Authors: STEVE N. G. HOWELL AND DALE DYER Belize is one of the world’s premier birding destinations, home to a marvelous array of tropical birds and beautiful habitats ranging from verdant rain forests and extensive wetlands to rolling pine savannas and the country’s famed barrier reef. “Birds of B»»»

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday laid out plans for the "economic asphyxiation" of Iran, expanding Washington's secondary sanctions threats and warning of dire consequences for countries that decline to join the pressure campaign. Bessent's address comes almost six months into a war on»»»

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CAIRO: Israeli airstrikes and gunfire killed two young children and at least two other Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Monday, health officials in the territory said. Medics and relatives ​said 10-year-old Amal Abu Khater was hit by a bullet in her back ‌while she was eating inside her family's t»»»

United Nations, United States: The United Nations offered on Monday to facilitate the transport of fertilizer that has been hampered by the disruption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz due to the Iran war. "The purpose is simple: to reduce immediate risks, support more orderly and predictabl»»»

Washington: US President Donald Trump's administration on Monday moved to impose a more than $100,000 fee on employers hiring foreign workers through a highly-skilled visa program, after facing a legal setback in an earlier effort. The $103,265 fee for H-1B visas would serve as a "revenue mechanism»»»

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Iran had attempted to assassinate one of his two sons, without offering further details. "Something incredible happened: Iran targeted one of my sons. Iran tried to kill one of my sons," Netanyahu said during a phone interview wi»»»

The USS Abraham Lincoln was expected to return to the United States in several weeks. File Photo by Jeffrey Gareis/Navy | License Photo Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Immigration officials arrested the father of a sailor on board the USS Abraham Lincoln, an aircraft carrier that's come under scrutiny for conditi»»»

Washington, United States: US President Donald Trump's administration on Monday moved to impose a more than $100,000 fee on employers hiring foreign workers through a highly-skilled visa program, after facing a legal setback in an earlier effort. The $103,265 fee for H-1B visas would serve as a "re»»»

Screengrab from a video released by the Department of Defense shows a speedboat carrying 11 members of Tren de Aragua transporting illegal narcotics in international waters on Sept. 2. It was the first strike in the U.S. military's "Operation Southern Spear" targeting alleged drug trafficking vesse»»»

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UPS announced on Monday an ongoing investment of $2 billion in international, healthcare and supply chain businesses to assist with global flexibility. File Photo by John Sommers II/UPI | License Photo Aug. 24 (UPI) -- UPS announced on Monday an ongoing investment of $2 billion in international, he»»»

The US-Canada trade war shows no signs of easing. Canadian negotiators walked away from talks in Washington as Prime Minister Mark Carney accused the Trump administration of making disproportionate demands at the last minute. The US now is levying 50% tariffs on 20 billion dollars of Canadian goods»»»

HONG KONG — Oil prices fell on Monday as investors braced for details of a US plan to isolate the Iranian economy that President Donald Trump billed as the "most crushing" financial operation ever against Tehran.Asian stocks were mostly down, with South Korea's tech-rich Kospi falling more than thr»»»

President Donald Trump on Monday said Iran is "completely collapsing" in a message posted on social media just hours before the US was set to announce details of new sanctions against Tehran. Iran’s foreign ministry has warned that Tehran will respond harshly to expanded sanctions, including measur»»»

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Former Sangamon County, Ill., sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson, the officer convicted for murdering Sonya Massey in 2024, has died in prison. File Photo by Sangamon County Sheriff's Department/UPI | License Photo Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Former Sangamon County, Ill., sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson, the officer»»»

California Attorney General Rob Bonta walks to speak to press in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on November 5. On Sunday, he accused Paramount of leaking details about a meeting the state had with the company on Friday. File Photo by Annabelle Gordon/UPI | License Photo Aug. 24 (UP»»»

PoliticsUnited States of AmericaTrump says Canada to face 50% auto, steel tariffs from 2027Natalie Muller Reuters, AP and AFPThe US had already announced a 50% levy on a range of Canadian goods after trade talks collapsed last week, prompting Canada to pledge retaliatory tariffs. https://p.dw.com/p»»»

Oil prices fell slightly on Monday ahead of the unveiling by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent of the toughest set of Iran sanctions yet. File Photo by Yuri Gripas/UPI | License Photo Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Oil prices fell slightly on Monday ahead of the unveiling by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bes»»»

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Iran was "collapsing" as Washington prepared to announce the details of a new economic pressure campaign that Tehran has derided as an admission of defeat. Almost six months into their war, the two sides are locked in a stalemate, with peace talks stalle»»»

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TEHRAN (Sputnik) - US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's article about the final stage of the US military campaign against Iran is full of inconsistencies and basically proves Washington's defeat, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said on Monday. "Mr. Bessent! Something doesn’t add »»»

WASHINGTON: The US Treasury is expected to broaden the scope of secondary sanctions ​it can impose on entities and countries that maintain business ties with Iran as the Trump administration seeks on Monday to increase economic pressure on Tehran, a source familiar with the plans told Reuters.The ‌»»»

KYIV: The United Kingdom will keep providing defense aid to Ukraine despite Russia’s threats, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Monday on a visit to Kyiv where allies gathered to discuss support. Air defense supplies are due to be the main priority at the meeting of the Coalition of the Willing, joi»»»

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New Delhi: It promised jobs at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, had its own website, “HR executives” calling applicants and even issued offer letters. There was just one problem: “Bretish Airways” did not exist. Delhi Police say they have busted a fake airline recruitment racket that al»»»

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Mark Carney drew international attention as Canada's prime minister by warning that middle powers must resist economic coercion by more powerful countries. Now President Donald Trump is putting that warning to the test with sweeping new tariffs that could show how much economic pain Canada can abso»»»

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Syria and Israel held US-mediated talks in Jordan on Sunday to defuse the crisis sparked by a strike that Israel said was aimed at preventing a Turkish military deployment. Damascus says it wants to stay out of the tensions between Israel and Turkey. Syria said it held US-mediated talks with Israel»»»

Dubai: The rial is collapsing, inflation is eating into incomes and ordinary Iranians are struggling to afford everything from food to medicine. Yet decades of sanctions have taught Tehran not only how to evade Western pressure, but how to shift much of its cost onto its own population while protec»»»

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Singapore, Aug. 24 (SANA) Oil prices slipped more than $1 a barrel Monday as investors took profits ahead of Washington’s expected announcement of new sanctions on Iran that could further disrupt supplies from the Middle East. Brent crude futures fell $1.49, or 1.6%, to $92.90 a barrel, while US We»»»

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Helsinki: Finland announced on Monday that it would host an EU leaders summit on the Arctic, which has been at the centre of rising tensions, in the northern city of Rovaniemi in September. Claims by US President Donald Trump that the Danish autonomous territory of Greenland should become American »»»

POLITICS In an interview with the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR), political scientist Lyubomir Stefanov commented on the upcoming presidential elections, saying it was concerning that only three candidates had been announced several weeks before the start of the campaign. He said the opposition par»»»

Dubai: Power banks catching fire on planes have made headlines. But what about the laptop sitting on your tray table? A passenger’s laptop caught fire aboard an American Airlines flight from Atlanta to Dallas last week, filling part of the cabin with smoke and leaving a passenger with burn injuries»»»

Iran's currency hit a record low Monday as Washington prepared to announce new sanctions it said would be an "economic D-Day" and would add further pressure on an economy already battered by previous sanctions and a U.S. naval blockade. The rial dropped to 2.02 million to the U.S. dollar as trading»»»

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The US envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack stated that his remarks - in which he considered Israel’s control over the Syrian Golan Heights to constitute an “occupation and a violation of UN resolutions” - were a description of a well-known historical context, emphasizing that United States policy has not c»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia is ready to support mediation efforts to end the conflict against Iran and to help maintain stability in the Middle East if requested, stated Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alimov said. "If requested, Russia is ready to support mediation efforts both to end the »»»

The U.S. special envoy to Syria and ambassador to Turkey on Sunday walked back his comments from two days ago that Israel "still" occupies the Golan Heights in violation of U.N. resolutions, remarks that went against U.S. President Donald Trump 's position on the disputed territory. Israel captured»»»

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