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"Unacceptable" threat to safety: UN nuclear watchdog sounds alarm over drone strike near UAE's Barakah plant
"Unacceptable" threat to safety: UN nuclear watchdog sounds alarm over drone strike near UAE's Barakah plant

Vienna [Austria], May 17 (ANI): Raising the alarm over escalating security vulnerabilities, the UN atomic watchdog, the IAEA, has expressed...

(SP)CHINA-XI'AN-BASKETBALL-FIBA 3X3 CHALLENGER 2026-FINAL (CN)
(SP)CHINA-XI'AN-BASKETBALL-FIBA 3X3 CHALLENGER 2026-FINAL (CN)

(260517) -- XI'AN, May 17, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Players of Deqing celebrate winning the champion during the awarding ceremony after the...

Merz and Trump weaponize each others problems
Merz and Trump weaponize each others problems

As ties fray, Berlin and Washington are trading barbs over their decline, using each others crises to dodge their own mounting failures...

Drone strike targets UAE's Barakah nuke plant complex, triggers electrical generator fire
Drone strike targets UAE's Barakah nuke plant complex, triggers electrical generator fire

Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 17 (ANI): A drone strike has targeted the United Arab Emirate's al-Dhafra region, igniting a fire at an electrical...

"Calm before the storm": Trump triggers fresh war anxieties as White House reviews dynamic military options against Iran
"Calm before the storm": Trump triggers fresh war anxieties as White House reviews dynamic military options against Iran

Washington, DC [US], May 17 (ANI): In a development that has sent shockwaves through global geopolitical corridors, US President Donald...

Delhi Police's Crime Branch arrests immigration consultant in 1.83 crore visa fraud
Delhi Police's Crime Branch arrests immigration consultant in 1.83 crore visa fraud

New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): The Cyber Cell of the Delhi Police Crime Branch has busted a major immigration fraud racket involved...

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Cuba's Raul Castro to be indicted by US for 1996 attack on aircraft
Cuba's Raul Castro to be indicted by US for 1996 attack on aircraft

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Cuba's Raul Castro may be indicted by the United States, a U.S. Department of ​Justice official said late on May...

North America’s largest commuter rail system shuts as unions strike
North America’s largest commuter rail system shuts as unions strike

NEW YORK CITY, New York: Unionized workers went on strike for the first time in three decades, bringing the Long Island Rail Road,...

Myanmar’s gemstone heartland unearths 11,000-carat ruby
Myanmar’s gemstone heartland unearths 11,000-carat ruby

BANGKOK, Thailand: Miners in Myanmar have found a very large and rare ruby. It is believed to be the second-largest ruby ever found...

Kalshi and Polymarket flag rise in questionable bets
Kalshi and Polymarket flag rise in questionable bets

NEW YORK CITY, New York: Kalshi and Polymarket are reporting a sharp increase in suspicious trading as prediction markets attract more...

Dublin’s garda faces charges over ammunition, corruption, gets bail
Dublin’s garda faces charges over ammunition, corruption, gets bail

DUBLIN, Ireland: A detective garda accused of helping an organized crime gang, taking bribes, and possessing over 100 rounds of ammunition...

Trump says China wants Hormuz open; he is losing patience with Iran
Trump says China wants Hormuz open; he is losing patience with Iran

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/DUBAI: U.S. President Donald Trump said he was losing patience with Iran and claimed that China's President Xi...