TOKYO, April 24 (Reuters) – Two forest fires continued to spread toward residential areas in a northern Japanese town on Friday, prompting authorities to expand evacuation orders to more than 3,000 people, with the blazes still uncontained, media reports said. The blaze broke out on Wednesday afternoon in a mountainous area in Iwate Prefecture, followed …
The U.S. military’s top uniformed and top civilian officials will take questions from the press on the Iran war Friday morning, as a weeks-long U.S.-Iran ceasefire remains in place — but with both sides ratcheting up their competition for control over shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan …
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Friday refused to be drawn into a dispute with the United States over reports that the Pentagon is weighing whether to punish members of NATO that fail to support American operations in the Iran war. Among those in the firing line is Spain, which has …
By Dan Peleschuk and Sergiy Karazy CHORNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, Ukraine, April 24 (Reuters) – Denys Khomenko betrays no emotion recalling the night last year when a Russian strike drone tore into the protective arc covering the part of the Chornobyl nuclear plant that suffered the world’s worst nuclear disaster – narrowly avoiding another tragedy. …
MEXICO CITY, April 23 (Reuters) – Mexican authorities said on Thursday that Fernando Farias, a navy officer and alleged fuel trafficker, has been arrested in Argentina and faces extradition. Security Minister Omar Garcia Harfuch said Farias, the suspected leader of a smuggling organization, was detained in Buenos Aires following a coordinated operation between the Mexican …
Mexican soldiers captured three of the closest allies of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s brother in an operation backed by U.S. intelligence, the military said Thursday. Ten members of the faction of the Sinaloa cartel led by Aureliano Guzman Loera, known as “El Guano,” were captured in the operation. The raid was carried out …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The executive director of the National Association of Basketball Coaches says input from coaches is “vital” in discussions about going to an age-based model that would include five years of eligibility for college athletes. That comes as an NCAA panel has discussed the revamp that would give athletes five years …
April 14, 2026 | Linh Mai, a 2-month-old Asian elephant, wanders her enclosure at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington. Linh Mai spends most of her time with Swarna, a 52-year-old elephant who stepped into a maternal role. The zoo had to separate Linh Mai from her mother who showed signs of aggression.
BEIJING, April 24 (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry on Friday rejected an accusation by U.S. President Donald Trump that an Iranian-flagged cargo ship intercepted by U.S. forces was a “gift from China.” The U.S. said it fired on and seized an Iranian cargo ship that tried to evade its blockade of Iranian ports. Iran’s military …
JAKARTA, April 24 (Reuters) – Indonesia has no plan to impose tolls on ships passing through the Malacca Strait, its finance minister said on Friday, after his comments about monetising the strategic sea route made waves earlier this week. Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa reiterated a clarification made by the country’s foreign minister on Thursday that Southeast …