An FBI team was in Cuba to investigate a deadly February shoot-out between the Cuban coast guard and a US-registered speedboat, a US embassy official said Wednesday. The technical team arrived on Tuesday “as part of their thorough and...
Armenia cannot be both a member of the European Union and the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union, President Vladimir Putin told Armenia’s Prime Minister on Wednesday, amid tensions over Yerevan’s pivot towards the West. Armenia has...
Strikes in the Iranian capital on Wednesday hit a Russian Orthodox church, damaging the building, but there were no casualties, the Russian embassy in Tehran said. “On April 1, two strikes were conducted near the Saint Nicholas Orthodox Church...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has filed confidential papers with US securities regulators to go public, US media reported Wednesday. The filing, which could be the largest initial public offering of all time, puts SpaceX on track to list on a public...
“Cancellation is alway an option in the event of a delay,” he told the ATS-Keystone news agency. Earlier Wednesday, the defence ministry announced it would continue suspending payments for the system “until the United States has...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards confirmed on Wednesday that they had struck an oil tanker in the Gulf, saying it belonged to Israel. “An oil tanker belonging to the illegitimate and child-killing Zionist regime with the trade name...
Russia will keep providing assistance to Cuba, Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman said Wednesday, a day after a Russian oil tanker provided the fuel-starved island with its first shipment of crude in months. Cuba has been suffering from an...
Iran on Wednesday denied US President Donald Trump’s assertion that Tehran had asked for a ceasefire, state television reported, citing the foreign ministry. “Trump’s statements about Iran’s request for a ceasefire are false...
Russia fired more than 360 drones at Ukraine during a fresh daylight barrage on Wednesday, the Ukrainian air force said. “During daylight hours from 8:00 am (0500 GMT) to 6:00 pm (1500 GMT), Ukraine was attacked by more than 360 enemy unmanned...
Wall Street stocks rose early Wednesday, extending a rally on hopes that the Middle East war could end soon as oil prices retreated. US President Donald Trump scheduled a national address Wednesday night to update the country on Iran. Trump, whose...
“Paper tiger”. “Cowards“. As US President Donald Trump grapples with the fallout of his war on Iran, much of his anger has been redirected onto another target: the NATO military alliance. Enraged by European allies who have...
A major Kuwaiti bank said it will close its headquarters in the capital for two days starting Wednesday, as Iran carries out daily strikes on the Gulf more than one month into the Middle East war. “National Bank of Kuwait will close its...
A study commissioned by Greenpeace said on Wednesday that oil companies have been making more than 80 million euros a day in “war profits” in the European Union since the start of the war in the Middle East. “If this level...
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said there were no negotiations with the United States and that Tehran had not responded to a reported 15-point proposal from Washington to end the war. “We receive messages from the American side...
An animal rights group has called on a Hong Kong e-commerce company to stop conducting experiments that it said involve keeping detached animal heads and limbs “viable” for hours. Hong Kong Technology Venture (HKTV), the parent company of popular...
