[ad_1] Longtime Mideast rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia took another important step toward reconciliation Thursday, officially restoring diplomatic ties after a seven-year rift, stressing the need for regional stability and agreeing to pursue economic cooperation. The agreement was reached in…
[ad_1] US President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday blamed his predecessor, Donald Trump, for the deadly and chaotic withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan in 2021 that led to some of the darkest moments of Biden’s presidency. The White House…
[ad_1] The Israeli police raid on Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque on Wednesday has sparked angry reactions from Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the wider Arab and Muslim world. Israeli police were filmed beating worshipers during a raid that officials…
[ad_1] Water levels fell so much in major reservoirs during California’s drought that boat docks were on dry, cracked land and cars were driven into the middle of what should have been Folsom Lake. The scene no longer exists after…
[ad_1] Twitter has labeled National Public Radio as a “US state affiliate media” on its main account, a move the media company’s head said was “unacceptable.” It’s unclear why Twitter made the move. The label appeared on NPR’s main Twitter…
[ad_1] Bob Lee, a financial technology executive who created the Cash App and was chief product of cryptocurrency company MobileCoin, was stabbed to death in downtown San Francisco on Tuesday, according to the cryptocurrency platform, police and his family. The…
[ad_1] Pfizer’s experimental respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine is 82 percent effective in preventing severe infections in babies when given to mothers in the second half of pregnancy, according to trial details published Wednesday that confirm preliminary data from the…
[ad_1] A Brooklyn drug dealer pleaded guilty Monday to providing Cord actor Michael K. Williams with fentanyl-laced heroin, causing death. Irvin Cartagena’s plea to charges of conspiracy to distribute drugs entered Manhattan federal court. Sentencing is set by US District…
[ad_1] After months of pouring soldiers into eastern Ukraine, Russian advances actually add up: three small settlements and part of the city of Bakhmut, a famous battlefield of limited strategic value. settlement taken by the Russians this year A…
[ad_1] Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US President Joe Biden have called for the immediate release of a Wall Street Journal reporter detained in Russia on spying charges. Russia’s Federal Security Service said journalist Evan Gershkovich, a US citizen, was…