'Iran Wasn't Restarting Nuclear Program': US Intel Chief Contradicts Trump

  US intelligence concluded Wednesday that Iran was not rebuilding nuclear enrichment capacities destroyed last year by the United States and Israel, contradicting a key justification by President Donald Trump for his ongoing war.

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  Pakistan, Afghanistan Announce 'Temporary Pause' In Fighting Due To Eid

  Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday announced a "temporary pause" in fighting in view of Eid-ul-Fitr and at the request of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar.