US & World

Judge says order to cease funding for NPR was ‘targeted at viewpoints that the president does not like’ A National Public Radio building is seen in Washington, D.C. A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday agreed to permanently block the Trump administration’s order to end federal funding for NPR and the …

Scenarios include attempting to occupy Kharg Island or seizing nuclear material — or perhaps it’s all a bluff U.S. President Donald Trump steps out of Marine One upon his arrival at the White House on Sunday night. The Pentagon has been backing up Trump’s threats to expand Operation Epic Fury …

2 more United Nations peacekeepers killed in Lebanon A woman in Tehran cries in her brother’s home, which was damaged by a strike on Monday. (Majid Asgaripour/West Asia News Agency/Reuters)  The United States hit the central Iranian city of Isfahan early Tuesday, sending a massive fireball into the sky, and Tehran …

Along with the 49,000 vehicles arriving in Canada comes insight into China’s innovative EV infrastructure Xu Naiping, general manager of the automated Zeekr EV ‘dark factory’ in Ningbo, China. The high-end Zeekr brand has trademarked its name in Canada, a sign its cars might be among the 49,000 Chinese vehicles …

Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt send top diplomats to Pakistan to discuss war Iran ‘waiting’ for American soldiers as U.S. increases troop presence in the region  Iran’s parliament speaker warned his country’s forces are ‘waiting’ for American soldiers as another 3,500 U.S. troops arrived in the Middle East Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf …

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa said the decision was “an extreme departure from basic principles of reasonableness, freedom of worship” [Getty Images] Israeli police have blocked the head of the Catholic church in Jerusalem from entering Christianity’s holiest site to celebrate Palm Sunday. The Latin Patriarch, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and the Reverend …

Armenia, Azerbaijan fought major wars in 1991-94 and 2020 The Armenian town of Meghri lies at the country’s southern edge, astride its critical border with Iran — one of its only two borders that is not closed. (Neil Hauer/CBC)  The war in Iran has quickly spiralled from a localized confrontation into …

Organizers say more than 3,100 events have been registered in all 50 states Protesters march in a ‘No Kings’ rally against U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. (Jose Luis Magana/The Associated Press)Organizers of Saturday’s “No Kings” rallies across the United States are predicting that the protests against …

Overnight attack raises fears rebel group could again target Red Sea shipping Yemen’s Houthis enter the Iran war, target Israel with strikes  Yemen’s Houthi rebels attacked Israel with a barrage of ballistic missiles Saturday, the first such strikes by the Iranian ally since the U.S. and Israel’s war on the …

Impoverished Cubans could risk becoming an underclass in their own country Some Cubans are concerned what could happen to impoverished residents if foreign investment floods the island in the event of regime change. (Norlys Perez/Reuters)  Cubans in the diaspora are increasingly hopeful that 67 years of communist one-party rule on the …