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  • Kim spoke at the opening of a vast new memorial complex on the outskirts of Pyongyang.
    KCNA
    Kim Jong Un praises soldier suicides, signals deepening role in Russia’s war
  • Gas prices exceeding $8 a gallon are seen listed at a Chevron gas station in Los Angeles, California, on April 28, 2026. Oil prices jumped on April 28 to their highest level since the US-Iran ceasefire, pressuring US stocks as lack of progress on an accord to reopen the Strait of Hormuz added to inflation worries. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images
    Live Updates 1 hr ago Day 61 of Middle East conflict — Hegseth at Iran war hearing, Trump discusses continuing blockade
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky give a press conference in Middelburg, Netherlands on April 16.
    Robin Van Lonkhhuijsen/AFP/ANP/Getty Images
    Ukraine accuses Israel of aiding Russian trade in stolen grain
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with a veteran as he attends a military parade on Victory Day, marking the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2025. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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    Putin will host a scaled-back parade in Red Square this year, amid mounting pressures and threats
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    Tracking Trump’s retaliation
  • The sun rises behind a tanker anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, Saturday, April 18, 2026.
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    Asghar Besharati/AP
    Live Updates 1 hr ago Day 59 of Middle East conflict - Putin outlines his support for Iran during meeting with foreign minister
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  • Russian invasion of Ukraine: Latest news, analysis and videos
  • Bulgaria’s Kremlin-friendly ex-president wins election in landslide
  • High-profile Russian lifestyle influencers lash out in rare display of anger at Putin’s policies
  • ‘Robots don’t bleed’: Ukraine sends machines into the battlefield in place of human soldiers
  • Bulgaria votes as pro-Russian former president leads opinion polls
  • Ukraine strikes Russian oil refineries hours after US waives sanctions on Moscow’s oil
  • Drone wars: The strategic convergence between Ukraine and Iran
  • Russia fires another salvo in its war on historical memory
  • Russia launches one of its largest drone attacks on Ukraine this year, killing 18
  • ‘Remigration’ and Russian lessons: German far-right party promises radical measures if elected

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  • Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel speaks during a ceremony to mark the 65th anniversary of the declaration of the socialist character of the Cuban Revolution in Havana, Cuba April 16, 2026.
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    Video Cuban leader, marking Bay of Pigs anniversary, vows to defeat US forces if attacked again 1:21
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  • Oil pump jacks outside Almetyevsk in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, on June 4, 2023.
    Alexander Manzyuk/Reuters
    The Iran conflict is a boon for Russia’s ‘war machine.’ And it’s not just about oil
  • A view of the liquefied natural gas production facility in Qatar's Ras Laffan Industrial City on March 3, 2026.
    Stringer/picture-alliance/dpa/AP
    What strikes on the world’s largest natural gas sites could do to the global economy
  • A tourist watches the MT Desert Kite oil tanker carrying Russian oil at Narara Marine National Park in the Arabian Sea, Gujarat, India, on March 11, 2026.
    Amit Dave/Reuters
    Oil prices stay high despite US temporarily lifting sanctions on Russian oil stranded at sea
  • A plume of smoke rises after a strike in Tehran, Iran, on Monday.
    Mohsen Ganji/AP
    When Russia invaded Ukraine, gas went to $5 a gallon. Is this time different?
  • An employee inspects processing and refining structures in the Duna oil refinery on May 24, 2022 in Szazhalombatta, Hungary. MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas Plc is a multinational Hungarian oil and gas company headquartered in Budapest, Hungary. The Duna (Danube) Oil Refinery at Szazhalombatta, near Budapest is one of the biggest refineries in the Eastern-Central region of Europe where Russian oil arrives to Hungary via the Friendship (Druzhba) oil pipeline.
    Janos Kummer/Getty Images
    By buying Russia’s oil, Hungary is fueling the Kremlin’s war machine – and enriching foundations linked to Orbán

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    Tracking Trump’s retaliation
  • Carter Page at the One America News studios on Capitol Hill, on May 29, 2019.
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    Trump administration settles lawsuit with ex-Trump adviser Carter Page
  • A service member of the 422nd Unmanned Systems Regiment walks next to a heavy strike drone at a training ground in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, on March 23.
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    Drone wars: The strategic convergence between Ukraine and Iran
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    Video Jane Fonda Warns of ‘Authoritarian Takeover’ in Kennedy Center Protest 3:36
  • The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in Washington D.C. on December 19, 2025.
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    Federal prosecutors to get classified House documents in Brennan probe as decision on charges against former CIA chief nears

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