Jan 24 - Airlines have been rerouting and cancelling some flights across the Middle East as tensions ramp up between Iran and the United States, with President Donald Trump saying on Thursday the U.S. had an "armada" heading towards Iran. A senior Iranian official said on Friday Iran will treat...
Report: Iran Leader Warned of Possible US Strikes
Originally published in The New York Post WASHINGTON — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reportedly retreated to a fortified underground bunker after being warned by senior advisers that U.S. airstrikes could be imminent, according to a report published Saturday by the New York Post. The 86-year-old cleric, who...
Appeals Court Rejects Justice Department’s Push to Charge More People Over Minnesota Church Demonstration
WASHINGTON, Jan 24 - A U.S. appeals court rejected the Justice Department's bid to charge five more people accused of disrupting a Minnesota church service this month, according to court documents made public on Saturday, revealing the lengths the Trump administration has gone to prosecute those involved in the demonstration....
How a Year of Trump Changed Britain
LONDON — Britain has learned, after a roller coaster year that ended in a tense confrontation over Greenland, that it cannot change President Donald Trump. The more tantalizing question is whether Trump has changed Britain. A Charm Offensive Meets Its Limits Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s charm offensive toward the president...
US Health Department Pauses, Then Resumes $5 Billion in Public Health Grants, Bloomberg News Reports
Jan 24 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) restored about $5 billion in public health grants to states just hours after it sent notices pausing such grants, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday. A spokesperson for the agency said that states would be notified that the pause...
World Health Organization Says It Regrets US Decision to Withdraw
Jan 24 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said it regrets that the U.S. has officially withdrawn from the U.N. health agency and it hopes Washington returns to active participation in the future. The U.S. left the organization on Thursday after a year of warnings that doing so would...
Syria Extends Ceasefire With Kurdish Forces by 15 Days
QAMISHLI, Syria, Jan 24 - A four-day ceasefire between the Syrian government and Kurdish forces, which expired on Saturday night, has been extended by 15 days, both sides said, offering a respite amid mounting tensions. Government troops have seized swathes of northern and eastern territory in the last two weeks...
Syrian and Kurdish Troops in Standoff as Truce Deadline Passes
Syrian government forces and a Kurdish-led militia in northeastern Syria faced a standoff Saturday as a deadline on their weeklong ceasefire passed, raising questions about whether the truce would give way to renewed fighting. A Ceasefire Near Collapse Syrian government troops have in recent weeks taken control of large areas...
US-Brokered Peace Talks Break off Without Deal After Overnight Russian Bombardment of Ukraine
KYIV, Jan 24 - Ukraine and Russia ended a second day of U.S.-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi on Saturday without a deal but with more talks expected next weekend, even as overnight Russian airstrikes knocked out power for over a million Ukrainians amid subzero winter cold. Statements after the conclusion...
Genetic Data From Over 20,000 US Children Misused for ‘Race Science’
Genetic researchers were seeking children for an ambitious, federally funded project to track brain development — a study that they told families could yield invaluable discoveries about DNA’s impact on behavior and disease. They also promised that the children’s sensitive data would be closely guarded in the decade-long study, which...