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Death toll in Iran port explosion rises to at least 40 as President Pezeshkian visits the injured
Iran's president on Sunday visited those injured ina huge explosionthat rocked one of the Islamic Republic's main ports, a facility purportedly linked to an earlier delivery of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant.
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:
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Pakistan says its troops killed 54 militants attempting to sneak across border from Afghanistan
Pakistani security forces overnight killed 54 militants who attempted to cross into the country from Afghanistan, the military said Sunday, marking one of the deadliest such killings in recent years.
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:Israel hits Beirut’s southern suburbs with airstrike for third time since ceasefire began
Israeli jets struck Beirutβs southern suburbs Sunday after issuing a warning about an hour earlier, marking the third Israeli strike on the area since a ceasefire took effect in late November.
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:Russia launches nearly 150 drones against Ukraine as Trump doubts Putin’s desire for peace
Russia launched a sweeping drone assault and airstrikes across Ukraine early Sunday, killing at least four people, officials said, after U.S.President Donald Trump cast doubtover Russian President Vladimir Putinβs willingness to end the war.
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:ICE deported 3 children who are U.S. citizens, their families’ lawyers say
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have in recent days deported the Cuban-born mother of a 1-year-old girl β separating them indefinitely β and three children ages 2, 4 and 7 who are U.S. citizens along with their Honduran-born mothers, their lawyers said Saturday.
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:Driver plows vehicle into crowd at Filipino street festival in Vancouver, killing 11 people
Vancouver police ruled out terrorism in a car ramming attack that killed 11 people at a Filipino heritage festival inthe Canadian city, saying the suspect has a history of mental health issues.
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:Live updates: White House Correspondents' Association dinner kicks off in Washington
The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner and its related parties are well underway in Washington β albeit with a bit less glitz and glamour than previous years. President Trump opted against attending the annual bash amid a terse relationship with the press corps, who condemned the administration's decision to bar the Associated Press from...
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Former Florida Democrat on why he left the party: βNo directionβ
Florida Senate Minority Leader Jason Pizzo further elaborated during a recent interview on why he formally left the Democratic Party this week, arguing the party lacks βdirectionβ and has no βpurposeβ on how to deliver results for constituents. Pizzo said Friday on NewsNationβs show βThe Hill" that his criticism is directed both at the Democratic...
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Trump: US ships should not have to pay to use Panama, Suez Canals
President Trump said Saturday that American commercial and military ships should not have to pay to travel through the Panama Canal and Suez Canal. βAmerican Ships, both Military and Commercial, should be allowed to travel, free of charge, through the Panama and Suez Canals! Those Canals would not exist without the United States of America,β...
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:World leaders and faithful mourners bid solemn farewell to Pope Francis
Pope Francis was laid to rest Saturday after a solemn Requiem Mass outside Saint Peterβs Basilica. On the same day, President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy met at the Vatican to discuss hopes for lasting peace. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports from Rome.
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:What to expect as the College of Cardinals prepares to elect a new pope
Saturdayβs funeral and burial of Pope Francis mark the beginning of nine days of official mourning at the Vatican, with cardinals leading masses each day. The words of their homilies will be closely examined and analyzed for clues about whatβs on their minds as they prepare to elect a new pope. John Yang speaks with John Allen, editor of Crux, for more.
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Iranian port rocked by massive, deadly explosion
In our news wrap Saturday, there was a deadly explosion at a Persian Gulf port in southern Iran, India said Pakistani soldiers shot at Indian posts for a second straight night in the disputed Kashmir region, a federal judge wants the Trump administration to explain why a 2-year-old U.S. citizen was deported, and Virginia Giuffre, a key figure in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case, has died.
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Palestinian President Abbas appoints new vice president in major step to naming a successor
The appointment of Hussein al-Sheikh as vice president of thePalestine Liberation Organizationdoes not guarantee he will be the next Palestinian president. But it makes him the front-runner among longtime politicians in the dominant Fatah party who hope to succeed the 89-year-old Abbas.
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:How NIH staffing cuts may delay a promising cancer treatment’s implementation
Earlier in April, doctors at the National Institutes of Health made a promising step in the fight against cancer, announcing an immunotherapy treatment was able to shrink gastrointestinal tumors for about a quarter of patients. But NIH staffing shortages, layoffs and cuts are threatening to delay the rollout of this promising development. William Brangham speaks with Dr. Steven Rosenberg for more.
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Coral bleaching is affecting nearly all the world’s reefs, new NOAA report says
Coral reefs are a crucial part of the marine ecosystem, providing habitats for all sorts of marine life and protecting coastlines from storm damage. But scientists say rising ocean temperatures are posing a grave threat to the future of the worldβs reefs. Ali Rogin reports.
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Sunday shows preview: Russia-Ukraine peace talks crescendo; Congress returns to push Trump agenda
The Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations appear to be heading toward a crescendo as the U.S. continues to facilitate the discussions between the two countries. Although top U.S. officials, including President Trump, warned that if substantial progress is not achieved soon, Washington will pull back from its mediating role. Trump contended that Russiaβs President Vladimir Putin might...
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Trump-Hitler comparisons risk boomeranging on DemocratsΒ
βI understand very well why it is wrong to compare Adolf Hitlerβs Third Reich to any other movement,β former Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore conceded Monday as he rallied a crowd during San Franciscoβs Climate Week. βIt was uniquely evil, full stop. I get it,β he added. Then came the βbut.β βBut there are important...
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Children among 10 killed by Israeli strike on Gaza City home
The dead in the early-morning airstrike in a neighbourhood in western Gaza City included three women and five children, according to Shifa Hospital, which received the bodies.
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Fact-checking RFK Jr.’s claim that environmental toxins cause autism
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attributed increasing autism rates to environmental toxins. Autism researchers told PolitiFact that lacks evidence and omits other important factors such as growing awareness that help explain the increase.
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:US, Iran to hold more nuclear talks after another round of βproductiveβ meetings
The U.S. and Iran will hold more nuclear talks after another round of meetings in Oman, which for the first time included technical discussions between the two sides regarding Tehranβs advancing nuclear program. The third round of talks between the officials in Muscat, Omanβs capital, on Saturday were βpositive and productiveβ and lasted more than...
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Indian military says Pakistani troops fired at border positions in disputed Kashmir region
There was no comment from Pakistan, and the incidents could not be independently verified. In the past, each side has accused the other of starting border skirmishes in the Himalayan region.
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:About 4-in-10 Americans say Trump is a βterribleβ president amid sinking approval: Survey
A new poll shows that about 4 in 10 Americans say President Trump has been a βterribleβ leader in his second term. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research also found that about 2 in 10 think he has done an average job in his presidency and 3 in 10 says he's been a...
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Prison understaffing: A crisis seen by few, felt by prisoners and prison employees
Understaffing and overcrowding in prisons are causing unsafe conditions, low retention rates, and a higher suicide rate among corrections staff, while also harming incarcerated people's health and wellbeing.
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Israeli airstrike kills 10 people in Gaza City home as mediators try to restart a ceasefire
An Israeli airstrike flattened a three-story home in Gaza City on Saturday, killing 10 people β half of them children β as Arab mediators scrambled to restart a ceasefire.
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Massive explosion at Iranian port kills 8 people, injures more than 700
A massive explosion and fire rocked a port Saturday in southern Iran purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant, killing eight people and injuring around 750 others.
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Zelensky touts 'good meeting' with Trump amid peace talks: 'Hoping for results'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday said his brief meeting with President Trump in Vatican City was "good" and "symbolic," as the U.S. continues to facilitate peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv. "Good meeting. We discussed a lot one on one," Zelensky wrote on social platform X, just hours after the two met ahead of...
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Virginia Giuffre, plaintiff in Epstein and Prince Andrew sex trafficking case, dies at 41
The American-born Giuffre, who lived in Australia for years, became an advocate for sex trafficking survivors after emerging as a central figure inEpstein's prolonged downfall.
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Trump cuts to public transit will hurt working families
Public transit is essential for economic, racial and climate justice, and withholding federal funding for it is unconstitutional, creating chaos and making transit investments near impossible.
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Iran and U.S. expert teams hold hours of talks in Oman over Tehran’s nuclear program
Iran and the United States held in-depth negotiations in Oman overTehran's rapidly advancing nuclear programon Saturday, ending the discussions with a promise for more talks and perhaps another high-level meeting next weekend.
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:McMahon launches probe into New York over ordered removal of Native American school mascot
Education Secretary Linda McMahon launched a probe into New York State's Education Department (NYSED) and the state Board of Regents for threatening to pull funding from the Massapequa School District over its refusal to end its use of a Native American mascot. Earlier this week, President Trump weighed in to support the school district. βForcing...
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Trump brushes off Hegseth criticism: 'I donβt view Signal as important'
President Trump on Friday denounced critics who have raised concern over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of Signal, a discrete messaging app, to disseminate sensitive military information. Asked whether his confidence has changed in Hegseth after a second chat controversy thrust him back into the spotlight earlier this week, Trump brushed off the sentiment. Instead,...
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Graham lauds Trump for 'honorable and just' efforts to end war in Ukraine
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) took to social media on Saturday to laud the Trump administration's efforts to broker a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, more than three years after the war began. "I very much appreciate [Trump] and his team working diligently to end the war in Ukraine β that was created by [Russian President...
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:These US cities are thriving for homebuyers and sellers this spring, says new report
Spring is here, and with it comes what's typically considered the peak for the real estate market. Despite this, the market feels a bit more unsteady than usual. However, some areas in the country seem to be thriving quite well and appear to be great spots for either homebuyers or sellers.
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Trump is right about the Department of Education but wrong about Head Start
Eliminating Head Start may save money on paper, but it will cost us dearly in the long run.
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:After meeting with Zelenskyy, Trump expresses doubts Putin is willing to end the Ukraine war
βThere was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, over the last few days,β Trump said in a social media post as he flew back to the United States after attending Pope Francisβ funeral at the Vatican, where he met briefly with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source: