By Andrew MacAskill and Muvija M LONDON, April 2 (Reuters) – Britain will host talks on Thursday aimed at forming a coalition of countries to explore ways to reopen the Strait of Hormuz after U.S. President Donald Trump said securing the vital waterway was a problem for other nations to resolve. British foreign minister Yvette …
3m ago Oil prices surge, stocks fall as Trump offers “far less than what the market expected” Oil prices were sharply higher following Mr. Trump’s Wednesday evening remarks. Brent crude, the international standard, jumped 6.9% to $108.15 per barrel before early Thursday. Benchmark U.S. crude rose 6.4% to $106.55 a barrel. While renewed optimism earlier …
April 2 (Reuters) – A diplomatic outcast a year ago, Pakistan has become a trusted regional partner and a mediator between the U.S. and Iran to end the war in the Middle East, a remarkable transformation for the South Asian nation driven mostly by its powerful military chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir. Munir has had …
DAKAR, April 2 (Reuters) – Government and allied forces in Burkina Faso have killed more than twice as many civilians as Islamist militants have since 2023, according to a tally of incidents documented in a report published on Thursday by Human Rights Watch. The pattern is broadly consistent with data shared with Reuters by Armed Conflict …
By Krisztina Than and Krisztina Fenyo MALYINKA, Hungary, April 2 (Reuters) – Sandor Toth has been running his pub in a small village in the hilly northeast of Hungary for 43 years, witnessing the collapse of communism and since 2010 four victories by the lawmaker for Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party in his constituency. Toth, 72, …
By Lefteris Papadimas and Renee Maltezou ATHENS, April 2 (Reuters) – Greek mother Georgia Efstathiou has tried everything to loosen the grip that social media has on her 14-year-old son: heart-to-heart talks; internet-free time; confiscating his phone. Arguments flare as she fights the allure of his screen and its videos and messages. Now, Efstathiou may …
MOSCOW, April 2 (Reuters) – Russian strategic missile forces have conducted drills in Siberia involving camouflaged movements of Yars intercontinental ballistic missiles that are capable of delivering nuclear warheads, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday. Crews practised a range of activities including using camouflage and concealment to disguise movements of ground-based missiles in the field, …
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 …