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UK embassy in UAE tells British citizens to shelter indoors and stay away from windows amid escalation

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Venezuela and US to work together on mining developments, Rodríguez says

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Dirty laundry and chocolate bars: How Venezuelan prisoners smuggled messages out of jail

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Brazil completes its legislative process and ratifies the EU–Mercosur deal

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Carney says he backs strikes on Iran 'with some regret' as world order frays

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US interior secretary highlights Venezuela’s mineral wealth, says cooperation has “no limits”

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Millions of Cubans plunged into darkness as fuel crisis deepens

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Released Argentine gendarme alleges “psychological torture” at Venezuela’s Rodeo I prison

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Bolivia jails 19 after people scooped up cash from crashed military plane

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Uruguay cuts policy rate to 5.75% after external shock, with inflation still below target

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Argentina hits oil output record on Vaca Muerta as Brent tops $80 on Iran war

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FIH Group sells Portsmouth Harbor Ferry Company for £11.6m.

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Greens bash PM Starmer and Labour party in a Manchester stronghold

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US and Ecuador forces launch operation to fight drug trafficking

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Paraguay steps up intelligence and financial controls in the Tri-Border Area amid Middle East tensions

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Uruguay court convicts Russian, Kazakh and Mexican over forged documents attempt

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Three foreigners convicted in Uruguay for attempting to obtain a passport with forgeries

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US says it has struck “nearly 2,000” targets in Iran and adds B-52 bombers to the air campaign

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Responsible Gambling Online: What It Means and the Tools That Help

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Trump threatens to cut off all trade with Spain after base refusal tied to Iran strikes

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Chile: Kast halts transition talks with Boric, citing lack of trust over China-linked subsea cable briefings

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Mexican drug lord 'El Mencho' buried in golden coffin

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Trump hits out at Starmer over Iran strikes, says the US-UK “special relationship” has weakened

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Uruguay activates Mercosur–Singapore FTA on a bilateral basis, opening preferential access to Southeast Asia

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France and Greece dispatch warships to Cyprus after Iranian attack on UK base

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Paraguay central bank cuts rates as inflation runs below target

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Haddad says Iran conflict should not immediately hit Brazil’s economy

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Uruguay: Orsi defends “stability” in first-year address, announces justice ministry and new projects

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France to boost nuclear arsenal and extend “advanced deterrence” to European partners

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Revolutionary Guard say Strait of Hormuz is “closed”

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Orsi’s first year in power: unemployment and crime fall, wages edge up, growth moderate in Uruguay

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Oil jumps and shares fall as Iran warnings chill Strait of Hormuz traffic and shipping reroutes spread

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Iran hits UK’s RAF Akrotiri base in EU-member Cyprus after Starmer announces support for US

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Milei urges US “strategic alliance” as “state policy,” outlines sweeping reform push in Congress speech

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Israel launches new wave of strikes “in the heart of Tehran” as Iran replies with missiles and drones

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Ecuador’s rainy season: 21,089 affected as regional emergency remains in force across eight provinces

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Hezbollah fires first cross-border projectiles since 2024 ceasefire as Israel strikes Lebanon

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One dead, one injured in fan-group clash ahead of Colo Colo–Universidad de Chile Superclásico in Santiago

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Willian and Kate release a statement to mark St David, patron saint of Wales

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Navarrete stops Nunez to unify super-featherweight titles

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Israel says Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in strikes

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Chile: undersea cable dispute triggers US visa curbs, leaves Kast to decide on China Mobile project

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US and Israel launch strikes on Iran; Trump calls them a “massive” operation as Tehran vows retaliation

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Uruguay approves offshore 3D seismic survey for oil exploration, sets marine safeguards

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Poll shows Flávio Bolsonaro drawing level with Lula in a potential Brazil runoff

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At least 20 killed after military plane carrying banknotes crashes in Bolivia

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Bolivia military plane carrying central bank cash crashes; crowd tries to grab banknotes

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Argentina lowers age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 14, Senate approves new juvenile regime

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Trump floats a “friendly takeover” of Cuba, says talks are under way with Havana

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European Commission announces provisional entry into force for the trade pillar of the EU-Mercosur deal

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