White House proposes new underground visitor screening facility

The Trump administration has proposed the construction of an underground facility to screen visitors to the White House. The National Capital Planning Commission is scheduled to consider plans for the approximately 33,000-square-foot visitor screening facility that would be built entirely on federal land in Sherman Park, which is located southeast of the White House. The …

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Swiss Reject Two Flyover Requests From US for Flights Related to Iran War, Permits Three Others

FRANKFURT, March 14 (Reuters) – ⁠The ⁠Swiss government said ⁠on Saturday that it ​discussed requests by U.S. military and ‌official aircraft to fly ‌over the country, ⁠and ⁠based on its law of neutrality, rejected ​two Iran-related war flights but permitted three others. “The law on neutrality ​prohibits overflights by parties to the ⁠conflict that ⁠serve …

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Russian Air Defences Down 65 Drones Headed for Moscow, Mayor Says

March 14 (Reuters) – Russian air ⁠defence ⁠units have downed ⁠65 Ukrainian drones headed for ​Moscow throughout the day on Saturday, Mayor ‌Sergei Sobyanin said. Sobyanin, ‌writing on Telegram, said the ⁠drones ⁠were intercepted over an 11-hour period beginning around ​noon (0900 GMT). Crews were examining the fragments at the sites where they fell. The …

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WHO Chief Tedros Says 12 Dead in Strike on Primary Healthcare Center in Lebanon

March 14 (Reuters) – The ⁠head ⁠of the World ⁠Health Organization said on ​Saturday that it has verified 12 ‌doctors, paramedics and nurses ‌were killed in ⁠a ⁠strike on the Bourj Qalaouiyeh primary healthcare center ​in Lebanon late on Friday. “The killings in the last 24 ​hours of 14 health workers in ⁠southern Lebanon ⁠mark …

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Rwanda Threatens to Withdraw Its Counterinsurgency Troops From Mozambique

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Rwanda will withdraw its counterinsurgency troops from Mozambique if the mission’s foreign backers don’t maintain “sustainable funding,” the foreign minister said on Saturday. Foreign Affairs Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe said in a post on X that Rwandan troops were “being constantly questioned, vilified, criticized, blamed or sanctioned by the very countries that …

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U.S. Energy secretary directs Texas oil company to restore operations off California

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright directed a Texas-based oil and gas company Friday to restore operations in waters off Southern California that were damaged by a 2015 oil spillinvoking the Defense Production Act. Restoring Sable Offshore Corp.’s Santa Ynez unit and pipeline off Santa Barbara aims to address supply disruption risks, according to a department …

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Hamas Calls on Iran Not to Target Neighboring Countries but Affirms Its Right to Self-Defence

CAIRO, March 14 (Reuters) – The Palestinian Iran-aligned ⁠militant ⁠group Hamas has ⁠called on Iran to not target neighbouring countries, ​while still reaffirming Tehran’s right to respond to the U.S.-Israeli attacks. This ‌is the first time ‌the group has publicly commented on Iranian policies. It ⁠has ⁠expressed solidarity with Iran during the war but appeared …

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