A Fresno man has been sentenced to four years in state prison after stealing $1,000 worth of Pokémon cards from a Visalia gas station and threatening witnesses during the incident. On Friday in Department 4 of the Tulare County Superior Court, Michael Ryan Baker, 31, was sentenced to four years...
Iran Has Not Contacted US About Possible Peace Talks, Says Tehran’s UN Envoy
Iran's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva on Tuesday ruled out for now any negotiations with the United States, three days after the U.S. and Israel launched joint strikes on his country. Explosions rocked Tehran again on Tuesday, and financial markets around the world tumbled amid fears of a...
Airline Stocks Slide as Passengers Scramble to Leave Middle East
Airline stocks in Asia and Europe extended losses on Tuesday as the U.S. and Israeli air war against Iran escalated, with carriers monitoring fuel price spikes and passengers scrambling to find flights or alternative routes out of the Middle East. Major Gulf hubs including Dubai, the world's busiest international airport...
Tehran and Beirut Judder From US-Israeli Attacks as Oil Soars, Shares Slide
Explosions tore through Tehran and Beirut on Tuesday and stock markets around the world tumbled while oil prices soared at the prospect of a prolonged disruption to global energy supplies from the U.S.-Israeli air war against Iran. Iranian drones struck the U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia after previously hitting the...
State Department Tells Americans to Exit Middle East Immediately
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of State on Monday called on Americans to immediately depart more than a dozen countries in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, amid U.S-Israeli strikes against Iran. Mora Namdar, the State Department's assistant secretary for consular affairs, said U.S. citizens...
Attack on U.S.-Flagged Oil Tanker in Bahrain Kills Shipyard Worker
An oil tanker flying the U.S. maritime flag was attacked as it was docked in the port of Bahrain, according to Crowley, the Florida-based company operating the vessel. One shipyard worker was reported dead and two others injured, the company said in a statement, adding that the ship had “suffered...
US Will Take Action to Mitigate Oil Price Spike for Americans: Rubio
WASHINGTON — The United States will take action to mitigate rising energy prices due to a spike in the price of oil caused by the Iran conflict, Secretary of State Rubio said on Monday. Speaking to reporters at Capitol Hill, Rubio said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Energy Secretary Chris Wright would announce the...
Fuel Tanker Ablaze in Strait of Hormuz, Iran Revolutionary Guards Say
CAIRO — Iran's Revolutionary Guards said a fuel tanker, identified as the Honduran-flagged Athe Nova, was burning in the Strait of Hormuz after being hit by two drones, Iranian news agencies reported on Monday. The strait is the world's most vital oil export route, connecting the biggest Gulf oil producers,...
Austin Shooting Stokes Anti-Islam Speech Among Texas Conservatives
Texas Republicans are calling for more scrutiny of the state’s Muslim community after federal authorities said this weekend’s fatal bar attack in Austin had a “potential nexus to terrorism,” with some calling for an immigration ban. Their demands came amid rising anti-Muslim sentiment in Texas in recent years, which is...
Amazon’s AWS Reports Outage After ‘Objects’ Strike UAE Data Center
Amazon's cloud-computing facilities in the Middle East faced power and connectivity issues on Monday after unidentified "objects" struck its data center in the United Arab Emirates. The objects had triggered a fire on Sunday that forced authorities to eventually cut power to two clusters of Amazon data centers in the...