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BAGHDAD (AP): The American University of Baghdad (AUB) celebrated the graduation of its first cohort of students Saturday at a campus that was once a palace built by Saddam Hussein. Officials said they hope the graduation will mark the beginning...

KUALA LUMPUR (AP): South East Asian nations must accelerate regional economic integration, diversify their markets, and stay united to tackle the fallout from global trade disruptions resulting from sweeping US tariffs, Malaysia’s foreign minister...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP): North Korea is seeking to arrest those responsible for the failed launch of its second naval destroyer, as it denied the warship suffered major damage – a claim quickly met with outside scepticism. A statement from North...

WASHINGTON (AP): With warmer-than-normal ocean waters, forecasters are expecting yet another unusually busy hurricane season for the Atlantic. But they don’t think it will be as chaotic as 2024, the third-costliest season on record as it spawned...

TOKYO (AP): Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, which is still a staple even though total consumption has fallen over the decades. But since last summer,...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC): The Trinidad and Tobago government and The University of the West Indies (UWI) appear to be on a collision course regarding the functions of the university’s South campus in Debe, a town in south Trinidad. Earlier...

WASHINGTON (AP): Harvard University is challenging the Trump administration’s decision to bar the Ivy League school from enrolling foreign students, calling it unconstitutional retaliation for defying the White House’s political demands. In a...

BANFF, Alberta (AP): Top finance officials from the world’s seven wealthiest democracies set aside stark differences on US tariffs after two days of talks and agreed to counter global “economic imbalances,” a swipe at China’s trade practices. In a...

WASHINGTON (AP): United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a luxury Boeing 747 jet from Qatar for President Donald Trump to use as Air Force One, the Pentagon said Wednesday, despite ongoing questions about the ethics and legality...

WASHINGTON (AP): The Trump administration violated a court order on deportations to third countries with a flight linked to the chaotic African nation of South Sudan, a federal judge said Wednesday, hours after the administration said it had...