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Iranian-backed Houthi rebels renew attacks on key port city, and other developments in the Mideast
Iranian-backed Houthi rebels renewed their attacks Tuesday on government-controlled areas in Yemen as ongoing violence threatened to reignite the country's civil war and raised fears over new threats to shipping lanes.Iran's foreign minister, meanwhile, underscored Tehran's stance against reopening the Strait of Hormuz until the U.S. meets its conditions, in comments that came after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was now demanding compensation from Iran “for all of the people that they have killed” in the past.
Here’s a look at the latest developments in the... Read More
Former Syrian President Assad sentenced to death in absentia
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A Syrian court sentenced in absentia ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad along with his younger brother to death on Tuesday for crimes against humanity and war crimes during Syria’s 14-year conflict that left about half a million people dead.Also sentenced to death in the same case was Assad’s maternal cousin Atef Najib for leading the crackdown in the southern province of Daraa that led to the uprising and later the civil war.
Amid tight security, Najib stood inside a cage wearing a prisoner’s uniform as the judge read the sentence.
Drone strike sparks massive blaze at Libyaâs Zawiya refinery
CAIRO (AP) — Firefighters in western Libya fought Tuesday to extinguish the remnants of a massive fire caused by a drone strike on a oil facility, and a car bomb killed a senior military officer in the country's east, in the latest attacks in the chaos-stricken North African nation.The drone hit a gasoline tank at the Zawiya oil refinery in the Mediterranean town of Zawiya on Monday, about 47 kilometers (about 30 miles) west of capital Tripoli, the state-run National Oil Corporation said.
The attack ignited a massive blaze at gasoline-storage tank that burned through... Read More
Oil prices add more than 2%, while world shares are mostly lower
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asia, while oil prices gained more than 2% after jumping the day before due to uncertainty over when the Strait of Hormuz may reopen, getting the global flow of crude going again.U.S. futures edged lower.
Oil prices rose after U.S. President Donald Trump scoffed at demands from Iran that the U.S. pay for devastation caused by five months of war as one condition for reopening the strait.
Brent crude oil gained 2.4% to $89.80 a barrel, while U.S. benchmark crude picked up 2.6% to $84.28 a barrel.
Brent surged 5%... Read More
Trump used elaborate ruse to fly out of Turkey following summit because of Iran threat, report says
President Donald Trump secretly flew out of last month's NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on an alternate military aircraft while the White House made it appear that the Republican president was flying on Air Force One, according to a report published by The Washington Post on Monday.The Post said the operation was prompted by an Iranian assassination threat against Trump. The ruse was carried out as journalists and some White House staff members were led to believe they were on the same plane as the president as he began his journey back to Washington from the annual gathering of... Read More
Top Stories
- Trump used elaborate ruse to fly out of Turkey following summit because of Iran threat, report says
- Iranian-backed Houthi rebels renew attacks on key port city, and other developments in the Mideast
- Former Syrian President Assad sentenced to death in absentia
- Trump told Ukraine it had no cards. Then Kyiv took the war to Russia
- Colombia searches for its missing after a powerful earthquake kills more than 100
- What to watch Tuesday: Primaries in Wisconsin and Minnesota showcase Democratic divide
- Trump pivots back to sanctions for Iran as other strategies to end his war fizzle
- As Trump Media scraps some businesses, it's doubling down on Truth Social and the president
- Trump scoffs at Iran's demand for war reparations and other Mideast developments
- US prosecutors want Tate brothers to remain in custody as they fight extradition to the UK
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