By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge declined on Tuesday to allow an Iranian-born engineer to be released on bail while he awaits trial on charges related to a deadly drone attack on a U.S. military base in Jordan carried out by Iran-backed militants last year. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston …
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By Daphne Psaledakis and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration will fold the office that manages Washington’s relations with Palestinians into the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said on Tuesday. The merging of the U.S. Office of Palestinian Affairs effectively shuts down the direct line the office had to the …
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(Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy asked his government on Tuesday to seek help from Ukraine’s Western allies to develop interceptor drones he said were vital to protecting the country from air attacks in the more than three-year-old war with Russia. Speaking in his nightly video address, Zelenskiy said a meeting of Ukraine’s top military command …
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CAIRO (Reuters) -Oman said it mediated a ceasefire deal between Yemen’s Houthis and the U.S., marking a major shift in the Iran-aligned group’s policy since the start of Israel’s war in Gaza in October 2023. Neither side will target the other, including U.S. vessels in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait, Oman said in …
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By Dan Levine and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has named Vinay Prasad, an oncologist who has previously criticized the FDA and was a fierce critic of COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates, as the director of its Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, an internal email seen by Reuters on …
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Fourteen current and former federal judges in Mexico filed a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights calling for “reparation for human rights violations” that they say were caused by the country’s recent overhaul of the judicial system, a group representing the judges said in a statement on Tuesday. CONTEXT The sweeping judicial reform, voted …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is set to discuss a potential agreement with the United States about cooperation in the fields of mining and mineral resources, the Saudi cabinet said in a statement reported by the country’s state news agency on Tuesday. The statement did not provide the details of the “memorandum”, which it said …
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By Ben Kellerman NEW YORK (Reuters) -Singer Rihanna revealed her third pregnancy, Pharrell Williams sported a jacket with 15,000 pearls and musician Andre 3000 strapped a piano to his back as celebrities celebrated Black style and tailoring at the Met Gala fundraiser on Monday. Mostly black-and-white looks populated the daffodil-accented deep-blue carpet covering the steps …
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By Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) -The Trump administration last week canceled the first bargaining session scheduled with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s largest workers union since its ability to represent government staff was temporarily restored by a federal court, according one of the union’s bosses. U.S. President Donald Trump in March signed an executive order …
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(Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine swapped 205 prisoners of war each in an exchange mediated by the United Arab Emirates, both sides said on Tuesday. “Today, Ukraine has brought back 205 warriors,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wrote on the Telegram app, thanking the UAE for their help. Russia’s human rights ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova thanked Russia’s …
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