Israel secretly deployed elite military and intelligence units to Azerbaijan during the war with Iran as part of a network of covert sites across the Middle East to facilitate operations against Iran, four sources familiar with the matter told CNN on Friday. The forces operated out of several locat»»»

A senior advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader pointed to Trump’s withdrawal from the 2015 JCPOA and said there will be no nuclear talks for now, Press TV reported. “If they choose military action again, they will enter a dark and endless corridor,” former IRGC chief Mohsen Rezaei said, warning the US a»»»

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro criticised US President Donald Trump on Thursday for supporting hard-right presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, a lawyer – and fervent Trump supporter – who made a fortune representing drug-trafficking paramilitaries, fraudsters and football stars»»»

Predictions that the Middle East war could drive tens of millions more people into acute hunger are proving to be accurate, the United Nations said Friday, warning that higher fuel and food costs linked to the conflict are deepening food insecurity far beyond the region. "Pessimistic" predictions t»»»

North Korea on Thursday unveiled a new facility believed to produce fuel for nuclear weapons, with leader Kim Jong Un pledging to expand the country's nuclear forces “at an exponential rate”. Photos suggested the site may be a uranium enrichment facility. Kim has repeatedly cited US-led military th»»»

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization on Friday announced a joint plan to combat the Ebola outbreak that is currently spreading through the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. Photo by Marie Jeanne Munyerenkana/EPA June 5 (UPI) -- The Africa Ce»»»

The people died of thirst in a desert region of Niger. Nearly 50 people died while traveling through the Saraha Desert on their way from Mali back to their homes in Niger, officials said on Friday. File Photo by NASA/UPI | License Photo June 5 (UPI) -- Dozens of people died of thirst in the Sahara »»»

The US Department of War has said it shot down several Iranian drones over the Strait of Hormuz and carried out strikes against Iran’s coastal installations to prevent a further threat. American forces intercepted “four Iranian one-way attack drones” launched toward the Strait of Hormuz, US Central»»»

WASHINGTON: The US military said ​it carried out strikes on Iranian radar sites on Friday ​after Iran launched ⁠four attack drones toward the Strait of Hormuz. In a post on social media, the US Central Command said ‌all ​of ‌the Iranian one-way attack drone were shot down. “The attack drones posed »»»

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and several agencies in the department on Friday asked financial institutions, including banks and casinos, to monitor for red flags that a business employs fraudulently employs people who are not authorized to work in the United States. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | L»»»

Imposing additional sanctions on Russia will not help resolve the Ukraine conflict, American Chamber of Commerce in Russia (AmCham Russia) President and CEO Robert Agee has said. Speaking on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2026 (SPIEF 2026) on Thursday, he argued th»»»

WASHINGTON: ‌US President Donald Trump ​said Iran still had 21 percent to 22 percent of its missiles ‌left, ‌according ​to ‌an interview ⁠with ​NBC News’ ‘Meet the ⁠Press’ on Friday. “They have some missiles, they ⁠have some ‌drones. ‌I ​would ‌say percentage ‌wise, maybe 21-22 percent of their mis»»»

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President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, pictured in 2025 at the G20 summit, on Friday announced that the HIV prevention drug Lenacapavir will is now available at medical facilities across the country. File Photo by Jemal Countess/UPI | License Photo June 5 (UPI) -- South African officials on Fri»»»

Thousands of Albanians took to the streets of the capital, Tirana on Thursday for the fourth consecutive day of protests against a controversial luxury resort project linked to Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump. The €1.4 billion ($1.6 billion) development is being spearhead»»»

WASHINGTON: A US federal judge on Friday threw out a series of restrictions placed by President Donald Trump’s administration on legal immigration following last year’s shooting of members of the National Guard by an Afghan immigrant. District Judge John McConnell said the restrictions on processin»»»

Anthropic warned that AI will need a way to stop it. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo June 5 (UPI) -- Artificial intelligence company Anthropic issued a warning about systems that can improve themselves and said that humans need a way to intervene when necessary. AI systems will soon be abl»»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday rejected a proposal by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a face-to-face meeting on the 4-year-old conflict, saying he sees "no point" in it. Thursday's letter, the first public message Zelenskyy has written directly to Putin since Russia sent tro»»»

A Virginia man who plotted to kill his wife and a random other man with his au pair was sentenced to life in prison Friday. File Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI | License Photo June 5 (UPI) -- Brendan Banfield, a Virginia man convicted of killing his wife and a stranger in a plot with an au pair, was sen»»»

President Donald Trump said Friday he wants his new acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, to further reduce the size of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), an agency that has already undergone major cuts during his second term. Trump said the office has been »»»

Special Presidential Envoy to Lebanon Jean-Yves Le Drian (C), flanked by French Ambassador to Lebanon Herve Magro (L), attends a meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam at the Government Palace in Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday. The meeting was part of a French push to lock in three prioriti»»»

A federal judge in Rhode Island ruled that a batch of Trump's immigration policies are illegal. Photo by Angelina Katsanis/UPI | License Photo June 5 (UPI) -- A federal judge on Friday canceled a batch of President Donald Trump's immigration policies, forcing the administration to begin processing »»»

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Iran’s Army says a number of US warships operating in the Sea of Oman have been forced to withdraw from the area after Iranian naval forces fired warning shots using cruise missiles and advanced drones. In a statement on Friday, Iran’s Army announced that the operation was part of the Islamic Repub»»»

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Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, introduced an amendment to a defense budget bill to codify the name change of the Department of Defense to the Department of War. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo June 5 (UPI) -- The House Armed Services Committee voted to codify the name change of the Depa»»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday rejected a proposal by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a face-to-face meeting on the 4-year-old conflict, saying he sees “no point” in it. Thursday's letter, the first public message Zelenskyy has written directly to Putin since Russia sent tro»»»

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The EU is preparing a €50 million ($58 million) support package for Armenia as Brussels moves to shore up Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan days before a critical parliamentary election, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said. The figure, however, accounts for roughly 1% of Armeni»»»

Five astronauts at the International Space Station went into a "safe haven" for a short time Friday while Russian cosmonauts prepared to work on a leak. File Photo by Aaron M. Sprecher/UPI | License Photo June 5 (UPI) -- NASA briefly moved five of the seven crew members aboard the International Spa»»»

Speaking to reporters at the plenary session of Russia's premier economic and business forum on Friday, the president answered all the burning questions. Russia's "International Isolation"?This is a "fairy tale," Putin said, pointing out that the US was the initiator of attempts to isolate Russia, »»»

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Russia could attack a NATO country within four years according to western intelligence assessments, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned on Friday. He made the comments as he pledged his government would publish a long-delayed defense investment plan before next month's NATO summit. "It is our int»»»

Montreal, Canada: Canada's unemployment rate dropped to 6.6 percent in May on an unexpected spike in hirings across multiple sectors, partially offsetting job losses earlier in the year, government data showed Friday. The G7 economy gained 88,000 jobs in May, Statistics Canada reported -- far excee»»»

WASHINGTON: An Iranian-American journalist sentenced to 10 years in a notorious Tehran prison called on Washington to provide medical help for him and other US detainees, CBS News reported Friday. Reza Valizadeh, who holds both Iranian and US citizenship and worked for US-funded Persian-language Ra»»»

Actor James Handy, 81, was stabbed to death in Los Angeles, allegedly by his girlfriend's son. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo June 5 (UPI) -- Veteran actor James Handy, 81, was stabbed to death Wednesday after an attack, police said. Police allege that Michael Gledhill, 44, stabbed H»»»

For the first time in at least 50 years more people have moved out of the United States then moved in. Is politics and Donald Trump mostly to blame or is some other dynamic at play? Last year, the US witnessed something that hasn’t occurred since before the Second World War – more people have left »»»

The Senate passed a $70 billion bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security through 2028. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo June 5 (UPI) -- The Senate passed a bill early Friday to fund immigration enforcement through the end of President Donald Trump's term with no guardrails to block »»»

TEHRAN: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has dismissed the idea of his country’s supreme leader meeting Donald Trump, after the US president floated the prospect. On Wednesday, Trump told the New York Post: “Yeah, I’d like to meet him,” when he was asked about a possible encounter, adding th»»»

1 of 5 | Journalist E. Jean Carroll departs from the courthouse after the conclusion of the damages trial against Donald Trump at Manhattan Federal Court on Jan. 26, 2024. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo June 5 (UPI) -- The Justice Department has opened investigations into multiple»»»

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Employee Joseph Hayes checks the color of a batch of oranges he has placed for sale at Schnucks Markets in Ladue, Mo., on Jan. 26, 2022. The United States added 172,000 nonfarm payrolls in May, more than doubling expectations, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. File Photo by Bill Green»»»

US job growth surged past expectations in May with the unemployment rate remaining steady, as the labor market in the world's largest economy showed signs of firming after months of turbulence. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 172,000 in May, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at »»»

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The US Senate handed President Donald Trump a victory early Friday morning, passing a bill that would provide the Department of Homeland Security with an additional $70 billion for immigration enforcement and sending it to the House of Representatives for final consideration, Reuters reported. The »»»

An Iranian-American journalist sentenced to 10 years in a notorious Tehran prison called on Washington to provide medical help for him and other US detainees, CBS News reported Friday. Reza Valizadeh, who holds both Iranian and US citizenship and worked for US-funded Persian-language Radio Farda, i»»»

President Donald Trump speaks to the press about the new East Wing next to the construction site at the White House on May 19. An appeals court will hear arguments today about why the project should be allowed to proceed. Photo by Samuel Corum/UPI | License Photo June 5 (UPI) -- A federal appeals c»»»