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Bernie Sanders is emerging as one of the most vocal opponents to U.S. President Donald Trump, with the 83-year-old senator drawing tens of thousands of people to his… © Japan Today

Hamas’s armed wing released a video on Saturday showing an Israeli-American hostage alive, in which he criticizes the Israeli government for failing to secure his release. Israeli campaign group the Hostages and Missing Families Forum identified him as Edan Alexander, a soldier in an elite infantry unit on the Gaza border when he was abducted…

Iran and the U.S. held “positive” and “constructive” talks in Oman on Saturday and agreed to reconvene this week, both sides said, a dialogue meant to address Tehran’s escalating nuclear program with President Donald Trump threatening military action if there is no deal. “I think we are very close to a basis for negotiations and…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov praised U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday for what he said was a better understanding of the Ukraine conflict than any other Western leader. “When we speak about eliminating root causes of any conflict, including the Ukrainian conflict, this is the only way to resolve the problem and to establish…

President Donald Trump’s administration granted exclusions from steep reciprocal tariffs to smartphones, computers and some other electronics imported largely from China, providing a big break to tech companies like Apple that rely on imported products. In a notice to shippers, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency published a list of tariff codes excluded from…

Four people hospitalized after being rescued from the rubble of a roof collapse at a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic died overnight, raising the death toll to 225, health officials said Saturday. Officials said 189 people were rescued alive from the rubble of the popular venue in the capital Santo Domingo. More than 200…