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U.S. President criticized some long-standing Western partners after several declined a request to send warships to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, even as Iran and Israel continued reciprocal strikes that have disrupted Gulf oil facilities, closed airspace temporarily and pushed energy prices higher. The conflict has entered a thir…
U.S. officials and intelligence sources say President Donald Trump received warnings before the U.S. and Israel launched air strikes on Iran that Tehran could retaliate against U.S. Gulf allies and threaten regional shipping routes. The president has publicly described such reprisals as unexpected, even as intelligence assessments listed them among…
Two members of Iran’s women’s national football delegation who accepted asylum in Australia have been photographed training with Brisbane Roar’s women's team as they start new lives after being granted humanitarian visas. The pair, who did not sing their national anthem during the Asian Cup, faced criticism in Iranian state media and fears of perse…
On March 16, three Tennessee residents, two of whom were minors when the images were produced, filed a federal lawsuit in San Jose accusing Elon Musk's xAI of designing its Grok image generator in a way that allowed users to create sexually explicit imagery using real photos of other people. The complaint seeks class-action designation for U.S. ind…
Taiwan's defence minister told reporters he has seen no official notice that a second U.S. arms package has been postponed, saying Washington's internal review appears to be proceeding on schedule. The comments come after media reports that a major arms package could await U.S. presidential approval and amid uncertainty caused by a potential postpo…
A federal jury in Los Angeles has convicted Samir Ousman Alsheikh, who led Damascus Central Prison under the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad, on multiple counts including conspiracy to commit torture, torture, and immigration fraud. Alsheikh, 73, faces lengthy maximum penalties for the convictions and remains in U.S. custody pending sentencing…
Leqaa Kordia, 33, was released from the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas on a $100,000 bond after more than a year in U.S. immigration custody. Her release follows a judicial order and comes as her immigration proceedings remain active. Advocates and local officials have raised concerns about her treatment in detention and about the …
Dan Caldwell, previously a senior adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth who was placed on administrative leave amid a leak probe, has been appointed to an advisory role at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, according to reporting by the New York Times. The move follows an earlier report that Caldwell was escorted from the Pent…
A March 16 State Department cable signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio instructs U.S. diplomatic and consular posts worldwide to press allied governments to classify Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Lebanon-based Hezbollah as terrorist groups. The missive cites an elevated risk of attack but does not provide details, and asks…
On a recent phone call, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun agreed that securing the Strait of Hormuz is critical for the economies and security of South Korea and other nations. Seoul said it will carefully weigh a U.S. appeal for regional partners to dispatch naval vessels to the Middle East, while Cho u…
Vice President JD Vance on Monday expressed clear backing for President Donald Trump’s handling of the war with Iran, saying he trusts the president to avoid repeating earlier mistakes. Vance’s remarks aimed to address speculation about whether his previously stated anti-war, isolationist positions put him at odds with Trump, whose recent comments …
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said he last communicated with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff before the U.S. and Israel launched their attack on Iran, disputing recent media accounts that a direct communications channel had been reactivated. Media reports have offered differing accounts about text-message exchanges; the broader conflict has drive…
A Pakistani airstrike struck a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, the Afghan Taliban said, causing deaths or injuries to an unspecified number of people. Pakistan denied targeting a medical facility, saying the strikes hit military installations and sites used by militants in Kabul and Nangarhar. The incident follows a cycle of cross-border str…
Brazil’s former president was transferred out of the intensive care unit to a semi-intensive care setting after medical staff observed improvement in inflammatory markers, according to an Instagram update from his wife. He remains under treatment for bronchopneumonia following a bronchoaspiration episode that prompted hospitalization; doctors say t…
At least 2,000 people have been reported killed across the Middle East since the U.S. and Israel carried out attacks on Iran beginning on February 28. Official tallies from Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, Israel, the United States and several Gulf and regional states show widely differing counts and some unresolved discrepancies. Reuters has not independently…
Margaret Ryan, a former military judge who joined the Securities and Exchange Commission in early September, has resigned as director of the agency's enforcement division effective immediately. Her departure comes roughly six months after taking the post and follows a leadership installation process begun by Republican Chairman Paul Atkins last Apr…
Israeli police said shrapnel from ballistic missiles fired by Iran, along with fragments from Israeli interceptors, fell around Jerusalem’s walled Old City and near several key religious sites on Monday. No casualties or major damage were reported at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre or the plateau known to Muslims as the Al-Aqsa compound and to Jew…
At Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in Tehran, families of those killed in the U.S.-Israeli air campaign gather to bury relatives. Gravediggers prepared plots in Section 42 while mourners displayed grief and, for some, anger toward Israel and the United States. Iranian officials say the conflict, which began with air strikes on February 28, has killed more…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a short video showing him reaching for a cup of coffee and exchanging light banter with an aide after Iranian state media aired claims that he was dead or injured. The clip was uploaded to his Telegram account and local verification matched the café interior and the date of the visit. High-level move…
The U.N. Security Council approved a three-month extension of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) following a U.S. push for a review of engagement with the Taliban-ruled country. The abbreviated mandate renewal, shorter than the mission's typical year-long renewals, comes amid U.S. concerns about the mission's budget, Talib…
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts board of trustees is scheduled to vote on a temporary closure to enable President Donald Trump's proposed renovation. The meeting, taking place in the East Room of the White House, is expected to approve the plans after the board last December voted to rename the venue the Trump-Kennedy Center. Som…
Human Rights Watch reports that El Salvador has effectively made some Salvadorans deported from the United States vanish into detention without judicial review or disclosure of their locations. The rights group says 11 nationals were immediately detained after deportation and that none were brought before a judge or permitted contact with family, r…
The BBC has filed a motion asking a U.S. judge to dismiss former President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit concerning an edited 2021 speech in a documentary. In court papers, the broadcaster contends that Trump’s re-election after the film aired and the assertion that the documentary was not made available to Florida viewers mean he c…
Encyclopaedia Britannica and its Merriam-Webster subsidiary filed a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court accusing OpenAI of using their online encyclopedia and dictionary content without permission to train its ChatGPT models. The complaint alleges that OpenAI copied nearly 100,000 articles, produced "near-verbatim" reproductions and "cannibalized" B…
Several U.S. allies have turned down Washington’s appeal for naval assistance to reopen the Strait of Hormuz after Iran’s deployment of drones, missiles and mines effectively halted oil tanker transits. European governments voiced caution about becoming involved in a conflict with Tehran, while some institutions consider limited or alternative meas…
