Fire Reported at Foreign Oil Companies’ Storage Facilities in Iraq After Drone Strike

April ⁠4 (Reuters) – ⁠A ⁠fire broke ​out ‌early ‌on ⁠Saturday at ⁠storage facilities ​belonging ​to ⁠foreign oil ⁠companies ⁠west of Iraq’s ​Basra ​after ⁠a ⁠drone strike, security ⁠sources told Reuters. (Reporting by ⁠Muayad Hameed; Editing by ​William ​Mallard) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.

Downed Planes Spell New Peril for Trump as Tehran Hunts Missing US Pilot

By Phil Stewart and Enas Alashray WASHINGTON/CAIRO, April 4 (Reuters) – Iran’s forces were hunting on Saturday for a ⁠missing ⁠U.S. pilot from one of two warplanes downed over Iran ⁠and the Gulf, officials from both sides said, while two airmen were rescued. The incidents show the risks still facing U.S. and Israeli ​aircraft over …

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Tribes in Montana Lose Millions After USDA Kills Farm Grants

Kim Paul, executive director of the Piikani Lodge Health Institute, a nonprofit on the Blackfeet Reservation that promotes health and well-being, saw the email notification flash across her computer screen as she was working late last week. It was the U.S. Department of Agriculture saying a nearly $9 million grant contract with Piikani Lodge had …

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Trump Administration Can’t Make Colleges Provide Race-Related Data, Judge Rules

BOSTON, April 3 (Reuters) – The Trump administration cannot ⁠force ⁠public universities in 17 U.S. ⁠states to turn over sweeping amounts of data so it can examine ​whether they have ceased considering race as an admissions factor, a federal judge ruled on Friday. U.S. District Judge ‌F. Dennis Saylor IV in Boston ‌issued a preliminary …

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