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WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he believed Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei had approved a deal with the U.S. that would trigger the opening of the Strait of Hormuz and the lifting of a U.S. blockade on Iranian ports. When asked by a reporter at the White House …
WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a threatened U.S. military operation against Kharg Island was off the table for now as he girded for what could be an agreement with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. (Reporting by Steve Holland;Editing by David Ljunggren) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.
A Virginia law going into effect on July 1 will seal the criminal records of many people convicted of low-level offenses. The commonwealth’s “Clean Slate” law is expected to automatically seal over 100,000 criminal records of Virginians who were once convicted of misdemeanors such as shoplifting, trespassing and distributing marijuana, but who haven’t reoffended in …
MOSCOW, June 11 (Reuters) – Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday that its forces had captured two new settlements – Rozkishne village in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, near the key town of Kostiantynivka, and Okhrimivka, in the neighbouring Kharkiv region. Ukrainian reports gave no indication of either settlement changing hands, but the General Staff of …
BOSTON, June 11 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday blocked Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton from continuing to pursue a lawsuit against the Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue over its donation practices, saying he was retaliating against it for helping raise money for his opponent in the race for a U.S. Senate seat. U.S. …
BUDAPEST, June 12 (Reuters) – Seven people were killed and two injured in western Hungary early on Friday when a minibus carrying nine individuals crashed into a truck idling in traffic caused by an earlier accident on the M1 highway, police said. The crash near Gyor, 122 km west of Budapest, followed an earlier accident …
BEIJING, June 12 (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry confirmed on Friday the arrest of U Min Zin, a U.S. citizen, saying the American was suspected of spying and endangering Chinese national security. China has notified the U.S. consulate general in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou of the arrest, Lin Jian, a ministry spokesperson, told …
June 11 (Reuters) – Iran has not yet made a final decision on a possible agreement with the U.S. and will not compromise on its “red lines” in negotiations, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Thursday, according to Iran’s IRNA news agency. Baghaei said reports regarding a time and place of signing the agreement …
The NTSB said in its final report Thursday that the workhorse DOT-111 tank cars are long overdue for replacement because of the way the devastating impact of a derailment is magnified anytime hazardous chemicals leak, especially if they catch fire as they did in this derailment just outside the town of Bordulac, North Dakota. In …
DHAKA, June 12 (Reuters) – Bangladesh and India have agreed to deepen cooperation along their shared border with improved intelligence sharing and coordinated patrols, according to a joint statement released on Friday, amid strained relations over alleged undocumented migration. Dhaka has accused Indian authorities of attempting to force migrants across the border without due process, …