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Ukraine downs 5 Russian ballistic missiles as Kyiv looks to boost its air defenses
KYIV, Ukraine | Ukraine’s air force said Tuesday it intercepted five ballistic missiles launched by Russia in a raft of overnight attacks, although other missiles and drones got through and hit warehouses and a school in the capital of Kyiv. It was the first time in almost two weeks that Ukraine said it had downed […]
Many questions remain after an ICE officer’s fatal shooting of a Maine driver
BIDDEFORD, Maine | Immigrant rights groups are demanding answers and planning more protests Tuesday over an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer’s fatal shooting of a Maine driver. The shooting Monday during an immigration enforcement operation in the city of Biddeford marked the second time in a week that ICE used deadly force and at least […]
Iran persecutes its Baha’i minority fiercely in a year of protests and war, rights groups say
Peyvand Naimi has spent more than six months in an Iranian prison, accused of killing state security agents during nationwide protests, although his family says no formal charges or evidence have been presented. “The Baha’is will not be released,” the family says it was told by the prosecutor. Ever since the Baha’i faith was founded […]
Subpoenas issued to NY Times reporters seen as ‘unprecedented’ threat to press freedom
Dangerous. Brazen. Unprecedented. Uncharted territory. Reaction in the media world has been swift and severe to the issue of subpoenas to five New York Times journalists who reported on security questions involving the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One — a legal maneuver seen as a troubling escalation of the Trump administration’s campaign to control and […]
US attacks Iran and Tehran retaliates across the Middle East as both vie for control of strait
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | The U.S. launched strikes on Iran early Tuesday morning, hours after President Donald Trump said Washington is “reinstating” a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump separately suggested the United States will charge other ships for safe passage, upending hundreds of years of American policy supporting freedom of […]
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ICE officer who fatally shot driver in Maine was ‘fearing for public safety,’ agency says
BIDDEFORD, Maine | A federal immigration officer fatally shot a motorist in Maine on Monday, the second time in a week that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have used deadly force and at least the ninth time since President Donald Trump began his immigration crackdown. Immigrant rights groups identified the man who was killed […]
FACT CHECK: A look at US and Iranian claims of control over the Strait of Hormuz
A focal point of the Iran war is increasingly about who controls the Strait of Hormuz — a narrow, elbow-shaped waterway that for decades was a relatively safe and reliable transit route for Middle East oil and natural gas supplies. By saying that an interim ceasefire gave it the right to establish the terms under […]
Keystone Pipeline system’s operator agrees to pay a $26.9M penalty over a major Kansas oil spill
TOPEKA, Kan. | A proposed legal settlement with the U.S. government would require the Keystone Pipeline system’s operator to pay a $26.9 million civil penalty over a major oil spill in Kansas in December 2022 and spend about $40 million more to prevent future accidents. The agreement would resolve allegations from the U.S. Environmental Protection […]
Trump suggests a standing order to attack Iran if it assassinates him. But Vance would make the call
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump is suggesting he has left standing orders for the U.S. military to destroy Iran ” at levels they’ve never seen before ” if Tehran follows through on its long-standing threats to kill him. But the U.S. government has no way to create an automatic, preauthorized “dead man’s switch” that would […]