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;Resize=(620)) The potential deal will include Iran's commitment that it won't pursue a nuclear weapon, and Tehran agreed to give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, according to two regional officials.
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The explosion was so powerful that several nearby buildings were damaged and a resident 15 miles away was jolted awake by the blast. A separatist group claimed responsibility.
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;Resize=(620)) Russia first used the multiple-warhead Oreshnik on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro in November 2024. It was used a second time in January in the western Lviv region.
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;Resize=(620)) The attack happened in an area where security forces are usually stationed, badly damaging several nearby buildings and smashing vehicles parked along the road, according to witnesses and images circulating on social media.
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At least two people were killed and 77 injured in the attack, which included the use of a powerful hypersonic ballistic missile called the Oreshnik, which is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.
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The Oreshnik missile, which reportedly travels over 10 times the speed of sound, was used, according to Volodymyr Zelensky.
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;Resize=(620)) Rescuers including firefighters, police and disaster-response teams used their hands and sniffer dogs in a dangerous scramble to search for the trapped survivors.
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;Resize=(620)) Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a thorough investigation and accountability of those responsible, after the deadly gas explosion happened Friday evening at the Liushenyu coal mine in the province of Shanxi.
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Michaela Allen reported abuse at the age of seven, but police errors meant no-one faced justice.
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An annual psychiatric meeting was abuzz over Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s call to rein in the use of depression medications. Some fear it will drive patients away from care.
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President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes.
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A fragile ceasefire has been in place since April 8, punctuated by skirmishes as the U.S. and Iran jockey over the Strait of Hormuz.
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;Resize=(620)) Some of the Canadians who were part of a flotilla attempting to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza are set to return to Canada this weekend. The Canadians were detained by Israeli forces last week and reportedly abused in custody before being sent to Turkey.
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The Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, called for an investigation and emphasized the need to "hold those responsible to account."
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;Resize=(620)) U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to rebuild Gaza is under growing strain as violence persists — more than 800 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire began — and his Board of Peace blames Hamas's refusal to disarm for stalling progress.
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;Resize=(620)) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday ordered his military ?to prepare options to retaliate against Ukraine after he accused Kyiv of carrying out a deadly drone attack on a student dorm that he said killed six and wounded dozens of young people, with 15 still unaccounted for.
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