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What to know about Iran's nuclear program and UN 'snapback' sanctions

A 30-day window to stop the reimposition of United Nations sanctions on Iran is closing, likely meaning Tehran will face new pressure on its ailing economy as tensions remain high in the wider Mideast over the Israeli war in the Gaza Strip.

As the U.N. General Assembly meets this week in New York, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi have a last chance to try to halt the sanctions. The clock started when France, Germany and the United Kingdom on Aug. 28 declared Iran wasn't complying with its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

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How Israel could retaliate to the growing push for recognition of a Palestinian state

France and Saudi Arabia hope to use this year's gathering of world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly and the increasingly horrific war in the Gaza Strip to inject new urgency into the quest for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Those efforts include a new road map for eventual Palestinian statehood in territories Israel seized in the 1967 Mideast war, and moves by several Western countries to join a global majority in recognizing such a state before it has been established.

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Jimmy Kimmel the latest TV host to get into trouble. Here's a look at others

Jimmy Kimmel's suspension from late night is not the first time a TV host has faced pushback or punishment for their on-air comments or off-air actions.

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Harris stops biting her tongue in book about last year's campaign against Trump

When it was all over, Kamala Harris couldn't believe it. "I could barely breathe," she writes in her new book about learning she had lost the 2024 presidential election to Donald Trump.

One of her aides peeled "Madame President" off celebratory cupcakes before serving them to crushed staffers. Harris kept asking, "My God, my God, what will happen to our country?"

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Mbappé's Real Madrid hosts unbeaten Espanyol with La Liga lead at stake

Few observers imagined that top spot in the Spanish league would be up for grabs when Espanyol visits Real Madrid on Saturday.

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Guardiola raises doubt about Rodri fitness for Arsenal-Man City game

Manchester City star Rodri still is not fully comfortable on his return from a serious knee injury and might not be risked against Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday at the end of an intense week of games, Pep Guardiola said.

Rodri, the reigning Ballon d'Or winner, was out for eight months last season with an ACL injury and is still recovering his full fitness after a setback during the summer at the Club World Cup.

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South African trade officials in Washington for tariff talks and efforts to ease tensions

South African trade officials have held talks with their U.S. counterparts in Washington, reports said Friday as Africa's largest economy looks to repair strained relations and negotiate the lifting of heavy tariffs imposed by the United States.

South Africa's department of trade, industry and competition said the country's Trade Minister Parks Tau and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer held "cordial and constructive" talks following three days of intense discussions by senior officials from both countries.

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Macron welcomes arrest in West Bank of Palestinian suspect in the 1982 Paris attack

France's president on Friday welcomed the arrest this week in the occupied West Bank of a key Palestinian suspect in a 1982 terror attack in Paris, calling it the result of "excellent cooperation" with the Palestinian Authority.

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Russia, Vietnam use energy profits to avoid possible US sanctions for arms deals

Russia and Vietnam have developed a back-door method of concealing arms deal payments to avoid American and other Western sanctions, using the profits from joint oil and gas ventures to pay off defense contracts without any open transfers of cash through the global banking system, according to internal Vietnamese documents obtained by The Associated Press.

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Trump and Xi begin talks in a push to finalize a TikTok deal

U.S. President Donald Trump is talking with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday in a push to finalize a deal to allow the popular social media app TikTok to keep operating in the United States.

The call between the two leaders began around 8 a.m. Washington time, according to a White House official and China's Xinhua News Agency.

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