President Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs to “much higher levels” on the European Union if it doesn’t agree to a trade deal by July 4. “I had a great call with The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. We discussed many topics, including that we are completely united that Iran can […]
U.S. Central Command said Thursday that American forces struck Iranian military sites responsible for “unprovoked” missile, drone and boat attacks on U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz. “U.S. forces intercepted unprovoked Iranian attacks and responded with self-defense strikes as U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz to the Gulf of Oman,” CENTCOM […]
At least five U.S. states are monitoring former passengers of a cruise ship experiencing a hantavirus outbreak, health officials said, as the vessel with 17 Americans still on board heads for Spain. The ship, MV Hondius, was sailing early Friday from Cape Verde to Spain’s Canary Islands with about 150 people, including 90 passengers and […]
Two former Chinese defense officials were given suspended death sentences Thursday after being found guilty of bribery, state-run media reported. The military court gave Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu a two-year reprieve, which means after that time period, their death sentences will be commuted to life in prison with no possibility of parole, the BBC […]
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said President Trump told him in a White House meeting Thursday that the U.S. will not invade Cuba. “I heard him – assuming the translation was correct – and heard him say that he has no intention of invading Cuba; that is what the interpreter conveyed here,” Mr. Lula said […]
The Iran war has seen major central banks put interest rates on hold in April and stymied an easing push in emerging economies as policymakers face inflation pressures and volatile markets. Six of the central banks overseeing the 10 most heavily traded currencies left rates unchanged last month: the U.S. Federal Reserve, the European Central […]
U.S. Congressman Riley M. Moore has condemned a recent attack in Plateau State, where terrorists struck Christians during a mass burial for prior victims killed days earlier, describing it as part of an ongoing genocide in the Middle Belt. Reacting to the latest attack in Plateau State via a post on his official X account, […]
Footage obtained by The Associated Press of a cruise ship at the center of a rare-virus outbreak shows deserted decks and gathering areas, medical teams in protective gear, and a still landscape ahead as the vessel and its nearly 150 passengers and crew waited another day for direction and help off the coast of West […]
A school shooting Tuesday in Acre state in northern Brazil left two women dead and two others injured, including an underage student, authorities said. The state government said in a statement that a 13-year-old student admitted carrying out the attack at the public school Instituto Sao Jose in Rio Branco, the state capital. The two […]
Pope Leo will visit two of the Canary Islands, major entry points off Africa’s western coast for desperate migrants braving dangerous Atlantic waters to get to Europe, as part of a tour of Spain next month, the Vatican announced on Wednesday. Leo, who has drawn the ire of U.S. President Donald Trump after criticizing the […]
