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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Monday that indirect talks with Washington were taking place via mediators.

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The renewal comes on the heels of the show's first season finale.

Sharon Horgan is returning as literary agent Alex after HBO renewed Youth for a second season. The news comes less than 24 hours after the season one finale. Youth follows a 50-year-old divorcee’s search for sex and love whilst juggling caring for her ailing parents and parenting her should-be grown up son. Horgan stars as […]

Israeli leader and US president talk on phone as mediation efforts led by Qatar seek to broker interim deal between Washington and Tehran

Ethiopia's economy is growing strongly. But renewed fighting in the north of the BRICS member state could deter investment, strain public finances and push up the cost of living.

Iran warned on Sunday that any renewed war with the United States could last longer than the previous round of fighting, after President Donald Trump said he still had to “take care” of more targets. Diplomatic efforts to end the Middle East war have been punctuated by repeated threats from the US and Israel to Read More: https://punchng.com/renewed-war-with

Iran is considering its response to a letter from US Vice President JD Vance as diplomatic efforts to end the eight-month war gather pace, with Iranian negotiators holding talks with Qatari mediators in Doha. Iran's security chief, Mohsen Rezaei, said he received and studied the letter but had yet to respond, describing a marked change in Washington's tone t

The family of an Ontario man is renewing efforts to find him with a search in Mont-Tremblant this weekend, 21 months after he went missing on a ski trip in Quebec.

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Regional leaders called for calm Saturday as fears of a new escalation between the U.S., Israel and Iran grow.

Hezbollah is unlikely to join a renewed war between the US and Iran unless Tehran's leadership faces an existential threat, a senior Lebanese official has told The National . The official said Hezbollah's intervention would depend on whether the survival of Iran and its ruling system was at stake, rather than simply coming under renewed US attack. “We knew e

“Haunted Hotel” is now accepting reservations for 2027, as Netflix has renewed the animated series for third season. The adult comedy comes from “Rick & Morty” writer Matt Roller and follows a single mother who runs the world’s most haunted hotel, the Undervale. As she juggles raising her two children with managing a slew of […]

On Halloween eve Netflix has announced a Season 3 renewal for its popular animated series Haunted Hotel. It’s slated to premiere in 2027. The renewal comes amid solid viewership for the series. Season 2 debuted on the Global English TV Top 10 list and season 1 has over 15 million views since its September 2025 […]

Apple and producer Legendary Television are in talks for a third season of the series.

The Keri Russell-led political thriller's fourth season, which wrapped with a dramatic moment at the G7 summit, dropped on Oct. 15.

A recent study questioned the carbon intensity of electricity generated by such facilities

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Gardaí have renewed their appeal for information into the murder of 25-year-old David Nunan, whose body was found in Co Clare more than 21 years ago.

The federal agency had previously investigated whether Polymarket allowed U.S. users on to its offshore platform in 2024, but dropped the measures in July 2025.

Fox will put more of the nation’s dumbest on television. The broadcaster has renewed Nation’s Dumbest for a second season. It comes after the first season debuted on July 15 with 2.3M total viewers over its first seven days, per Nielsen, which was the network’s biggest summer launch in four years. Jack Whitehall hosts the […]

The US and Israel have teased strikes around their elections, particularly against Iran's civilian infrastructure.

Senators say officials hid a ruling on warrantless searches past its release deadline.

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SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares closed higher Tuesday, led by gains in t...

SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares closed higher Tuesday, led by gains in t...

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SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened higher Tuesday, tracking o...

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Coven Academy has conjured up another season. The supernatural teen drama series has been renewed for a second season at Disney+/Hulu. The renewal announcement Monday comes amid strong viewership stats a little over three weeks following its Season 1 premiere. The first season has racked up 20.3 million global hours in its first three weeks […]

Disney’s supernatural young adult series “Coven Academy” has been renewed for a second season. Created by Tim Federle, the series follows “three teenage witches and their dangerously charming warlock peers at an elite magic boarding school where power is currency, secrets are lethal and attraction is a liability,” per the official logline, which continues: C

Tim Federle created the series, which features a cast including Malina Pauli Weissman, Malachi Barton and Tiffani Thiessen.

Iran says diplomacy remains possible but rejects U.S. demands for surrender.

Trump has suggested that U.S. strikes on Iran could resume after the Nov. 3 midterm elections and he has sent additional forces to the region.

Oct 25 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said its main airport resumed operations at two terminals on Sunday even as Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis vowed to keep striking the facility, which they called a "military target".

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he has a "decision to make" on Iran, as talks remain stalled and concern is rising over whether he will restart hostilities. Mr Trump told Fox News on Sunday that he was considering his next moves with regard to Iran . "I have a decision to make: Do I finish it off, which would be very easy to do, or do I make a deal?

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While the police kept a lid on vandalism, the huge number of protesters and France’s fraught politics suggest unrest could grow.

The party says the BJP government in Manipur has “completely failed to stop the violence” and that armed groups possess more sophisticated weapons than the security forces.

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France is deploying some 70,000 police officers as fresh nationwide protests begin. A deadly shooting near Paris has additionally fueled tensions. DW has the latest.

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The 'Summer House' spinoff is currently filming in New York.

Bravo has renewed the Summer House spinoff, In the City, for Season 2 and Southern Hospitality for Season 5. The renewals come as the network brings Bravoholics together for Bravo Fan Fest: Charleston this weekend. In the City‘s return comes as no surprise, as the series proved a ratings success early last summer. The Summer House was […]

Bravo has renewed Next Gen NYC for Season 3 and is expanding the “Next Gen” franchise to Atlanta, greenlighting Next Gen ATL. The renewal of the New York City-based show isn’t a surprise after its ratings uptick this summer. Next Gen NYC Season 2 premiere stood as the No. 1 Bravo next-day episode ever after […]

Both Putin and Zelenskyy said Thursday they were open for peace negotiations, even as they continued strikes overnight.

With emergency stocks at multidecade lows, analysts say the world may have only a month or two if Hormuz shuts again.

Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed that Russia was ready to resume U.S.-mediated talks with Ukraine next month.

The story doesn't end at the prom.

Mike Flanagan is now two-thirds of the way on the three-season arc he had envisioned for Carrie. Prime Video has renewed Flanagan’s adaptation of Stephen King’s horror classic for a second season. The pickup comes two weeks after Carrie‘s eight-episode first season was released on Oct. 7 to strong reviews and extends the perfect streak […]

“Carrie,” Amazon Prime Video’s series adaptation of Stephen King’s famous 1974 novel of the same name, has been renewed for a second season that will go beyond the events of the book. Per the official series description, “Misfit high-schooler Carrie White (Summer H. Howell) has spent her life hidden away inside the walls of her […]

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Donald Trump has repeatedly cancelled plans for a return to major combat

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