The US government chartered a yacht at enormous cost to rescue a single citizen stranded on a remote Pacific island amid a hantavirus outbreak.
Tag: geopolitics
Palestinian Activist Mohsen Mahdawi Says Trump Admin Is Weaponizing Immigration Laws to Deport Him
Mohsen Mahdawi spoke out against efforts to deport him claiming the administration was using immigration law as a political weapon.
Trump Claims Great Settlement Has Been Reached to End War with Iran But Iran Says Nothing Finalized
Trump announced a deal to end the US-Iran war but Iranian officials denied any agreement had been finalized.
US Attacks Iranian Water Reservoirs Amid Growing Concerns Over Targeting Civilian Infrastructure
Democracy Now reported US strikes on Iranian water infrastructure raising alarm about normalization of attacking civilian sites.
US-Iran Peace Deal Memorandum of Understanding Said to Be Close to Signing
Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said the MoU statement would be signed and announced after final stages of negotiations.
Oil Prices Sink More Than 3% After Trump Signals Iran War Breakthrough
Wall Street rebounded and oil dropped sharply after Trump’s announcement of progress in ending the Iran conflict.
Pakistan Says Final Agreed Text of US-Iran Peace Deal Has Been Reached
Pakistan serving as mediator announced that a final agreed text had been reached between Washington and Tehran.
Women Who Fled Iran Ordered to Be Deported to Central African Republic by US Authorities
Lawyers said their Iranian clients who sought refuge in the US now face deportation to the Central African Republic.
Israel Presses US to Prevent Unfreezing of Iranian Assets as Part of Ceasefire Agreement
Israeli officials lobbied the US administration against releasing frozen Iranian funds as part of any peace settlement.
US S&P 500 Futures Point to Positive Open as Iran Deal Optimism Boosts Markets
Equity futures signaled a soft positive open with the S&P 500 rising 0.21% on optimism over a potential end to the Iran war.