DUBAI, June 2 (Reuters) – Iran is reviewing a proposed agreement with the United States to halt the war between the two countries, Iran’s Mehr news reported on Tuesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump said talks to reach a deal were continuing. More than three months after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes against Iran, …
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Year-on-year inflation in Iran reached a level in May unseen since World War II, underlining the economic pain average Iranians face as the Islamic Republic worries about the war with Israel and the United States restarting. A report Monday by Iran’s Central Bank represents the first official acknowledgment of …
JERUSALEM, June 2 (Reuters) – Israeli defence sector exports grew nearly 30% in 2025 to a record $19.2 billion, led by missile, rocket, and air defence systems, the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. • Defence firms, it said, had signed hundreds of new contracts globally throughout. Some 53% were mega-deals valued at $100 million or …
June 2 (Reuters) – Air traffic in Belgium will be halted on Tuesday from 1200 to 1900 GMT due to an unannounced strike among air traffic controllers, Brussels airport said. “The airlines will have to cancel all scheduled flights,” the airport said. (Reporting by Bart Meijer; Editing by Sharon Singleton) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters. Photos You …
KAMPALA, June 2 (Reuters) – Uganda has confirmed six more new cases of Ebola, bringing the total confirmed in the country so far to 15, the health ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry said in a statement on its X account that the six were confirmed among contacts of other confirmed cases. It said to …
BOSTON, June 2 (Reuters) – A federal judge in Boston on Tuesday will hear a bid by Democratic-led states and voting rights groups to block U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order aiming to tighten rules for mail-in voting. U.S. District Judge Indira Talawni is slated to hear arguments in a pair of lawsuits just days …
A bear attack left four people injured in two factories and a residential area in northern Japan’s Fukushima on Tuesday, police and media reports said. A record 13 people were killed by bears in Japan last year, and there has been a jump in sightings as the animals emerge hungry from hibernation. “A bear-related human …
LONDON, June 2 (Reuters) – British Labour Party politician Andy Burnham will not call an early national election should he replace Keir Starmer to become prime minister, his spokesperson said on Tuesday. Burnham is running for a vacant seat in parliament and, if successful, would then be able to launch a leadership challenge to Starmer, …
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, June 2, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Pediatric flu vaccines significantly reduce cases of influenza among children, a new study finds. For every 100 children vaccinated, as many as 14 fewer children come down with the flu, researchers reported June 1 in JAMA Pediatrics. “In the United States, that’s hundreds of …
PRAGUE, June 2 (Reuters) – Czech police said on Tuesday they had charged four people and an unnamed legal entity for coercing young women to provide erotic content for accounts on OnlyFans and other social networks. The human trafficking case focuses on a group that recruited dozens of women just over 18 and, according to …