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Somalis rethink trade routes as Houthis disrupt established shipping channels

Somalia's business community is seeking alternative shipping routes due to disruptions and security concerns around the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Strait of Hormuz after Iran-backed Houthis captured a key port city and an island, sending thousands of Yemenis fleeing to neighboring Djibouti.

Kosovo gets new government but political impasse persists

Kosovo lawmakers on Sunday voted into office a new government of Prime Minister Albin Kurti following an early election in June in the small Balkan nation that remains locked in a prolonged political crisis.

Iranian foreign minister: U.S. must abide by ceasefire deal before Strait of Hormuz reopens

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that the U.S. must adhere to its "commitments under the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding."

Trump has support in Doonbeg, though tiny snails have snagged his Irish golf course plans

Some people in Ireland can't wait for U.S. President Donald Trump's weekend visit, with its tight security and political tensions, to be over.

House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Trump's $5,000 checks an 'idea' Congress will consider

Republicans aren't making any promises about handing out $5,000 checks to every adult American.

Trump says he would agree to 'guardrails' for artificial intelligence

President Trump insisted Sunday that "negative forces" are hyping the dangers of artificial intelligence.

Trump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying attacks are causing a shortage

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying the attacks are causing a fuel shortage.

GOP congressman from Wisconsin swims to safety after plane makes emergency landing in a lake

A Republican congressman said he had to swim to safety after a plane he was traveling in made an emergency landing in a lake late Saturday.

Swedish voters go to polls to choose a new parliament as hard right bids for role in government

Voters in Sweden went to the polls on Sunday for an election that will determine whether a conservative leader remains in charge and a hard-right party wins ministerial jobs for the first time, or whether the center-left returns to power.

Strike on Iranian cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz kills 1, Iranian media say

An Iranian cargo vessel was struck early Sunday off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media said, a day before Tehran plans to brief countries in the region on its contested efforts to manage shipping traffic there.

Pentagon funding hits snag, as Congress returns amid Iran war and ahead of midterm elections

The Republican-controlled House and Senate return Monday amid a series of looming national security policy fights.

Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen claim new attacks on Saudi Arabia

Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen overnight claimed new attacks on neighboring Saudi Arabia, as the Saudi-backed Yemeni government described the rebels' swift advance along the Red Sea coast as a "painful" development in a new front in the Iran war.