Washington — As voters gear up for the midterm elections in November that will decide control of the House and Senate, the Supreme Court is set to weigh Monday whether states can count mail ballots that are postmarked by, but arrive after, Election Day. The dispute before the high court, known as Watson v. RNC, …
CAIRO, March 22 (Reuters) – An unknown projectile struck a vessel 15 nautical miles north of the United Arab Emirates’ Sharjah, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said early on Sunday. It said that all crew were reported safe. The UKMTO said in a later statement that the target of the incident could not …
CAIRO, March 22 (Reuters) – Six people were killed in a helicopter crash in Qatar’s territorial waters while operations continue to find the last missing person, the interior ministry said on Sunday. The defence ministry earlier said the helicopter had crashed after suffering a technical malfunction during “routine duty”. (Reporting by Jaidaa Taha and Muhammad …
MOSCOW, March 22 (Reuters) – Russian air defences thwarted a Ukrainian drone attack on the city of Ufa in Bashkortostan region, regional governor Radiy Khabirov said. Ukrainian drones were shot down near the city’s oil refineries, Khabirov said, without naming the facilities. Debris triggered a brief fire at a building under construction in one of …
LONDON, March 22 (Reuters) – British cabinet minister Steve Reed said on Sunday that U.S. President Trump spoke for himself when he threatened to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if Tehran did not fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours. Asked what Britain’s position on Trump’s deadline was, Housing Secretary Reed told Sky News: …
DUBAI, March 22 (Reuters) – The Strait of Hormuz remains open to all shipping except vessels linked to “Iran’s enemies”, Iran’s representative to the U.N. maritime agency said on Sunday, after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to target Iranian power plants if the waterway was not “fully open” within 48 hours. The threat of Iranian …
CAIRO (AP) — At least 64 people were killed, including at least 13 children, in a strike on a hospital in Sudan’s western Darfur region last week, the World Health Organization said Saturday. The strike on the Al Daein Teaching Hospital in East Darfur on Friday also injured at least 89 people and rendered the …
ROME (AP) — Italy’s conservative Premier Giorgia Meloni faces a pivotal political test in a two-day referendum on judicial reform that starts Sunday, a vote that has transformed into a broader judgment on her leadership at home and abroad. Originally presented as a technical overhaul of the justice system, the reform has sharpened political divisions …
By Jonathan Landay, MB Pell and Travis Hartman March 22 (Reuters) – An American-operated Patriot air defense battery likely fired the interceptor missile involved in a pre-dawn explosion that injured dozens of civilians and tore through homes in U.S.-ally Bahrain 10 days into the war on Iran, according to an analysis by academic researchers examined …
ROME, March 22 (Reuters) – Italians began voting on Sunday in a referendum to confirm a contested judicial reform put forward by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a key test for her right-wing coalition ahead of a general election due next year. Voters must decide whether to back constitutional changes to separate the career paths of …