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The five-time Olympic champion announced his bid at a time of political tension in France.

Baghdad closed the crossing in Maysan province in October to install equipment to stop smuggling, amid US pressure to isolate Tehran.

He said he has ‘zero political aspirations’, two days after the President said the offer had been a joke.

The former Prime Minister, in India since 2024, has asked for a new passport and plans to go home in December, her party says.

Forty-six people were taken to hospital after the crashes near Yambol, on the road between Sofia and the Black Sea port of Burgas.

The North Korean leader’s sister rejected the Secretary-General’s call for talks; Seoul says North Korean mines wounded its soldiers in September.

A Utah judge rejected the defence’s request to wait until 2029; prosecutors had asked for January 2028 and Kirk’s widow for 2027.

The architect of the administration’s hard-line immigration policies replaces Susie Wiles, the first woman to hold the post.

More strikes do not seem necessary for now, the US President said, but his forces are “locked and loaded”; Iran wants the naval blockade lifted.

The chipmaker’s stock fell nearly 9% during trading on 9 November before recovering some ground; China called the spying claims a smear.

A London judge called the British comedian a sexual predator whose fame had shielded him; he must serve two-thirds of the term before release on licence.

The Kentucky congressman accuses the US Defence Secretary of waging war on Iran without the approval of Congress; a House vote is expected by 11 November.

A crane fell into an arc furnace during repair work at the HABAS plant in Aliaga, the provincial governor said.

Mr. Trump said he believed Mr. Huang knew nothing of any spying; Nvidia shares fell about 3% in after-hours trading as its board began an inquiry.

The October attacks turned up fridge temperatures in hundreds of French shops, spoiling food; France has summoned Iran’s ambassador and wants EU sanctions.

No one was hurt, Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry said; the Houthis said they had targeted airports and oil sites as fighting between the two sides grows.

The Greek coastguard recovered bodies from two boats south of the island; more boats carrying about 87 people were found nearby.

Prosecutors say a train bound for Fayoum ran into the back of a Cairo–Aswan train that was standing on the same track in Giza province.

Mr. Huang has admitted an affair with a businesswoman whom US officials reportedly regard as a Chinese intelligence asset; China calls the claims a smear.

Prosecutors are treating the 7 November attack as terrorism and are checking whether the 24-year-old had help; the bodies of three relatives were found at his home.

Twenty-five people are still in hospital, nine of them seriously hurt, Chinese state media said. The cause is being investigated.

Her lawyers say her old documents were reportedly revoked. She has said she plans to return in December and surrender before a court that sentenced her to death.

The party of Nelson Mandela stays the largest but controls only 53 councils outright; the number of hung councils has doubled to 142.

A train bound for Fayoum ran into the back of one heading to Aswan in Giza province, derailing several carriages, Egyptian authorities said.

The quake struck Shizuoka early on Sunday and was felt as far as Kyoto and Nara. Japan warned of strong aftershocks but saw no change on the Nankai Trough.

It is the fifth ship the US has disabled while enforcing its blockade of Iran, and the first in almost a month. A new task force will target Iran’s land and Caspian routes.

Iranian media gave conflicting accounts of whether missiles were involved. The blasts came a day after President Trump announced new limited US strikes on Iran.

The former army chief won the backing of 67 of the 120 members of parliament, but forming a majority without Arab-led parties, which he has ruled out, will be hard.

It is unclear whether Mr. White will accept. The post has changed hands twice since Karoline Leavitt left in August.