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WASHINGTON – Hostilities in the Gulf erupted anew on Wednesday with a report of missile attacks on Kuwait, while little progress was evident in diplomatic talks between Iran and the United States.

Mexico’s sugar industry is pushing for the United States to eliminate limits on U.S. imports and is working on a potential anti-dumping case against U.S. fructose should talks on the issue fail, industry representatives said on Tuesday.

LONDON – The United States announced sanctions on Iran’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange on Tuesday, accusing it of enabling the Iranian government and blacklisted state institutions to circumvent Western sanctions.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that the U.S. would re-engage with the global vaccine alliance Gavi amid the Ebola outbreak in several African countries.

WASHINGTON – Canada had a positive meeting with the U.S. on the review of their free trade deal, Canada's minister responsible for Canada-U.S. trade, Dominic LeBlanc, said in Washington on Tuesday, but declined to provide many details.

A U.S.-funded Ebola isolation facility under construction in Kenya became the focus of protests after a court temporarily blocked the project pending a review of its potential health risks.

Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok rejected Prime Minister Peter Magyar’s demand that he resign, setting up a political showdown between the country’s old and new leadership figures. Magyar, whose crushing election victory ousted former premier Viktor Orban, had set a midnight Sunday deadline for Sulyok to leave. 

Sixteen people were arrested after a parade to mark Arsenal's Premier League win, and a crime scene was in place following a stabbing in North London. Arsenal celebrated their first league title in 22 years with an open-top bus parade, which followed a circular route around the Emirates Stadium and the Islington, Highbury and Canonbury areas and included the men's and women's teams.

CAIRO – An Israeli airstrike killed at least two Palestinians and wounded 12 on Sunday ​at a Gaza cafe that was packed with people celebrating public holidays, ⁠health officials said.

JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered troops to move further into Lebanon in the battle against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group, he said on Sunday, despite a ceasefire announced more than six weeks ago.

Ukraine and Russia traded aerial attacks on Saturday as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held what he called a special meeting on next steps with top aides. A Ukrainian drone struck the machine room building of one of power units at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine on Saturday afternoon, causing unspecified damage, Interfax reported, citing ...

ACCRA, Ghana — Ghana’s parliament passed a Draconian anti-LGBTQ bill Friday, months after it was reintroduced in parliament. The Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill prescribes prison sentences of as much as three years for people who identify as LGBTQ. It compels anyone who knows someone to be gay to report them to authorities, and criminalizes the promotion of LGBTQ activities. The ...

Three members of a Latvian climbing expedition have died in an accident high on Mount McKinley in Alaska’s Denali National Park, according to the Latvian Mountaineering Association. A fourth climber was rescued and is in critical condition, the organization said.

WASHINGTON – China’s government has ordered a New York Times reporter to leave the country, and the Trump administration has responded by revoking the visa of a U.S.-based Chinese state media journalist, in a diplomatic tit-for-tat with implications for press freedoms and U.S.-China relations.

Russia's war with Ukraine spilled into Romania, a member of NATO, on Friday when Romanian authorities said a Russian drone had hit an apartment building in a major port city, wounding two people. It was the first known time a Russian drone had caused damage and injuries in a major urban area on the territory of the Western military alliance.