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MOSCOW, Aug 25 (Reuters) – The Russian Defence Ministry said on Tuesday that its forces had struck three cargo vessels carrying supplies for the Ukrainian military and a tanker at the Black Sea port of Pivdennyi. The ministry also said it had hit another cargo vessel in the nearby port of Odesa, as well as port infrastructure in Pivdennyi and Odesa and fuel storage facilities at the port of Chornomorsk. […]

By Luc Cohen Aug 25 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday blocked an Ohio law requiring residents to present documentary proof of citizenship when registering to vote at the battleground state’s motor vehicles offices, in the latest setback for allies of President Donald Trump pushing to tighten voter registration rules.  The decision by Cleveland-based U.S. District Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. marked a defeat for Ohio’s Republican government ahead of […]

Aug 25 (Reuters) – Instagram head Adam Mosseri is expected to take the witness stand on Tuesday in a trial over whether Meta Platforms designed Instagram and Facebook to addict children without proper regard for their safety. Mosseri is a central witness in the lawsuit by 29 U.S. states, in what experts call the biggest legal test yet of social media’s effects on young users. Four of the states — […]

COPENHAGEN, Aug 25 (Reuters) – The gap between Sweden’s ruling right-wing coalition government and the centre-left opposition parties has narrowed since June ahead of an election for parliament next month, a new opinion poll showed on Tuesday. The August 11 to 23 survey, published by daily Dagens Nyheter, showed the right-wing coalition’s gap to the opposition deceased to 6.8 percentage points, compared with 9.5 percentage points in June. Swedes go […]

The desk at the State Department had seen decades of administrative shuffle, but the file resting on top of it represented a fundamental shift. For years, nonimmigrant B1 and B2 visas—designed for brief business trips, family vacations, or medical consultations—had functioned as a tacit back door into the country. Enter on a tourist ticket, overstay the welcome, and file an asylum claim to anchor yourself indefinitely while the courts churned […]

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan and his eldest son were detained Tuesday after law enforcement officers raided businesses linked to the family, the country’s Anti-Corruption Committee said. A case was opened against Kocharyan, 71, who leads parliament’s second-largest opposition bloc, on charges of abuse of authority, bribery and large-scale money laundering, according to Armenia’s Prosecutor General’s Office. Besides Kocharyan and his eldest son, Sedrak, four other […]

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in dozens of camps in Bangladesh held a rally Tuesday to demand their safe return to their home state, nine years after they fled a government crackdown. The demonstrators urged the international community to ensure security in Rakhine state as they marked what they call the “Ninth Anniversary of Rohingya Genocide Day.” More than 1 million […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ confidence in the economy declined again this month as the ongoing conflict in Iran has steadily pushed gasoline prices above $4 per gallon in the U.S. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index dipped to 89.4 in August from 90.2 in July. That’s the lowest level in seven months but essentially in the same lukewarm range its been in since the beginning of […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Claims by Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend and longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell that her sex trafficking conviction was a “complete miscarriage of justice” were rejected Tuesday by a federal judge who said her assertions were based on “speculation, distortions, and/or outright falsehoods.” Judge Paul A. Engelmayer said in a written ruling that Maxwell’s habeas petition seeking to set aside her conviction and free her from a 20-year […]