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Aug 17, 2026 - World

President Trump unleashed an expletive-laced threat toward Oman Monday, saying he would bomb the Middle East nation if it disrupts negotiations with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz.

Aug 17, 2026 - World

The president of Iraqi Kurdistan on Monday condemned Iranian attacks on the office of the region's prime minister and the residence of the region's security agency chief as a reckless expansion of Tehran's war with the U.S.

Aug 17, 2026 - World

The Trump administration's push to open Libyan oil as a Gulf-supply alternative during the war with Iran is on the rocks after an assassination, a central banker's move to quit, and a week of drone strikes and explosions that ran into Sunday.

Aug 17, 2026 - World

Jared Kushner, a Middle East negotiator and President Trump's son-in-law, was meeting with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday after the premier rejected the 15-point, U.S.-backed road map to move the truce deal forward in Gaza.

Aug 17, 2026 - World

Russia attacked facilities of Ukraine's Naftogaz Group 13 times over the past week and has targeted its premises almost 300 times since the start of the year, the state energy company said Monday.