Author: Reuters
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Businessman who sold land for Kushner resort suspected of faking the deeds
TIRANA • A Miami-based businessman wanted in Albania for allegedly laundering drug money is suspected of faking the deeds to land where Jared Kushner wants to build a multi-billion-dollar resort, the country’s organized crime-fighting agency said in case files reviewed by Reuters. The businessman, Artur Shehu, denies all accusations against him, said his lawyer, Kujtim Cakrani,…
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U.S. launches fresh strikes after Iran attacks ship
WASHINGTON/DUBAI – The U.S. military said it launched another round of strikes on Iran after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps struck a container ship traveling through the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday. A series of attacks between the U.S. and Iran over the past several days led President Donald Trump to declare the end of…
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Heat wave disrupts Fourth of July events across US, strains power grids
WASHINGTON, July 3 (Reuters) – A dangerous heat wave upended Fourth of July celebrations across swaths of the central and eastern U.S. on Friday, forcing officials in the nation’s capital and elsewhere to cancel or postpone dozens of parades, concerts and fireworks displays. Among the events disrupted by the sweltering heat was the Great American…
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Masked Patriot Front white nationalists stage July 4 march through DC
WASHINGTON, July 4 (Reuters) – Hundreds of masked members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front marched through parts of Washington, D.C., on Saturday ahead of the Independence Day festivities planned for the evening. The group posted on social media that it had arrived in the capital with about 400 members, and Reuters photographers saw…
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Vance says Britain has been failed by leaders
LONDON • Vice President JD Vance said Britain had been “failed by its leadership for a long time,” adding that he hoped the country’s next prime minister could deliver the structural change voters were seeking after years of political turmoil. In an interview with the Sunday Times newspaper, Vance said frequent changes of government pointed…
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When their interests align, Trump and Roberts both win
WASHINGTON • Chief Justice John Roberts and President Donald Trump could hardly be more different personally, but each prevailed during the Supreme Court’s most recent term when their interests aligned. The mutual benefits of the dynamic between Roberts, a mild-mannered Midwestern institutionalist, and Trump, an audacious billionaire New York real estate developer, were on display…
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Supreme leader’s funeral projects hardline grip on post-war Iran
TEHRAN • Tens of thousands of Iranians thronged a vast outdoor prayer complex in Tehran on Saturday to view the coffins of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader killed at the start of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, and his family. Dressed in black and draped in the red, white and green flags of the…
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Catholic bishops call for humane treatment of migrants
NOGALES, Ariz. • More than 100 Catholic bishops, nuns, priests and parishioners joined a procession across the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday evening, urging the U.S. government to treat migrants with dignity and respect. The procession from Nogales, Ariz., to its sister city in the Mexican state of Sonora was planned to coincide with commemorations of…
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Iran, US continue escalating attacks, recriminations over peace deal
CAIRO/WASHINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) – Iran and the U.S. continued their attacks in the Gulf as each accused the other of violating an interim deal signed less than two weeks ago to end their four-month-old war. Shortly after President Donald Trump warned the U.S. might “militarily complete the job”, Iran early on Sunday launched missiles…
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Iran talks could shape Vance’s political rise
WASHINGTON/LUCERNE, Switzerland • Vice President JD Vance is poised to take on his biggest role yet on the international stage as President Donald Trump’s chief negotiator to end the three-month war with Iran, a moment that could shape Vance’s prospects as a White House successor. The two nations agreed to a provisional peace agreement on…