Deadliest Israeli bombing so far marks Nakba day in Gaza
KYIV/WASHINGTON – Ukraine and the U.S. said on Wednesday they signed an agreement on a joint fund to invest in Ukraine’s reconstruction, and a draft of the deal said it would give Washington preferential access to new Ukrainian natural resources deals. The two countries signed the accord in Washington after months of sometimes fraught negotiations, with uncertainty persisting until the last-moment with word of an eleventh-hour snag. “In recognition of the significant financial and…
In his longest statement while still not appearing in public, Iran’s new ayatollah said US military bases would have no place in the region, as CENTCOM acknowledged overnight strikes on missile sites and Iranian boats laying mines, and a tanker was struck near Oman. Iran’s Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei declared in his first major public statement…
Five Americans jailed for years in Iran and widely regarded as hostages are on their way home to the United States. The last pieces in a controversial swap mediated by Qatar fell into place when $6bn (£4.8bn) of Iranian funds held in South Korea reached banks in Doha. It triggered the departure of the four…
Alaska state agency to challenge federal action in court, conduct discovery of top Biden admin officials The Biden administration canceled several oil and gas leases issued in early 2021 to an Alaskan state economic development agency, it announced Wednesday. The Department of the Interior (DOI) rescinded the seven 10-year leases — spanning 365,775 acres in…
CAIRO, April 17 (Reuters) – Hamas wants a comprehensive deal to end the war in Gaza and swap all Israeli hostages for Palestinians jailed in Israel, a senior official from the Palestinian militant group said, rejecting Israel’s offer of an interim truce. In a televised speech, Khalil Al-Hayya, the group’s Gaza chief who leads its…
OXNARD, California (Reuters) -Lisa Tate is a sixth-generation farmer in Ventura County, California, an area that produces billions of dollars worth of fruit and vegetables each year, much of it hand-picked by immigrants in the U.S. illegally. Tate knows the farms around her well. And she says she can see with her own eyes how…