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Saudi Arabia responds to drone and cruise missile attacks, and other Mideast developments
Saudi forces have responded to a drone and cruise missile attack, state-run media reported Monday. Meanwhile, airstrikes on two districts in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa killed one person and wounded 12 others, according to the Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Monday. Read our full coverage here. […]
2 American economists win Nobel for overturning assumptions about how to deal with economic shocks
STOCKHOLM | American-born economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford won the Nobel memorial prize in economics on Monday for their work on models that have helped governments and central banks manage economic shocks, such as energy crises and inflation. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the winners in Stockholm, saying the two were […]
Pope Leo XIV will have surgery in the coming days to remove a nodule on his lung
VATICAN CITY | Pope Leo XIV announced Sunday he will undergo surgery “in the coming days” to remove a nodule on his lung, in the first major health event of his 17-month pontificate. The 71-year-old Leo said the nodule was found at an early stage and was “circumscribed” or small and well-localized. The Vatican said […]
Saudi airport passenger terminal is struck again, a day after 12 were killed
CAIRO | A projectile struck a passenger terminal at the international airport in Riyadh on Sunday, a day after a missile hit the same terminal and killed 12 people, the Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said. The Houthis claimed responsibility for those attacks and others. Saudi authorities said there were injuries in […]
Iran calls latest US response to proposal insufficient, and other Mideast developments
A senior Iranian official says Tehran finds the latest U.S. response to a proposal to end the war “insufficient” and warns of attacks on regional data centers and cables if fighting intensifies again. Meanwhile, Israel’s former attorney general took the witness stand in corruption cases against Benjamin Netanyahu, as the political future of the country’s […]
Six senators call for Trump administration to ‘immediately reverse course’ on Russian diesel plan
WASHINGTON | A bipartisan group of six senators on Sunday called for President Donald Trump’s administration to “immediately reverse course” on a plan to purchase diesel from Russia as part of an effort to lower high fuel prices. Trump shocked lawmakers when he announced on social media Friday that he struck a deal with Russian […]
Vance expresses doubts about Pentagon plan to livestream Fort Hood shooter’s execution
HEBRON, Ky. | Vice President JD Vance cast doubt Friday on whether the Pentagon will livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan in December but told reporters that if it is livestreamed, “I’m not going to be watching it.” The Republican vice president said, “I don’t know that that’s actually going to […]
Media attorneys ask court for help in preventing White House ban until legal case is resolved
WASHINGTON | An attorney for three news organizations told a federal judge Thursday that the Trump administration must be prevented from barring their reporters from the White House, saying the ban is a classic example of “viewpoint discrimination” that is punishing people for what they say — and violating the media outlets’ First Amendment rights. […]
Man with a gun and knife is fatally shot by security at Nashville federal courthouse, police say
NASHVILLE, Tenn. | A man armed with a pistol and knife was fatally shot by a security officer Thursday just inside the busy entrance of a federal courthouse in Tennessee’s largest city, authorities said. The 42-year-old man tried to fire his gun but failed and then pulled out a knife around 9:30 a.m., said Don […]
Isaias strengthens into a dangerous Category 3 hurricane on track toward the US Gulf Coast
PENSACOLA, Fla. | Isaias strengthened Friday into a major hurricane as it headed toward the U.S. Gulf Coast, where final preparations were being made for potentially life-threatening storm surges and high winds. The hurricane is forecast to make landfall late Friday somewhere along the Alabama-Florida line and create dangerous conditions in the Florida Panhandle, southern […]