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‘Trump Strait’: US President shares new map of Hormuz after rejecting 7-day ceasefire proposal

Washington, Sep 26 (UNI) US President Donald Trump has shared a map on Truth Social labelling the Strait of Hormuz the “Trump Strait”, shortly after Washington rejected an Iranian proposal for a seven-day arrangement aimed at reopening the strategic waterway and reviving talks over Tehran’s nuclear programme.
Trump reiterated that Iran would not be allowed to acquire a nuclear weapon and questioned whether Tehran would comply with US demands, as per several US media reports.
US media reports said Trump had also told his aides that he expected to launch fresh strikes against Iran after November’s midterm elections.
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Nearly 10 civilians killed in deadly Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan's Helmand, Kunar provinces

01 Oct 2026 | 7:05 PM

Kabul, Oct 1 (UNI) At least 10 civilians, most of them children, were killed in Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan's Kunar and Helmand provinces, according to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today.

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Trump says US military action against Iran could resume after midterm elections

01 Oct 2026 | 7:00 PM

Washington, Oct 1 (UNI) US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Washington may resume military action against Iran after the US midterm elections if Tehran and Washington fail to reach an agreement that he considers "satisfactory," while saying he did not believe lasting peace with Iran is ever possible.

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Iran will continue seeking dialogue with US: President Pezeshkian

01 Oct 2026 | 6:52 PM

Tehran, Oct 1 (UNI) Iran will continue seeking dialogue with the United States despite what President Masoud Pezeshkian described as three attacks on Iran during negotiations, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Thursday.

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Five killed in RSF drone strike on Sudan University dormitory

01 Oct 2026 | 6:34 PM

El-obeid, Sudan Oct 1 (UNI) At least five civilians were killed and 47 others injured on Wednesday when drones operated by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) struck a dormitory at Kordofan University in the central city of El-Obeid, the Sudan Doctors Network said.

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US death-row convict Christa Pike survives execution after 2 lethal injections

01 Oct 2026 | 6:14 PM

Nashville, Oct 1 (UNI) Twin attempts by a US state to execute death-row inmate Christa Pike ended without her death after officials administered two doses of pentobarbital before taking her to hospital for emergency treatment.

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