CP 
By Tom Balmforth and John Irish LONDON/PARIS, April 7 (Reuters) – Russian satellites have made dozens of detailed imagery surveys of military facilities and critical sites across the Middle East to help Iran strike U.S. forces and other targets, according to a Ukrainian intelligence assessment. The conclusions, reviewed by Reuters, also found that Russian and …
By Michael Kahn, Supantha Mukherjee and Tom Balmforth PRAGUE/STOCKHOLM/LONDON, April 7 (Reuters) – Specialist mini jet engine makers across Europe are ramping up production and investment to head off a looming supply shortage that threatens to hold back Ukraine’s rapid deep-strike drone programme at a critical stage of the war with Russia. Mini turbojet drones …
April 7 (Reuters) – Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun arrived in China on Tuesday on what she says is a mission of peace, happening at a time Beijing has ramped up its military and political pressure against the democratically governed island. Cheng, chairwoman of the largest opposition party, the Kuomintang or KMT, will be in …
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance is traveling to Hungary’s capital Tuesday in a bid to turn the tide of an election campaign where long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a close ally of President Donald Trump, is trailing in the polls. Vance’s two-day trip, where he is scheduled to hold an official …
KYIV, April 7 (Reuters) – A Russian drone strike on a city bus killed three people and injured 12 more on Tuesday in the city of Nikopol in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukrainian officials said. “It is a devastating blow at public transport. It happened during rush hour, just as people were heading to work,” …
SEOUL, April 7 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Unification Ministry said on Tuesday that North Korea’s rare conciliatory response to President Lee Jae Myung’s expression of regret over drone incursions marked “meaningful progress” toward easing military tensions. Lee’s government has been seeking to reverse a sharp deterioration in ties between the neighbours, which remain technically at …
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras had a warning for the Milwaukee Brewers after he was hit on the hand by a pitch Monday night from right-hander Brandon Woodruff. Contreras has been hit by a pitch 131 times in his major league career, including 24 times by the Brewers — which …
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pushed back a deadline for Iran to cut a deal or open the Strait of Hormuz from Monday to Tuesday, the latest of several deadline delays, and threatened that without a deal “Hell will reign down on them.” Trump’s previous deadline was for March 23, but that shifted …
HONOLULU (AP) — An attempted murder trial is wrapping up for an anesthesiologist accused of trying to kill his wife during a cliff-side hike near a popular scenic lookout in Hawaii, with closing arguments expected Tuesday. The trial started last month, nearly a year after Gerhardt and Arielle Konig went on a hike on the …
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge is set to hear arguments Tuesday on a protective order sought by a former partner against Taylor Frankie Paul, the star of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” and a recently filmed season of “The Bachelorette” that was canceled over abuse allegations in the relationship. Dakota Mortensen, …