Washington and Tehran waged a war of words Thursday ahead of key talks in Oman after U.S. President Donald Trump said military action was “absolutely” possible if the talks fail. A senior adviser to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that Iran could expel U.N. nuclear watchdog inspectors over “threats” ahead of Saturday’s talks. Rear…
Six people were killed on Thursday afternoon in a helicopter crash in the Hudson River in Jersey City, New Jersey. According to The New York Post, while the identity of the helicopter pilot has not yet been released, the other five victims have been identified as CEO of Rail Infrastructure at Siemens Mobility Agustin Escobar;…
Hamas said on Thursday the announcement by President Emmanuel Macron that France could recognize a Palestinian state by June was an “important step”, after Israel’s foreign minister slammed the plan. “We welcome the statements made by French President Emmanuel Macron regarding his country’s readiness to recognize the State of Palestine,” Hamas official Mahmud Mardawi told…
Despite a self-inflicted delay last week, House Republicans on Thursday passed legislation aimed at stopping noncitizens from voting in federal elections, a priority pursued by President Donald Trump. Known as the SAVE Act, it would require people to provide proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote. Democrats have railed against the bill, particularly its limits on acceptable forms of identification, which…
The United States and Russia both said on Thursday that they had made progress toward normalizing the work of their diplomatic missions, with the United States saying it was still concerned about a Russian policy prohibiting the employment of local staff. The meeting of the U.S. and Russian delegations in Istanbul followed initial talks in…
Just in time for a mini heat wave going into the weekend, local public health authorities have lifted ocean water advisories placed on Malibu- and Santa Monica-area beaches affected by January’s Palisades fire. Even though officials are deeming the water safe for recreation, they’re still cautioning beachgoers to avoid any fire-related debris they encounter in…
Croatia on Thursday protested a spate of expulsions of its citizens from Serbia, where the government of populist President Aleksandar Vucic is faced with massive anti-corruption protests that have shaken his tight grip on power in the Balkan state. Dozens of foreign citizens, including 15 Croats, have been expelled from Serbia in the past few…
Russian and U.S. officials held a fresh round of talks in Turkey, after a prisoner swap in which Moscow released detained American Ksenia Karelina. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a post on the X platform Thursday that Karelina was “on a plane back home” after President Donald Trump had secured her release. Karelina was exchanged for Russian citizen Arthur Petrov in a swap conducted at Abu…
Prince Harry met with war victims on Thursday in an unannounced visit to Ukraine as part of his ongoing work with wounded veterans, a spokesperson said. Harry visited the Superhumans Center, an orthopedic clinic in Lviv that treats and rehabilitates wounded military personnel and civilians, to see top-notch services provided in a country in the…
British police have arrested the UK head of Greenpeace, alongside five other activists, after they poured 300 liters of blood-red dye into a pond at the U.S. embassy on Thursday in protest against the U.S. sale of arms to Israel. Will McCallum, the environmental campaign group’s UK head, and the others, disguised as delivery riders…
