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Iran said it has executed two men convicted of espionage, according to the judiciary news outlet Mizan News Agency, on Monday. The executions were carried out at dawn, the report said. The sentences had been issued by a revolutionary court in the city of Karaj, near the capital Tehran. Iranian authorities accused the two men of spying for Israelโ€™s…

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US Opens Refunds Portal For Tariffs Imposed Under Trump Govt

The US government on Monday launched a tool for refunding more than $166 billion in revenue from tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump and subsequently struck down by the Supreme Court. The conservative-majority high court in February ruled against a swath of Trumpโ€™s tariffs, marking a stinging rebuke of his key economic policy and opening the door to refunds….

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Belgium to Move Work Permit Applications Online

Belgium is set to fully digitise its short-term work permit and commuter permit application process from May 1, 2026, in a major administrative overhaul aimed at modernising how foreign worker documentation is handled. In a joint official communiquรฉ released on April 17, 2026, on its website, by Belgiumโ€™s Federal Immigration Office on Monday, under the new system, employers and…

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Iran Foreign Ministry Says US Not Serious About Pursuing Diplomacy

Iranโ€™s foreign ministry said Monday that the United States was not serious about pursuing diplomacy, citing what it called โ€œviolationsโ€ of their two-week ceasefire. โ€œWhile claiming diplomacy and readiness for negotiations, the US is carrying out behaviours that do not in any way indicate seriousness in pursuing a diplomatic process,โ€ said ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei in a weekly press…

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One Dead as Austrian Trolleybus Crashes Into Supermarket

One person died and seven were injured Monday after a trolleybus veered off the road and crashed into a supermarket in Salzburg, Austriaโ€™s Red Cross said. โ€œOne person died despite attempts to resuscitate,โ€ a Red Cross spokeswoman told AFP. The injured were taken to the hospital, two in serious condition, she added, as a large team of emergency responders…

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Russia Arrests German Woman Over Bomb Plot Allegations

Russia said Monday it had arrested a German woman found with a homemade bomb in her backpack in what it alleged was a Ukrainian-hatched plot to blow up a security services facility in the south. Russia has arrested dozens of people throughout the four-year war, mostly its own citizens, on allegations of working for Ukraine to carry out sabotage…

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