May 28 (Reuters) – The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv remains open, it said on Thursday, denying reports about changes to its operations following warnings from Russia that diplomats and foreigners should leave the Ukrainian capital before it escalated attacks. Some Ukrainian media on Thursday cited remarks by European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas that …
The U.S. military said it struck another vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, killing two men. The U.S. Southern Command posted video on social media showing a boat resting on the water before being struck by an explosion. The last few seconds of the video show smoke and fire …
There are millions of chemical tanks around the U.S., and experts say it is exceedingly rare for them to fail as long as they are properly maintained and inspected. Yet this past week, there were two major hazardous chemical emergencies on the West Coast. A large tank containing a corrosive chemical at a Longview, Washington, …
MOSCOW, May 28 (Reuters) – Sergei Naryshkin, head of Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence service, on Thursday accused the NATO military alliance of making practical preparations for what he called a “large-scale conflict in the east,” the state RIA news agency reported. Naryshkin was also cited as saying that the European Union was rapidly arming itself …
BEIJING, May 28 (Reuters) – A Chinese delegation from the People’s Liberation Army National Defence University will attend Asia’s premier security forum, the Shangri-La Dialogue, to be held in Singapore from May 29 to 31, the Chinese defence ministry said on Thursday. The defence university’s Meng Xiangqing will head the Chinese delegation, the ministry’s spokesperson …
MIAMI (AP) — The Trump administration has quietly instructed federal prosecutors in Miami to avoid pursuing criminal investigations into Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez, a longtime target of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, according to current and former U.S. law enforcement officials, in the latest sign of warming relations between the White House and the …
A former senior CIA official with top secret-level clearance is accused of stealing hundreds of gold bars worth more than $40 million from the federal government and stashing them in his home. David Rush was arrested and charged with criminal theft of public money last week, according to federal court filings in Virginia, where he …
ISTANBUL, May 28 (Reuters) – Drone attacks were reported on three tankers in the Black Sea on Thursday near Turkey’s northern coast, shipping agency Tribeca said. The tanker James II, sailing under the Palau flag and in ballast, was some 50 miles (80 km) north of the Turkeli Area in the Black Sea when the …
WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters) – The U.S. military said it carried out a strike in the eastern Pacific, killing two men. “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations,” the U.S. Southern Command said in statement. (Reporting by Jasper Ward in Washington; Editing …
WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters) – The Trump administration has told federal prosecutors in Miami, Florida, to avoid pursuing criminal investigations into Venezuela’s Interim President Delcy Rodriguez, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday, citing current and former U.S. law enforcement officials. (Reporting by Jasper Ward and Bhargav Acharya) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.