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Thai ex-PM Thaksin to be released from prison next month
Thaksin, 76, has been serving a one-year prison sentence for corruption since September.
Peace efforts stall as US examines latest Iran proposal
The Iranian proposal, passed along by Pakistan and studied by Trump administration officials in a meeting Monday, laid out red lines including on nuclear issues and Hormuz, according to Iran's Fars news agency.
US says examining latest Iran proposal
Peace talks between the United States and Iran to end the Middle East war and fully reopen the vital strait have so far proven inconclusive since a ceasefire came into force.
Trump shooting scare renews ‘staged’ conspiracy theory
Posts advancing the claim garnered 80 million views on Elon Musk's platform X alone within two days of the shooting, according to the disinformation watchdog NewsGuard.
Gunman sought to kill Trump, cabinet at gala dinner
Trump was the target of an assassination attempt during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania in 2024. A gunman fired several shots, killing an audience member and lightly wounding the president in the ear.
Trump evacuated as shooter opens fire at Washington gala
US Secret Service agents bundled Donald Trump from the stage as shots rang out Saturday evening at a media gala, in what the president later described as an attack by a "would-be assassin."
US Fed set to hold rates steady again on cost hikes...
Fed officials are set to keep rates steady at a range between 3.50 percent and 3.75 percent, extending their pause since the start of the year.
Palestinians cast ballots in first elections since Gaza war
AFP footage from Al-Bireh in the West Bank and Deir el-Balah in Gaza showed election officials in polling stations as Palestinians came to vote.
Wildfires spread towards northern Japan town
As of Friday morning, fires in the mountainous areas of Iwate region had burned over 400 hectares (988 acres) since breaking out two days ago, government spokesman Minoru Kihara told reporters.
S. Korea prosecutors seek 30 years for Yoon over drone flights...
Yoon is accused of ordering the incursion to help create the pretext for his failed declaration of martial law that year, which resulted in his impeachment, removal from office and life imprisonment for insurrection.
