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DUBAI, April 2 (Reuters) – Iran’s operational headquarters must monitor “enemy movements with utmost pessimism and accuracy” and be ready to counter any method of attack, the country’s army commander-in-chief Amir Hatami was quoted as saying by state media on Thursday. U.S. President Donald Trump has said the Iran conflict is “nearing completion” and could …
VILNIUS, April 2 (Reuters) – Lithuania is preparing a request to the United States for cooperation in its investigation into potential human trafficking with links to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the Baltic country’s Prosecutor General Vita Grunskiene told Lithuania‘s Ziniu radio on Thursday. (Reporting by Andrius Sytas, editing by Anna Ringstrom ) Copyright 2026 …
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Fernando Mendoza warmed up with his college roommate Wednesday while nearly two dozen college teammates took turns running the 40-yard dash. “I feel like it went great,” Mendoza said after throwing the last of his roughly 56 passes inside the John Mellencamp Pavilion. “You know quarterbacks have passed, have done shorter …
BEDFORD, N.H. (AP) — “Bob’s Burgers” voice actor and comedian Eugene Mirman suffered serious injuries after crashing his car into a toll plaza and being pulled from the fiery wreckage by a state trooper assigned to protect the governor of New Hampshire. The crash happened just before noon Tuesday when a northbound electric vehicle struck …
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke was arrested Wednesday in Arkansas on charges including speeding and possession of a controlled substance. Injuries have limited Clarke to only two games this season, and Memphis has ruled him out for the rest of this season. “I’m aware of the report, but don’t have any …
April 1 (Reuters) – The Trump administration is set to announce tariffs as soon as Thursday on drugmakers that have not struck deals guaranteeing low prices in the U.S., Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the plan. The White House did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment. The Trump administration has …
TULKARM, West Bank, April 2 (Reuters) – The sight and sound of Iranian rockets arcing overhead have become near-daily for the Palestinian Ghanem family, expelled by the Israeli military from a refugee camp and now living in a rickety shack with a thin metal roof offering little protection. The family are among an estimated 32,000 …
MOSCOW, April 2 (Reuters) – Students across Russia are being offered large financial incentives to join drone units fighting in Ukraine as operators and engineers, while companies in Russia’s central Ryazan region have been given quotas to sign up workers for the army, documents show. The recruitment effort, which comes as Russian forces continue to …
STOCKHOLM, April 2 (Reuters) – Sweden will buy air defence and anti-drone systems worth 8.7 billion Swedish crowns ($916 million) from among others Saab and BAE Systems, the country’s defence minister said on Thursday. “It is more important than ever to invest in air defence capabilities,” Pal Jonson said, in a statement. “Protection against threats …
April 2 (Reuters) – Pakistan is holding talks with Afghanistan to end the worst conflict between the South Asian neighbours since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Thursday. The talks in the northwestern Chinese city of Urumqi were being held between senior officials of the two countries, the …