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By Phil Stewart and Menna AlaaElDin WASHINGTON/CAIRO, April 5 (Reuters) – U.S. special forces rescued an airman in a high-risk mission deep inside Iran while President Donald Trump threatened to rain “hell” on Tehran if it did not reopen the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday for oil flows vital to the world economy. Trump announced …
LAGOS, April 5 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s army said on Sunday that it had rescued 31 civilians who were taken hostage during an attack on a church in northwest Kaduna state, while five people were found dead at the scene. The army said the attack had taken place during an Easter church service in Ariko village …
NEW YORK (AP) — A $656 million judgment against Palestinian authorities has been reinstated by appeals judges, following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of Americans killed or wounded in attacks in Israel. The decision from the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals comes a decade after it first tossed out a verdict against …
To be the best, you need to beat the best, and the UCLA Bruins women’s basketball team did that with an exclamation point on Sunday to climb the mountaintop. They (37-1) dismantled South Carolina 79-51 in the 2026 NCAA National Championship Game to earn their first title since joining in 1981. PHOENIX, ARIZONA – APRIL …
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Duke star freshman and top NBA prospect Cameron Boozer is still healing, both emotionally after the Blue Devils’ devastating March Madness loss to UConn and physically after suffering a facial injury in that game. The 6-foot-9, 250-pound forward said Sunday he sustained “a couple of fractures” during the Blue Devils’ loss in …
HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — A toddler was lightly injured by a wolf at a Pennsylvania theme park zoo after he crawled under a fence and stuck his hand into the animal’s enclosure, officials at the zoo confirmed Sunday. The child was never inside the wolf habitat at the ZooAmerica North American Wildlife Park, which is …
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A tanker truck in Texas hauling gasoline erupted into a fiery blaze Sunday after colliding with another vehicle and knocking over power lines, leaving the truck driver in critical condition, Fort Worth authorities said. The 18-wheeler was carrying 9,000 gallons of gasoline that began leaking after the truck spun off …
LONDON (AP) — Leeds threw away a two-goal lead in second-half injury time and conceded two disallowed goals in extra time before going on to beat West Ham in a penalty shootout and reach the FA Cup semifinals for the first time since 1987. Mateus Fernandes and Axel Disasi struck in the 93rd and 96th …
As the four Artemis II astronauts closed in on the moon, they took time to send Easter greetings to Earth and had their own version of an egg hunt. Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch on Sunday presented “astronaut wings” to Canadian crewmate Jeremy Hansen, making his first space flight, before …
April 5 (Reuters) – Russia’s key Baltic port of Ust-Luga resumed crude loading after days of disruptions amid multiple Ukrainian drone attacks in the region, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday. The Jewel, an Aframax-class vessel, began a cargo loading on Saturday, the report said, citing shipping information seen by Bloomberg. Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s Baltic …