WASHINGTON — Israel believes deeply buried stocks of enriched uranium at one Iranian nuclear facility hit by the U.S. military are potentially retrievable, a senior Israeli official said. And the agency that built the U.S. “bunker buster” bombs dropped on two other nuclear sites said Thursday that it is still waiting for data to be able to determine if…
LONDON — Years of American-led investment into AIDS programs has reduced the number of people killed by the disease to the lowest levels seen in more than three decades, and provided life-saving medicines for some of the world’s most vulnerable. What You Need To Know A new U.N. AIDS agency report says the sudden withdrawal…
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that the U.S. and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks after he met with his Russian counterpart in Malaysia Thursday. What You Need To Know U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. and Russia have exchanged new ideas…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump sent out tariff letters to seven smaller U.S. trading partners on Wednesday with a pledge to announce import taxes on other countries later in the day. What You Need To Know President Donald Trump has sent out tariff letters to seven smaller U.S. trading partners in his first batch of…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Crew members aboard a Liberian-flagged ship set ablaze by a series of attacks in the Red Sea abandoned the vessel Sunday night as it took on water, marking the first serious assault in the vital corridor for trade after a monthslong campaign by Yemen’s Houthi rebels there. Suspicion for the attack on the Greek-owned…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with Vietnam Wednesday that would allow U.S. goods to enter the country duty-free. What You Need To Know President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with Vietnam Wednesday that would allow U.S. goods to enter the country duty-free Vietnamese exports to the United States, by contrast,…
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s top leaders doubled down Thursday on how destructive the U.S. attacks had been on Iran’s nuclear facilities and described in detail the study and planning behind the bombing mission. What You Need To Know The Pentagon’s top leaders have doubled down on how destructive the U.S. attacks had been on Iran’s…
WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance said on Sunday that the U.S. is “not at war with Iran” but that “we’re at war with Iran’s nuclear program” in the aftermath of a surprise attack overnight on three of that country’s nuclear sites. “The Iranians are clearly not very good at war. Perhaps they should follow…
When President Donald Trump announced widespread reciprocal tariffs in April, U.S. shrimpers rejoiced. “Our initial visceral response was that we finally felt seen,” said Bryan Jones, vice president of the South Carolina Shrimpers Association. Jones is the captain of a South Carolina shrimping boat. He remembers when hundreds of other shrimpers were out on the…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday left the door open for direct U.S. military involvement in the bubbling conflict between Israel and Iran but declined to definitively say what he is going to do. At the same time, he said Iran has reached out to him and maintained that it still wants to make…