Spencer Laird first noticed blood in his stool when he was 25. His doctor thought it was hemorrhoids caused by his work as a mechanic. Eighteen months later, a colonoscopy found colorectal cancerwhich was treated with a surgery that removed 16 inches of his colon. Two years passed, and Laird began to believe the worst …
March 14 (Reuters) – United States forces executed a large-scale precision strike on Kharg Island in Iran on Friday night, the U.S. Central Command said on Saturday. “U.S. forces successfully struck more than 90 Iranian military targets on Kharg Island, while preserving the oil infrastructure,” CENTCOM said. The strike destroyed naval mine storage facilities, missile …
The World Anti-Doping Agency is considering rewriting its rules to try barring President Donald Trump and all U.S. government officials from attending the LA Olympics in 2028 in a move that could also have implications for the World Cup being hosted by the U.S. this summer. The Associated Press learned of the agenda item through …
NEW DELHI, March 14 (Reuters) – Iran has allowed some Indian vessels to sail through the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran’s Ambassador to India Mohammad Fathali said on Saturday, confirming a rare exception to the blockade that has disrupted global energy supplies. Fathali did not confirm the number of vessels that have been provided safe passage. …
In 1971, Mike Wallace reported on the Middle East oil tanker business, noting that “the oil tanker may just be the single most remarkable money-making instrument in the world today.”
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The United States on Friday said it was offering up to $10 million, and the potential opportunity to relocate, for information on the whereabouts of 10 senior Islamic Republic leaders. The U.S. State Department’s Rewards for Justice program announced the reward on Friday for information on Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and nine other “key leaders” …
March 13 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday reinstated a union bargaining agreement covering 320,000 employees of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs that the agency had canceled to carry out an order from President Donald Trump. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Melissa DuBose in Providence, Rhode Island, is among the most significant …
NEW DELHI, March 14 (Reuters) – Stranded for two weeks at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas as drones and missiles set ships ablaze nearby, 26-year-old seafarer Ambuj says he has not been home for six months and cannot wait to see his family. Ambuj, who asked Reuters not to use his second name for …
March 14 (Reuters) – In mid-February, hundreds of students from Venezuela’s most prestigious university did the once unthinkable: their protest left the campus of the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas and spilled out into a nearby street. Before the U.S. military operation that captured Nicolas Maduro on January 3, student activism was a risky …