By Humeyra Pamuk and Tala Ramadan WASHINGTON/DUBAI/ISLAMABAD, April 29 (Reuters) – Iran said on Thursday that if Washington renewed attacks it would respond with “long and painful strikes” on U.S. positions, complicating U.S. plans for an international coalition to open the Strait of Hormuz. Two months into the war that started with U.S.-Israeli strikes on…
ATHENS, April 28 (Reuters) – Five people were wounded in two separate shooting attacks in Athens carried out by an elderly gunman who remained at large, police and local media reported on Tuesday. The suspect, an 89‑year‑old man, opened fire with a shotgun at a branch of Greece’s EFKA social security agency, wounding an employee…
Hong Kong’s anti-corruption watchdog has charged a police superintendent over allegedly accepting a HK$1 million (US$127,599) bribe from a businessman, disclosing internal information and arranging for his younger brother to act as a scapegoat in speeding cases. The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) on Tuesday revealed the charges against Leung Ka-man, 52, as well as…
By Michael Holden and Sam Tabahriti LONDON, April 26 (Reuters) – Buckingham Palace said discussions would take place with U.S. authorities on Sunday to determine whether a shooting at a dinner attended by President Donald Trump would affect planning for King Charles’ state visit to the U.S. this week. Trump was rushed out of the…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Justice Department unveiled charges Thursday against two Chinese nationals allegedly behind an overseas cryptocurrency scam center, as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro vowed that the Trump administration is “just getting started” in combating these schemes. Pirro told reporters in Washington, D.C., that…
April 23 (Reuters) – The White House on Thursday accused China of stealing U.S. artificial intelligence labs’ intellectual property on an industrial scale in a memo that threatens to raise tensions ahead of a summit between U.S. and Chinese leaders next month. “The US government has information indicating that foreign entities, principally based in China,…
LONDON, April 17 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday faced renewed calls from his political opponents to resign after it was revealed that his former ambassador to the United States failed security vetting and was still allowed to take up the job. The government on Thursday confirmed Mandelson – who was subsequently…
Hong Kong police have arrested a syndicate led by a beautician that allegedly stole credit cards from patrons of a beauty salon in Mong Kok, causing losses of more than HK$410,000 (US$52,347). The force said on Thursday that four men and two women, aged between 39 and 52, had been arrested over the past two…
WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) – U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Friday that the United States is trying to maintain a stable relationship with China, but if Beijing gets involved with Iran in a way that is counter to U.S. interests, that would complicate matters. “The underlying goals of our economies are so different….
LONDON, April 9 (Reuters) – Russian human rights group Memorial was designated as an “extremist” movement on Thursday at a closed-door hearing of the Supreme Court, state news agency TASS said. The ruling – the latest in a sweeping, years-long crackdown on free speech in Russia – provides a legal mechanism for authorities to prosecute…