LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces more heat Tuesday over his appointment of Peter Mandelson as U.K. ambassador to the United States, with lawmakers set to vote on whether Starmer should be investigated by a parliamentary standards watchdog over the ill-fated decision. Starmer’s former chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, is due to testify …
MOSCOW, April 27 (Reuters) – Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov held talks in Kyrgyzstan on Monday with Iran’s Deputy Defence Minister Reza Talaei-Nik, state-run TASS news agency reported. Belousov reiterated Russia’s longstanding position that the Iran war should be resolved exclusively through diplomatic means and said he was confident Moscow and Tehran would continue to …
SEOUL, April 28 (Reuters) – South Korea’s former First Lady Kim Keon Hee was sentenced on Tuesday to four years in prison for stock manipulation and bribery, after an appeals court increased her sentence. (Reporting by Heejin Kim) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters. Photos You Should See – April 2026
DUBAI, April 28 (Reuters) – Iran is ready to share its defensive weapons capabilities with “independent countries, especially members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)”, Deputy Defence Minister Reza Talaei-Nik said on Tuesday, according to Iranian state media. Iran fought a war with the United States and Israel from late February to early April, during …
Beat the Boston Bruins at home in Game 5 on Tuesday, and the Sabres will skate in the second round for the first time since 2007. “You can expect this to be the hardest game that we’re going to have to play short-term here, because they’re in the nothing-to-lose-and-everything-to-gain category,” said Sabres coach Lindy Ruff, …
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton will go on the injured list with a low-grade strain of his right calf. Yankees manager Aaron Boone revealed the results of an MRI after the game. “It doesn’t look too serious, but enough to not want to wait a couple of more days,” Boone …
KYIV, April 28 (Reuters) – Ukraine needs to adopt a law introducing a value-added tax on inexpensive parcels from abroad to ensure its $8.1 billion programme with the International Monetary Fund – due for review in June – remains on track, a source close to discussions said. Kyiv depends on international aid to cover its …
DUBAI, April 28 (Reuters) – Iran warned last week that submarine cables in the Strait of Hormuz were a vulnerable point for the region’s digital economy, raising concerns about potential attacks on critical infrastructure. The narrow waterway, already a chokepoint for global oil shipments, is equally vital for the digital world. Several fibre-optic cables snake …
PHOENIX (AP) — Oklahoma City’s first-round dominance in the NBA playoffs continues. The road should get at least a little tougher in the coming weeks — but there’s little doubt the defending champions are well-equipped to defend their title. The Thunder finished off a four-game sweep of the Phoenix Suns on Monday night, winning 131-122 …
Please fasten your seatbelt, make sure your tray table is in an upright and locked position, and prepare for delivery. A passenger on a Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta gave birth to a healthy 5 1/2 pound (2.5 kg) girl just before the Boeing 737 landed at Portland International Airport in Oregon on Friday …