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WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will face a new round of questioning from lawmakers over the Iran war Tuesday, including some Republicans who have expressed concerns over the length of the conflict and its lack of congressional approval. The powerful House and Senate subcommittees that oversee defense spending are holding back-to-back hearings to review the Trump administration’s 2027 military budget proposal, which calls for a historic allocation of […]

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel sent Iron Dome anti-missile batteries and personnel to operate them to the United Arab Emirates to defend the country during the Iran war, the U.S. ambassador to the country said Tuesday. The comments by Mike Huckabee underline the growing defense relationship between Israel and the UAE, countries long suspicious of Iran, as a shaky ceasefire still holds in the Iran war. However, the narrow […]

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two national agencies fighting corruption in Ukraine have named Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s former chief of staff as an official suspect in a major graft investigation. Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office announced late Monday that Andriy Yermak is suspected in an alleged 460-million-hryvnia ($10.5 million) money-laundering scheme. Investigators said in an announcement on the Telegram messaging app that the investigation is […]

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A bomb rigged to a rickshaw exploded in a bazaar in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least nine people and wounding more than two dozen others, police said, in the latest sign of escalating violence in the region bordering Afghanistan. The attack took place in Lakki Marwat, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local police chief Azmat Ullah said. He said that two traffic police […]

BANGKOK (AP) — Ship operators rely on a sludgelike substance known as bunker fuel to keep vessels running. The Iran war ‘s closure of the Strait of Hormuz has choked off the supply of this fuel that powers the global maritime industry and its largest refueling hub in Asia. Bunker fuel is a literal bottom of the barrel product — heavier and dirtier than the more expensive kinds of refined […]

By Elizabeth Piper, Andrew MacAskill and Sarah Young LONDON, May 12 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Keir Starmer defied calls to resign on Tuesday, telling ministers he would “get on with governing” despite a “destabilising” 48 hours of growing calls to set out a timetable for his departure after an election drubbing. At a meeting of his cabinet team of ministers, Starmer, in the top job for less than two years, […]

By Maya Gebeily, Maayan Lubell and Catherine Cartier BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, May 12 (Reuters) – While Washington and Tehran argue over a deal to end the attacks on shipping that are shaking the world economy, Iran’s most powerful ally Hezbollah and Israel are stepping up a drone war in Lebanon – on camera – that is complicating the path to peace. In recent weeks, Hezbollah has used cheap, easy-to-assemble First Person View […]

BEIJING, May 12 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is set to arrive in Beijing this week for a summit with President Xi Jinping, where U.S. officials say energy and agriculture deals are expected. Much of that trade has been disrupted by tariffs.  Here is a summary of China’s tariffs: • Crude oil: 20%Includes China’s 10% product specific tariff on U.S. crude oil announced in February, plus the broader 10% […]

By Karen Lema and Nestor Corrales MANILA, May 12 (Reuters) – Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has again been impeached by the lower house, a little over a year after an earlier impeachment against her was voided on constitutional grounds.  The new complaint once again accused Duterte, the daughter of former president Rodrigo Duterte, of misusing public funds, accumulating unexplained wealth, and threatening the lives of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, […]