SEOUL, April 8 (Reuters) – South Korea’s presidential Blue House said on Wednesday that the government would do its best to ensure the country’s ships can pass through the Strait of Hormuz as soon as possible based on conditions created under a two-week ceasefire agreed between the U.S. and Iran, local media reported. South Korea …
VATICAN CITY, April 8 (Reuters) – Pope Leo said on Wednesday that he welcomed the announcement of a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war with “great satisfaction”. The pope, who has emerged as an outspoken critic of the conflict in recent weeks, had said on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats against the population …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman who admitted to selling Matthew Perry the ketamine that killed him is set to be sentenced Wednesday. Sangha is the only one whose plea deal included an acknowledgment of causing Perry’s death, and is likely to get the stiffest sentence of the group by far. Prosecutors are asking a …
WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) – A personal envoy of U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres plans to visit Iran as part of his efforts to encourage an end to the Iran war, but his travel plans will depend on security and logistics, a U.N. source said. Jean Arnault, a veteran U.N. diplomat Guterres named as his envoy …
Travelers will soon face restrictions on how many portable chargers they can carry on a flight as airlines continue to try to reduce the risk of another lithium battery fire aboard their jets. Southwest Airlines announced Tuesday that starting April 20 passengers will only be able to carry one charger on their planes, and they …
The Trump administration is quietly seeking unprecedented access to medical records for millions of federal workers and retirees, and their families. A brief notice from the Office of Personnel Management could dramatically change which personally identifiable medical information the agency obtains, giving it the power to see prescriptions employees had filled or what treatment they …
BEIJING, April 8 (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday that Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed during peace talks in Urumqi to explore a comprehensive solution to the conflict that broke out between the two countries last October. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a daily press briefing that both countries agreed at the meetings …
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, April 8 (Reuters) – Armed men in Nigeria killed at least 20 people, including security guards, and abducted an unknown number after attacking villages in northwestern Niger state, police and residents said late on Tuesday, the latest violence plaguing the north of the country. (Reporting by Ahmed Kingimi in Maiduguri and Hamza Ibrahim …
PARIS, April 8 (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said about 15 countries were planning to facilitate the resumption of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil supply usually flows, after a ceasefire between the United States and Iran was announced. “About 15 countries are currently mobilised and …
By Charlotte Van Campenhout and Amina Ismail BRUSSELS, April 8 (Reuters) – Smugglers are increasingly using Belgium’s shoreline to transport migrants to Britain since tighter controls began along the French coast, authorities say. Though numbers remain comparatively small, there have been 17 such departures this year, compared with no more than two per year since …